Legal Opinion
In re the Suspension of Welcome
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided December 5, 2013No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2013-0075PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
(December 5, 2013)
2Per curiam
This matter comes before the Court pursuant to an appeal filed by B. Patricia Welcome, Esq., from an adverse disposition of the Ethics and Grievance Committee of the Virgin Islands Bar Association (“EGC”). Also before the Court is a request by the EGC to approve its recommended sanction of a six month suspension and payment of $60,000 in restitution or, if this Court does not approve the restitution award, disbarment. Because we agree with Welcome that the underlying conduct does not warrant any sanction, we sustain her appeal, deny the EGC’s request for…
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