Monthly Archives: September 2011

Man sues Genesis for mother’s death

WINFIELD – A man is suing Genesis Healthcare Corporation after he claims they are responsible for his mother’s wrongful death. 590 North Poplar Fork Road Operations, LLC d/b/a Teays Valley Center was also named as a defendant in the suit. … Read More »

News, Putnam County

New River Community College again named in discrimination suit

BECKLEY – For the second time in recent months, a southern West Virginia community college is accused of racial discrimination. New River Community and Technical College is named in job discrimination suit filed by Richard L. Bibbs in U.S. District … Read More »

Federal Court, News

Court rules for community college in grievance case

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has sided with New River Community and Technical College in an employment dispute with one of its former instructors, a Wood County attorney. The Court on Sept. 23 affirmed the decision of a Kanawha … Read More »

News, State Supreme Court

PERSONNEL FILE: Robinson & McElwee opens Wheeling office

CHARLESTON — Robinson & McElwee has opened a new office in Wheeling. The office is located in Elm Grove at 2108 Lumber Ave., Suite 4. This northern Panhandle location initially will be staffed by Lisa M. Schmitt and Karl T. … Read More »

News, Personnel File

PERSONNEL FILE: Jackson Kelly lawyers, practices recognized by Best Lawyers

CHARLESTON -– Jackson Kelly is pleased to announce that 61 of the firm’s lawyers were recently named in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Lawyers from across the firm’s offices were honored in the publication. Nationwide, Jackson … Read More »

News, Personnel File

Pineville attorney pleads guilty to wire fraud charge

CHARLESTON -– Pineville attorney Christopher B. Bledsoe has pleaded guilty in federal court before U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger to wire fraud. A single-count information was filed against Bledsoe, 33, earlier this month. Bledsoe admitted that he forged the … Read More »

Federal Court, News

Arrest of man for not signing citation nets suit against Mingo town

CHARLESTON – A Mingo County man is accusing police in Gilbert of civil rights violations when he was arrested for refusing to sign a traffic citation. The Town of Gilbert is named in an eight-count lawsuit filed by Verner Fred … Read More »

Federal Court, News

Settlements reached in two Cabell EMS suits

HUNTINGTON – Two additional lawsuits involving the Cabell County Emergency Medical Services –- one for wrong termination, and the other for personal injury –- have been settled totaling over $100,000. The Cabell County Commission, CCEMS’ parent agency, on July 19 … Read More »

Cabell County, News

PERSONNEL FILE: Majority of Huddleston Bolen partners listed in Best Lawyers

HUNTINGTON — Nearly 70 percent of the partners in Huddleston Bolen were honored in the publication, The Best Lawyers in America 2012. All of the firm’s offices in Huntington and Charleston in West Virginia and Ashland and Louisville in Kentucky … Read More »

News, Personnel File

PERSONNEL FILE: Brumley rejoins Jackson Kelly

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Brumley

CHARLESTON — Christina T. Brumley has rejoined Jackson Kelly after four years in-house at International Coal Group Inc.
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News, Personnel File

PERSONNEL FILE: Dinsmore launches new national brand, website

CINCINNATI — Following three years of significant growth and expansion, Dinsmore & Shohl has rebranded itself. The firm has launched a new brand that reflects the added value and experience delivered by the more than 475 lawyers working in 12 … Read More »

News, Personnel File

Kopp elected chairman of W.Va. Roundtable

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Kopp

HUNTINGTON -– Marshall University President Dr. Stephen J. Kopp has been elected chairman of the West Virginia Roundtable, an independent, non-profit and non-partisan business organization dedicated to creating a viable business climate in the Mountain State.
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News

Quartet of women leaders kick off WVU’s Women in Law & Leadership initiative

MORGANTOWN -– When a fourth grade teacher advised Joyce McConnell to improve her handwriting, it wasn’t an admonition. It was a prediction. “She told me that someday I’d be in an important position, I’d be signing a lot of things … Read More »

News

Thacker hearing set for Tuesday

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Thacker

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is set to hear the nomination of Charleston attorney Stephanie Thacker for an opening on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Federal Court, News

THEIR VIEW: A partnership that continues to pay off

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WASHINGTON — Success often starts small, but West Virginia’s success in landing new investments by Japanese companies started big – with Wheeling Nisshin in 1986, NGK Sparkplugs in 1995, and then Toyota’s $400 million automotive facility in 1996.
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Arguments, Their View