Foster Bird HUNTINGTON -– Best Lawyers, a legal peer-review publication, has named Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough partner Melissa Foster Bird as the 2013 Best Lawyer of the Year in Charleston Railroad Law.
McConnell MORGANTOWN -— A panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will hear oral arguments on Thursday, Oct. 4, in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom at the West Virginia University College of Law.
Williams HUNTINGTON -– Three Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough attorneys based in Huntington have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2013.
Watkins WINFIELD – A Putnam County family law judge accused in multiple cases of lacking a sense of urgency in making rulings is now accused of acting hastily in child custody dispute.
CHICAGO - Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Caperton v. Massey, West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin said attendants of a local judicial gathering asked him for his take on the court's blockbuster ruling.
LaCagnin MORGANTOWN -– Jackson Kelly recently was honored with two awards from Benchmark Litigation. The firm was named West Virginia Law Firm of the Year and was awarded West Virginia Case of the Year for the West Virginia University Board of Governors v. The Big East case.
Callaghan CHARLESTON - The former chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party is suing the secretary of state and members of the State Election Commission in federal court, saying the matching funds provision of the Supreme Court's public campaign financing pilot program is unconstitutional.
Saunders HUNTINGTON -- For his outstanding performance in a number of activities, Randy Saunders, an associate in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's West Virginia office, has earned the firm's 2011 Renaissance Associate Award.
McGraw CHARLESTON – Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office on Tuesday filed lawsuits seeking to crack down on prescription drug distributors who he says are behind a "major scourge" in West Virginia.
Williams COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Legal directory publishers Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 have recognized Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough for its products liability litigation.
Stephanie Thacker was sworn in as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit earlier this week. CHARLESTON – Stephanie Thacker was sworn in as the newest circuit judge for the Fourth Circuit of the United States on May 29.