MORGANTOWN -- Abuse and neglect cases take up at least a third of a typical circuit judge's time, so the Supreme Court's Court Improvement Program Board this semester is underwriting the first-ever class solely on civil abuse and neglect law at the West Virginia University College of Law in Morgantown.
Ringer MORGANTOWN –- As the 2010 session of the West Virginia Legislature gets underway, the West Virginia Law Institute is looking to introduce legislation that will reform sentencing in criminal cases.
Aaron CHARLESTON -- Kanawha County Magistrate Kim Aaron has been selected by the Martin Luther King Jr. West Virginia Holiday Commission to be honored with the "Living the Dream" Sharing of Self award.
Weber CHARLESTON -- Kay Casto & Chaney has announced that member attorney Constance H. Weber was named to the board of directors of the Gabriel Project of West Virginia Inc. (www.gabrielwv.org).
GREENBELT, Md. -– Wind turbines can kill a few Indiana bats without endangering the species but the owners must ask for permission first, U.S. District Judge Roger Titus ruled on Dec. 8.
BECKLEY – A Greenbrier County woman claims the Greenbrier Hotel Corporation discriminated against her by choosing less-qualified males to fill roles to which she applied.
GILMER – A Federal Bureau of Prisons employee says US Attorney General Eric Holder needs to pay damages for an EEO decision stating the employee did not suffer harassment while working at a federal prison in Gilmer.
Sturgeon CHARLESTON -- Kay Casto & Chaney has announced that member attorney James M. Sturgeon Jr. has been named to the Enforcement Practices Committee of the National Association State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA).
Stout HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has announced that Bruce L. Stout has been named the Best Lawyers 2010 Trust and Estates Lawyer of the Year for Charleston.
Brown CHARLESTON -- Johnnie Brown, an equity partner with Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, recently became the West Virginia State Editor for two legal reporters, CARLAW and HouseLaw, published by CounselorLibrary.com LLC.
Flaherty CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin has appointed Tom Flaherty, founding member of the law firm of Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso (FS&B), to the West Virginia University Board of Governors.
McGregor WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- The State of Arizona's process for selecting its judges was hailed as the nation's finest by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform at its summit, and former Chief Justice Ruth McGregor agreed.
MORGANTOWN -– Professor Carol Sanger, the Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law at the Columbia Law School, will speak at the John W. Fisher II Lecture on Law and Medicine on the policy that several states now require that before a woman can consent to an abortion, she must first undergo an ultrasound examination and be offered the image of her fetus.
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia received one of the top grades in a national review of the way states appoint attorneys to represent the interests of children in abuse and neglect juvenile court proceedings.
Cowley CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County man is accused of holding his former girlfriend against her will, and later contributing to the circumstances that led to her death last year.
Jezioro RICHMOND, Va. -– West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Director Frank Jezioro dropped his appeal of a court order allowing Constitution Party members to solicit signatures on petitions in state parks.