Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Battistelli

WORKMAN, Justice:

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The Petitioner, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel of the Lawyer Disciplinary Board, prays that this Court temporarily suspend the law license of the Respondent, Geary M. Battistelli, pursuant to Rule 3.27, West Virginia Rules of Lawyer Disciplinary Procedure (hereinafter “Disciplinary Rule 3.27”). After carefully reviewing the briefs and the record, the Court believes that if the charges against the Respondent are ultimately proven, they will establish that he has engaged in an unprecedented and continuing pattern of inappropriate conduct meriting a serious sanction. Given…