SER Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General v. W. Va. Ofc. of Disciplinary Counsel, etc.

*242DAVIS, Chief Justice:

This matter was brought under the original jurisdiction of this Court by Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General of West Virginia. The Attorney General seeks a writ of prohibition against the Office of Disciplinary Counsel and the West Virginia Lawyer Disciplinary Board (collectively “ODC”) to prevent ODC from enforcing an informal advisory opinion that it issued.1 The informal advisory opinion determined that the Attorney General did not have authority to prosecute criminal cases outside of the limited prosecutorial authority granted by W. Va. Code § 5-3-2 (1987)…