STATE EX REL. CLIFFORD v. WEST VIRGINIA OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL

No. 13-0009.

745 S.E.2d 225 (2013)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Michael T. CLIFFORD, Petitioner v. WEST VIRGINIA OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL and West Virginia Lawyer Disciplinary Board, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 7, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie C. Simmons, Esq. , DiTrapano, Barrett, DiPiero, McGinley & Simmons, P.L.L.C., Charleston, WV, for Petitioner.

Jessica H. Donahue Rhodes, Esq. , Lawyer Disciplinary Counsel, Office of Lawyer Disciplinary Counsel, Charleston, WV, for Respondents.


LOUGHRY, Justice.

This case is before this Court upon a petition for a writ of prohibition filed by the petitioner, Michael T. Clifford, seeking to prevent the respondents, the West Virginia Office of Disciplinary Counsel and the West Virginia Lawyer Disciplinary Board, from pursuing a disciplinary action against him based upon an alleged conflict of interest in representing a client. Upon consideration of the parties' briefs and argument, the submitted appendix,...

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