In Re LEC

301 S.E.2d 627 (1983)

In re L.E.C.

No. 15688.

Supreme Court of West Virginia.

March 25, 1983.

Michael T. Clifford, Charleston, for complainant.

Robert H. Davis, Jr., W.Va.State Bar, Charleston, for defendant.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

This is an appeal by a lawyer who was privately reprimanded by the Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar. Can he challenge a private reprimand in this Court?

The Committee on Legal Ethics, created by the By-Laws of the West Virginia State Bar, has broad jurisdiction to conduct legal ethics investigations and is authorized to hold hearings and to make…