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COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS v. DOUGLAS

No. 17949.

370 S.E.2d 325 (1988)

COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS OF the WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR v. James Wilson DOUGLAS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Rehearing Refused May 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Marden, Sherri Goodman Dusic, Charleston, W.Va., for Committee on Legal Ethics.

James Wilson Douglas, Sutton, pro se.

MILLER, Justice:

This is an attorney disciplinary proceeding commenced by the Committee on Legal Ethics against the respondent, James Wilson Douglas, a Braxton County attorney. Multiple disciplinary charges were referred for hearing pursuant to State Bar By-Laws art. VI, § 12. Only two of the charges warrant discussion here.

First, the respondent publicly criticized an investigation by two circuit judges to inquire into a real estate transaction in which...

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