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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals suspended Barboursville attorney Amber L.
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CHARLESTON – Affordability of bail for non-violent minor crimes is a priority for West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Menis Ketchum in his new role as vice president of the Conference of Chief Justices.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a former Kanawha County lawmaker’s appeal as he tries to run as an independent for county clerk.
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CHARLESTON – A county official says a former state senator’s attempt to appear on the ballot as an independent candidate for Kanawha County clerk is nothing more than a “statutory scheme.” In a response brief filed Aug. 24 with the state Supreme Court, Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Charles Miller also calls Wells’ effort “too little, too late.” “Now, Erik Wells, a registered Democrat, seeks to render the statutory scheme regarding nominations and primaries irrelevant by seeking inclusion
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CHARLESTON – A former state senator claims the 1st and 14 amendments to the Constitution are being violated by a ruling that doesn’t let him appear on the ballot as an independent candidate for Kanawha County clerk.
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CHARLESTON – The Juvenile Justice Commission has issued findings of fact and recommendations from its July 27 public forum on changes to contracts involving youth shelters and residential providers.
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CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court soon will hear an appeal from a Kanawha County Democratic lawmaker who wants to appear on the November ballot as an independent candidate for county clerk.
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Chief Judge Jay Hoke of Lincoln County Circuit Court will be traveling to Lexington, Kentucky, around the end of August, one of two West Virginians chosen to participate in the Council of State Governments' (CSG) Toll Fellowship Program, a six-day, five-night public leadership development workshop. Joining Hoke will be Robert Paulson of the West Virginia governor's office.
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West Virginia became the 26th right-to-work state in the nation in February when our legislature overrode Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's veto of a bill prohibiting workers from being required to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Evidence-based drug courts have grown to more than 3,000 courts in the United States, helping more than 127,000 individuals in the criminal justice system in 2014, a professional group says, with West Virginia seeing advantages from the program.
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CHARLESTON – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has appointed Bryan Cromley to West Virginia's 5th Family Circuit Court, Division 2, after the resignation of the Honorable Rebecca Cornett.
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CHARLESTON – Morgantown attorney Edward R. Kohout has asked the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to reduce his proposed disbarment to a suspension. Kohout “respectfully objects to the recommendations of the Hearing Panel Subcommittee for the annulment of Mr. Kohout’s license and to some of the findings of fact and conclusions of law therein,” the June 26 objections document states.
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The West Virginia Association for Justice (WVAJ) has named its Judge of the Year, honoring a McDowell County Circuit Court judge.
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CHARLESTON – A statewide legal reform group is speaking out as attorneys from a Mississippi law firm behind one of the biggest cases in West Virginia court history – and one of the biggest news stories involving a state Supreme Court justice – make their way to the Mountain State again.
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CHARLESTON – An attorney who defeated a longtime Nicholas County circuit judge in May’s election is facing ethics charges over a flier sent to voters during the campaign.
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HUNTINGTON – Fewer students are applying to law school but those who do apply tend to be the best prepared in decades, according to a recent recipient of a Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia award.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has issued an order reinstating Harrison County Magistrate Mark A. Gorby. Gorby was elected in 2012 to a four-year term to serve as magistrate of Harrison County and on Oct. 10, 2014, he was suspended without pay pending the outcome of criminal charges pending against him.
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CHARLESTON – The Juvenile Justice Commission will host a public forum later this month regarding the state Department of Health and Human Resources plan to change child shelter care and residential service.
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CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has reversed and remanded a Wood County case, saying a man’s knee injury was the result of a previously existing condition rather than the car wreck caused by the defendant.
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West Virginia does an OK job when it comes to representation of people of color on the judicial bench, but is the worst in the nation in terms of the percentage of women as judges, and the reasons why aren’t clear, according to a law professor who co-authored a study on judicial representation.