Mayo CHARLESTON – While O.J. Mayo of Huntington represents the University of Southern California in basketball, he represents West Virginia high school athletes in a battle with authority.
CHARLESTON – Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company fumbled three times at the state Supreme Court of Appeals in a futile bid to rewrite an order of Kanawha Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia assessors want the Supreme Court of Appeals to shield their most important employment decisions from approval by county commissioners.
Starcher CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher on Monday asked a court official to preserve any evidence regarding Chief Justice Spike Maynard's relationship with Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.
CHARLESTON - William H. Duty of Williamson blew his chance to save his law license, failing to show up at the Supreme Court of Appeals in response to a petition of the Lawyer Disciplinary Board.
Starcher CHARLESTON -– State Supreme Court Justice Larry V. Starcher, as co-chairman of the Living the Dream Awards Committee, is soliciting nominations for the Martin Luther King Jr. West Virginia Holiday Commission awards.
I usually take criticism, even if sometimes unfair, as just part of what comes with being in public life. But Vic Sprouse's personal attack on me published last week in your newspaper merits response, if for no other reason than its sheer factual inaccuracy.
Those of us who believe our courts are intended to dispense justice, not settle personal scores, are routinely underwhelmed by the rhetoric of our State Supreme Court's Larry Starcher.
Benjamin CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin has accused his colleagues of rewriting law to stretch the statute of limitations for a plaintiff who suffered temporary insanity.
Canterbury CHARLESTON -- The Administrative Director of the state's court system has been appointed to serve on the Council of State Government's Justice Center Board of Directors.
Hughes CHARLESTON – Chief Deputy Attorney General Fran Hughes called herself the "chief architect" of a "brilliant plan" to use more than $1 million of lawsuit settlement money to re-elect Attorney General Darrell McGraw and Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw in 2004, according to the deposition of a former AG's office employee.
CHARLESTON - It takes nerve to bring up new evidence after Justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals have decided a case, and attorney Christopher Riley of Wheeling has nerve.
MADISON – Attorney Benjamin Conaway, who persuaded the Supreme Court of Appeals to throw out taped evidence against a drug suspect, worries that many West Virginians misunderstand the decision of the Justices.
Davis CHARLESTON -- The AARP Foundation, West Virginia ElderWatch and AARP West Virginia are co-sponsoring an AARP National Legal Training Project Workshop on Elder Financial Abuse and Exploitation on Wednesday, at the Marriott Charleston Town Center.