Sharon Anderson

Informal Admonition (December 27, 2006)

Summary: Bar Counsel issued Styles-Anderson an informal admonition for multiple improper actions in violation of the West Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct. Styles-Anderson delayed in entering her appearance for a client she represented and failed to acquire the required signature of local counsel on all pleadings and subpoenas. In addition, Styles-Anderson filed a pleading in another case in which she had not been admitted pro hac vice, where there was no local counsel and where she had not made an explicit disclosure to the court of her status. Rules 3.48 and 5.5(a) of the West Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct (made applicable by D.C. Rule 8.5(b)).