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SHEA v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR

Record No. 880089.

374 S.E.2d 63 (1988)

Kevin P. SHEA v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

November 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry P. Bouffard (Jett, Berkley, Furr & Bouffard, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant.

Caroline Lowdon Lockerby, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., Gail Starling Marshall, Deputy Atty. Gen., William H. Hauser, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ., and GORDON, Retired Justice.

THOMAS, Justice.

This is an appeal of right from an Order of the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board in which the Board found that Kevin P. Shea violated DR 5-103(B). That disciplinary rule provides in pertinent part that "[w]hile representing a client in connection with contemplated or pending litigation, a lawyer shall not advance or guarantee financial assistance to his client."

In 1984, a seaman came to Shea complaining of personal injuries sustained...

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