Legal Opinion · Dissent

Lawyer Disciplinary Bd. v. Campbell

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 17, 2017No. 16-1036Published

1DissentLoughry, Chief Justice

In a blatant violation of her professional ethics, the respondent lawyer had sexual relations with a client whom she was court-appointed to represent in two cases pertaining to the client's alleged sexual misconduct.1 In written stipulations and during her sworn testimony before the Hearing Panel Subcommittee ("subcommittee") of the Lawyer Disciplinary Board, the respondent admitted that she violated the multiple Rules of Professional Conduct specified in the Statement of Charges.2 She even agreed to a sixty-day suspension of her law license. Nonetheless, the subcommittee and the majority of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Crockett v. AndrewsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Committee on Legal Ethics of West Virginia State Bar v. BlairWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Consumer Advocate Division of the Public Service Commission ex rel. Residential and Small Commercial Customers of Hope Gas, Inc. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Matter of StarcherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. ArtimezWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2000

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