Mullett CHARLESTON -– Brace Mullett, a partner in the Charleston office of Dinsmore & Shohl, was recently appointed by Gov. Joe Manchin to the Concord University Board of Governors.
Asghar CHARLESTON -– The law firm of Spilman Thomas & Battle is pleased to announce that Alyesha P. Asghar, M. Katherine Crockett, Timothy D. Houston and Tamara B. Williamson have joined the firm.
CHARLESTON – While Shannon Kelly awaits the results of his West Virginia bar examination, the Board of Law Examiners seeks to dismiss a federal lawsuit claiming they didn't accommodate his learning disability.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia's Board of Law Examiners printed its examination in big type for Shannon Kelly last year, gave him a room to himself and allowed him an extra day to complete the test, and he blames them for his failure.
PRINCETON -– The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will hear arguments in three criminal cases and one civil case on April 15 at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton in front of an audience of about 670 Mercer County high school and college students.
CHARLESTON – One hundred students, including 18 from Marshall University, will participate in the fifth annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol on Jan. 31.
Davis PARKERSBURG -– West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis recently signed an Administrative Order establishing West Virginia's West Central Drug Court Diversion Program to serve Wirt and Wood counties. The program later may be expanded to a larger region.
Davis CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis on Monday, March 19, will sign an Administrative Order establishing West Virginia's West Central Drug Court Diversion Program to serve Doddridge, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Wirt and Wood counties.
Ellis CHARLESTON -- Jonathan R. Ellis has joined the Business Department of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC practicing in the firm's Charleston office as an associate.
Helton CHARLESTON - Gov. Joe Manchin III on Wednesday announced his appointment of Virgil Helton of St. Albans to serve as State Tax Commissioner, a position he's held in an acting role since January 2005.
CHARLESTON - When he woke up to find the exterminators had just sprayed his dorm room with hazardous chemicals and didn't bother to wake him up, William Jones must have felt like someone had played a really bad prank on him.