WV HB2696

Authorizes the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to promulgate rules allowing nonlawyers to provide limited legal services as "limited license legal practitioners"

Creates a Task Force for Limited License Legal Practitioners with representatives from the WV State Bar Association, WVU College of Law, Marshall University, WV Law Institute, and a Circuit Judge

Directs the task force to develop recommendations on certification requirements, examinations, prerequisites (including education, age, and character/fitness standards), and registration processes for limited license practitioners

Initial practice areas would be limited to civil litigation matters, specifically child abuse/neglect proceedings and mental hygiene proceedings

Requires the task force to identify necessary changes to Rules of Professional Conduct and establish a complaint process for aggrieved parties against limited license practitioners