Carey v. Dostert

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Attorney William Carey returned from his honeymoon and read in his local newspaper that Circuit Judge Pierre Dostert had issued a rule for him to show cause why he should not be disbarred. An affidavit filed by one of Carey’s clients 1 in spired Judge Dostert; Carey came to us for prohibition, which we grant.

We must decide whether a circuit court judge has authority by W.Va.Code, 30-2-7, to suspend or annul an attorney’s license to practice:

If the supreme court of appeals or any court of record of this State, except the county court, observe any malpractice therein by any…