COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS v. GALLAHER

No. 18701.

376 S.E.2d 346 (1988)

COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR v. D. Clinton GALLAHER, IV.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Marden, Cynthia Gustke, W.Va. State Bar, for appellant.

Donald K. Bischoff, Summersville, for appellee.


MILLER, Justice:

This is a disciplinary case commenced by the Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar against D. Clinton Gallaher, IV, a Fayette County lawyer. The Committee, by its verified complaint, asserts that Mr. Gallaher collected a clearly excessive fee in violation of DR 2-106. We agree.

I.

On February 14, 1985, sixty-four year old Neva Dillon was a passenger in a motor vehicle operated by her son, Junior M. Dillon. Mrs...

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