COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS v. BLAIR

No. 16368.

327 S.E.2d 671 (1984)

COMMITTEE on LEGAL ETHICS OF the WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR v. Walter Lloyd BLAIR.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Rehearing Denied November 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Davis, Jr., and John A. Rogers, West Virginia State Bar, Charleston, for complainant.

Steven M. Askin, Askin, Pill, Scales & Burke, Martinsburg, for respondent.


NEELY, Justice:

The Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar has petitioned this Court to suspend Walter Lloyd Blair from the practice of law for one year. Disciplinary action is sought on two counts. First, the Committee found that Mr. Blair attempted to obstruct justice by suggesting to a witness that she not appear at trial. Second, the Committee found that Mr. Blair failed to assist counsel who replaced Mr. Blair after Mr. Blair withdrew from a...

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