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News from June 2009


PERSONNEL FILE: More than 25 percent of Huddleston Bolen lawyers honored in Super Lawyers

By The West Virginia Record |
HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has announced that a total of 13 of the firm's lawyers were recognized in the 2009 Edition of West Virginia Super Lawyers.

PERSONNEL FILE: Legal Aid of W.Va. announced election of board of directors

By The West Virginia Record |
CHARLESTON -– Three new board members were welcomed to the Legal Aid of West Virginia Board of Directors, during its Annual Meeting held in Charleston on May 8.

PERSONNEL FILE: Tinney elected president of W.Va. Bar Foundation

By The West Virginia Record |
Tinney CHARLESTON -- John H. Tinney of Charleston recently was elected President of the West Virginia Bar Foundation.

PERSONNEL FILE: 14 lawyers admitted to practice in W.Va.

By The West Virginia Record |
CHARLESTON -- Fourteen lawyers were admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia during a ceremony before the Supreme Court of Appeals on June 25.

PERSONNEL FILE: Spilman Thomas & Battle attorneys named Super Lawyers

By The West Virginia Record |
CHARLESTON -- Spilman Thomas & Battle recently announced attorney rankings in 2009 Super Lawyers.

Coal roots led lawyer's career

By Justin Anderson |
Bailey CHARLESTON – Timothy Bailey said it was partially the slug's pace of much of the work involving defense litigation that led him to plaintiffs' law.

McGraw settlement causes $446K hole in Medicaid funding

By John O'Brien |
McGraw WASHNGTON - The federal government plans to withhold nearly a half-million dollars the next time it doles out Medicaid funding to the State of West Virginia as a result of a settlement engineered by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw.

Judge limits request for medical records

By Lawrence Smith |
CHARLESTON -- Though a judge quashed a subpoena for a Kanawha County woman's entire medical history in a personal injury suit she filed against WVU Tech, he ordered she'll still have to turn over records related to treatment for her alleged injury.

Woman sues bar, drunken patron

By Justin Anderson |
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing a bar and an unknown patron, claiming the bar allowed the patron to get drunk enough to fall into her and injure her.

Sunoco wants worker's injury claim dismissed

By Kelly Holleran |
HUNTINGTON – Sunoco Chemicals is asking the federal court to dismiss a complaint filed against it, in which an employee of the company claims he was injured while working.

Filing for dollars, not justice

By The West Virginia Record |
They used to be called ambulance chasers and they were held in contempt by the legal profession, the media, and the public.

Group wants senators to probe Sotomayor on impartiality

By Justin Anderson |
Sotomayor CHARLESTON – A national court advocacy group wants U.S. Senators to grill Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about her views on judicial impartiality and recusal during the confirmation process.

PERSONNEL FILE: Steptoe & Johnson attorneys named Super Lawyers

By The West Virginia Record |
CLARKSBURG -– Steptoe & Johnson is pleased to announce that 36 of the firm's lawyers are included in the 2009 class of West Virginia Super Lawyers, with nine lawyers included as West Virginia "Rising Stars."

PERSONNEL FILE: Bell honored in Super Lawyers

By The West Virginia Record |
Bell CHARLESTON -- Charleston attorney Harry F. Bell Jr. has been honored in the latest edition of Super Lawyers.

PERSONNEL FILE: Warner joins Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer

By The West Virginia Record |
Warner CHARLESTON -- The law office of Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer is pleased to announce that Brian J. Warner has joined the firm as a member.

PERSONNEL FILE: 13 Dinsmore and Shohl attorneys named to Super Lawyers lists

By The West Virginia Record |
CHARLESTON -– Thirteen Dinsmore & Shohl attorneys have been named to the 2009 West Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list by Law & Politics Media:

THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

By Justin Anderson |
June 11

THIS JUST IN: Cabell County

By Kyla Asbury |
June 18

THIS JUST IN: Wood County

By Lawrence Smith |
June 12

THIS JUST IN: Putnam County

By Chris Dickerson |
June 15