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COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS v. FRAME

No. 21627.

433 S.E.2d 579 (1993)

189 W.Va. 641

COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS, Complainant, v. Clark FRAME and J. Michael Benninger, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherri D. Goodman, Charleston, for complainant.

Clark B. Frame and J. Michael Benninger, pro se.

PER CURIAM:

The hearing panel of the Committee on Legal Ethics ("the Committee") has found that attorney Clark Frame violated Rule 1.7(a) of the West Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct through the following actions: (1) failing to understand the importance of client loyalty in determining whether a conflict of interest existed; (2) failing to discuss the issue of the conflict with either client once all facts were known; and (3) trying to rationalize away the...

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