Committee on Legal Ethics of West Virginia State Bar v. Farber

In Committee on Legal Ethics v. Farber, 185 W.Va. 522, 408 S.E.2d 274 (1991), this Court suspended the license of the respondent, Michael C. Farber, to practice law for three months for falsely accusing a circuit judge of criminal acts and for other conduct. In that case, the Court specified that, upon the reinstatement of his law license, the respondent was to be supervised in his practice by another attorney for a period of two years. The Court also directed the respondent to reimburse the Committee on Legal Ethics of the West Virginia State Bar for its costs in prosecuting the proceeding.

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