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

BROTHERTON, Justice:

This case involves an action by the Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar against the respondent, Arch A. Moore, Jr., former Governor of the State of West Virginia. On May 8, 1990, the respondent pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to one count of mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341), one count of a Hobbs Act violation (18 U.S.C. § 1951), two counts of filing a false income tax return (26 U.S.C. § 7206(1)), and one count of obstruction of justice (18 U.S.C. § 1503).

Shortly thereafter, however, the…