Legal Opinion
Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. Askin
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1998No. 22684, 23313PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: 1
In consolidated but unrelated cases regarding appropriate discipline for attorney Steven M. Askin, this Court has been requested to annul Mr. Askin’s law license based upon his criminal contempt conviction and to impose sanctions based upon Mr. As-kin’s failure to maintain complete records of trust account monies, commingling funds, and failure to pay client money in his possession promptly to an investigator. Upon review of the record and the arguments of counsel, we adopt the recommendations regarding discipline.
I. CRIMINAL CONTEMPT
During a 1994 trial of Mr. Mark McNulty in…
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