SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 42
(By Senators Chafin and Yoder)
Requesting the Supreme Court of Appeals establish a review
committee to study and implement rules relating to the
advertisement of legal services in West Virginia.
Whereas, Legal advertising is becoming demeaning to the
practice of jurisprudence in West Virginia with its appearance of
frivolity; and
Whereas, At the present time there is no mechanism to regulate
the advertising of legal services in West Virginia; and
Whereas, Uncontrolled legal advertising has the potential of
being harmful to potential clients and entails practices that are
misleading, overreaching and deceptive; and
Whereas, The promulgation of rules relating to legal
advertising and the review of advertisements prior to their use
should be examined by a review authority; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate:
That the Senate hereby requests the West Virginia Supreme
Court of Appeals to establish a review committee to study and
implement rules relating to the advertising of legal services in
West Virginia; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk is hereby directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the Supreme Court of Appeals.