EVANSVILLE, Ind. -– Kevin M. Halter recently joined Jackson Kelly PLLC as an associate in the firm's newest office in Evansville, Ind., as a result of continued client growth in the region.
CHARLESTON -– The 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America, a peer-review publication in the legal profession ("Best Lawyers"), has named 11 Jackson Kelly PLLC lawyers as Best Lawyers' 2012 Lawyers of the Year.
Beverage CHARLESTON -– Jackson Kelly PLLC has been awarded "Gold Standard Certification" by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF), a designation for law firms that have integrated women in top leadership positions.
CHARLESTON -- Twenty-six of Jackson Kelly's West Virginia lawyers have been selected for inclusion on the West Virginia Super Lawyers 2011 list and 10 others were chosen for the West Virginia Rising Stars 2011 list.
Stowers CHARLESTON -- The Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (DTCWV) recently held its 29th Annual Meeting at The Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels.
CHARLESTON -– Fifty-two leaders from across the state have accepted invitations to participate in the 20th Anniversary Class of Leadership West Virginia. Candidates were selected from a list of nominations that was submitted in late 2010.
CHARLESTON -- While the West Virginia Attorney General's Office continues to stay mum on subpoenas issued to Gov. Joe Manchin's administration, a source within the state Department of Highways has revealed that one of the targets of the federal probe include a multi-million dollar road that runs through Fairmont.
Manchin CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has raised more than a half-million dollars in the race for the late Robert C. Byrd's U.S. Senate seat, according to Federal Election Commission filings.
Hall CHARLESTON -- The Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (DTCWV) recently held its 28th annual meeting at the Oglebay Resort and Conference Center in Wheeling with a record attendance.
Charleston-–Jackson Kelly PLLC attorneys Ellen S. Cappellanti and William J. Powell will be honored as West Virginia State Bar Foundation Fellows during the 12th Annual Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner on April 29.
MORGANTOWN -- Gov. Joe Manchin, West Virginia University Interim President Peter Magrath and West Virginia businessman W. Marston Becker, Chairman and CEO of Max Capital Group Limited, will be among the noted speakers at the 7th Annual West Virginia Leadership Conference, to be held April 29–30 in Morgantown.
CHARLESTON -- Staci Norman Criswell has joined Dinsmore & Shohl as Of Counsel in the Corporate Department and a member of the Family Wealth Planning Practice Group.
HUNTINGTON –- Second Creek Technologies LLC and Marshall University are offering a full day of training focusing on electronic discovery and forensics topics.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS -- Kent Hartsog, group controller with Patriot Coal Corporation, has been elected as the 2008-09 chairman of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.