Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar v. Walker

McGRAW, Chief Justice:

This is a disciplinary action against Geary L. Walker, a member of the West Virginia State Bar. The Bar’s Committee on Legal Ethics recommends that this Court annul the respondent’s license to practice law and assess against him the costs of the disciplinary proceedings.

The respondent was charged with violations of three of the disciplinary rules set out in the West Virginia Code of Professional Responsibility, DR 1-102(A)(3), (4), and (6). * Specifically, the complaint charged that the respondent staged a breaking and entering and theft of property from his Berkeley…