COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS v. BATTISTELLI

No. 19874.

405 S.E.2d 242 (1991)

The COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS OF THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR, Complainant, v. Geary M. BATTISTELLI, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherri D. Goodman, West Virginia State Bar, Charleston, for complainant.

Geary M. Battistelli, pro se.


MILLER, Chief Justice:

This is an attorney disciplinary proceeding pursuant to the reciprocal discipline provisions of Article VI, Section 28-A of the By-Laws of the West Virginia State Bar. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Court of Appeals) found that the respondent, Geary M. Battistelli, had misrepresented facts in an appeal before that court and ordered him to pay double the costs of the appeal...

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