CHARLESTON – Bailey & Glasser LLP is pleased to announce that the following four attorneys have been elected partners in the firm, effective January 1, 2015: Jeffrey Baron, Michael Hissam, Patricia Kipnis and Robert Lorea.
CHARLESTON – The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle has announced that attorneys Erin Jones Adams, R. Scott Adams, Travis H. Eckley, Travis A. Knobbe and Glen A. Murphy have been elected as partners effective Jan. 1.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Legal Newsline) – Nearly one year after Legal Newsline filed a motion to keep the bankruptcy estimation trial of Garlock Sealing Technologies open to the public, a federal judge has ruled that evidence that alleged fraud on the part of asbestos attorneys should not have been sealed.
CHARLESTON – It’s been a long time since The West Virginia Record really nailed an editorial, but last week it did — although probably not in the way that was intended.
CHARLESTON – My fellow West Virginia Supreme Court Justices and I had the distinct pleasure of hosting Chief Justices and State Court Administrators from 47 states, several territories, and Washington, D.C., at The Greenbrier in July for a gathering focusing on elder law, a topic that has been a special interest of mine for many years.
CHARLESTON – Jackson Kelly attorney Laurie Miller recently was appointed to the DRI Law Institute, the CLE accreditation body for DRI, the leading organization of defense attorneys and in-house counsel.
WHEELING – Steptoe & Johnson member Jason Lucas has been elected to the 2014 National Association of Division Order Analysts (NADOA) Board of Directors.
HUNTINGTON – Seven attorneys of Jenkins Fenstermaker PLLC have been named to the West Virginia Super Lawyers list as top attorneys in West Virginia for 2014.
CHARLESTON – Leadership West Virginia has announced a “Moving West Virginia Forward: Reclaiming Our State” Leadership Conference will be held Oct. 15–16 at the Erickson Alumni Center on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown.
CHARLESTON – Bailey & Wyant PLLC is pleased to announce that Charles R. Bailey, David L. Wyant, Thomas E. Buck and H. F. Salsbery were selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of the West Virginia Super Lawyers publication.
CHARLESTON – The newly released 2015 edition of Best Lawyers in America recognizes seven Bowles Rice attorneys as “Lawyers of the Year” in seven different practice areas, including energy, litigation and banking.
MARTINSBURG - Martin & Seibert shareholder Geoffry Haddad acted as program moderator for the National Business Institute’s "As Judges See It: Top Mistakes Lawyers Make in Civil Litigation" roundtable event with panel members including the Honorable Richard A. Facemire and The Honorable John C. Yoder.
