Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Craig
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Justice:
In this disciplinary proceeding, the Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar (Committee) asks us to suspend for a period of two years the license of the respondent, Thomas L. Craig, Jr., to practice law. For the reasons stated below, we reject the recommendation of the Committee and order a three-year suspension.
The respondent was admitted to the Bar in 1981. Prior to that time, he was closely associated with former Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr. The respondent served as a field coordinator in Moore’s 1972 gubernatorial campaign and subsequently worked as a…
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