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

WORKMAN, Justice.

This is an attorney disciplinary proceeding in which the Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) on October 19, 1991, recommended, based upon a finding that respondent Joseph Martin violated Rule 8.1(b) of the West Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct 1 , that respondent be ordered to cooperate with the office of Bar Counsel in completing the investigation of Edgar Cobb’s complaint; that discipline be imposed in the form of a public reprimand; and that the respondent be ordered to pay the costs of the proceeding.…