Title: Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. Raymond David Brown, Jr.  (dissenting)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 33516
State: west-virginia
Issuer: west-virginia Supreme Court
Date: May 6, 2009

No. 33516 – Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. Raymond David Brown, Jr., an administratively suspended member of the West Virginia State Bar FILED Ketchum, J., dissenting: May 6, 2009 released at 10:00 a.m. RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA Sometimes we need to mix a little mercy with justice. This lawyer misappropriated his client’s funds to support his drug problem . He has since sought treatm ent and has straightened up his life. An indefinite suspension with the right to petition the Court for reinstatement in three years provides plenty of protection to the public. I respectfully feel that annulling this la wyer’s license is not an appropriate sanction under the circum stances. The Hearing Panel Subcom mittee of the Lawyer Disciplinary Board heard the evidence, considered the dem eanor of the witnesses and of Mr. Brown, and made a careful, m easured recommendation. I am not persuaded by the m ajority opinion’s reasoning that the recommendations of the Board should be so lightly dismissed. I therefore dissent. 1