Jones CHARLESTON -- John F. Kennedy once said, "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth -- persistent, persuasive, unrealistic."
Jones CHARLESTON – A recent ad campaign meant to highlight the difficulties businesses face because of West Virginia's legal climate has created a firestorm of controversy.
West Virginia State University is located in Institute in western Kanawha County. INSTITUTE – A former West Virginia State University student has named her alma mater as the co-defendant in a personal injury lawsuit, and she is represented by a law firm whose senior partner is a prominent alumnus of the school, and, at one time, served as its academic dean.
INSTITUTE – A state Supreme Court justice regaled the local chapter of national civil rights organization of his effort to bring more awareness of the state's first black attorney who had a hand in the organization's creation.
Berger CHARLESTON - As a 17-year-old girl fresh out of McDowell County, Irene Berger admits she didn't have the broadest horizons when she first encountered student life at West Virginia University.
CHARLESTON - Groups are lining up to be involved in Coal River Mountain Watch's lawsuit against the state's Department of Transportation and Public Service Commission.
Atkins MORGANTOWN -- Bowles Rice is pleased to announce that Billy Atkins and Rebecca J. Oblak have joined the firm as partners in the Morgantown office.
Attorneys being sworn in before a congressional hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Lawyers responsible for bringing thousands of silicosis cases to state courts in Mississippi and Texas stood by the lawsuits that critics have described as "manufactured for money."
Carte Goodwin CHARLESTON -- Carte Goodwin, General Counsel to Gov. Joe Manchin, is one of 40 emerging state leaders from across the nation who has been selected to participate in the prestigious Toll Fellowship Program, which was held 8-13 in Lexington, Ky.
R. Fred Lewis, Florida's new chief justice, is a native of West Virginia. He grew up in Raleigh County. He's shown here with his fellow Florida Supreme Court justices. TALLAHASSEE - West Virginia native R. Fred Lewis began his two-year term as Florida's chief justice with an open invitation to "come share with us your vision of justice."
Goodwin MORGANTOWN -- Stephen P. Goodwin, an attorney with the Charleston law firm of Goodwin & Goodwin, recently was elected chairman of West Virginia University 's Board of Governors.
SHREVEPORT, La. – When attorney generals of 46 states signed a settlement of claims against tobacco companies they violated a section of the U. S. Constitution forbidding compacts between states, according to a lawsuit in federal court in Shreveport.
MORGANTOWN -- Two couples and a foundation have received the West Virginia University Foundation's 2006 Outstanding Philanthropy awards for their exceptional support and commitment to the University.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Tuesday questioned a panel of state health officials about laws governing mass tort screenings and then asked medical screening company officials and their physicians about their level of compliance in generating thousands of disputed silicosis claims.