WEATHERBEE v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR EX REL. FOURTH DISTRICT-SECTION I COMMITTEE

Record No. 091376.

689 S.E.2d 753 (2010)

Michael Patrick WEATHERBEE v. VIRGINIA STATE BAR, ex rel. FOURTH DISTRICT-SECTION I COMMITTEE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

February 25, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Rigsby, Richmond, for appellant.

Stephen M. Hall, Assistant Attorney General (William C. Mims, Attorney General; Maureen Riley Matsen, Deputy Attorney General; Peter R. Messitt, Senior Assistant Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Chief Justice LEROY ROUNTREE HASSELL, SR.

I.

In this appeal of right from a judgment entered by a three-judge circuit court in a lawyer disciplinary proceeding, we consider whether an attorney violated Rules 1.1 and 3.1 of the Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct.

II.

The Virginia State Bar filed disciplinary charges against Michael Patrick Weatherbee, asserting that he had violated Rule 1.1, that governs competence, Rule 1...

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