WELLSBURG -- Ten adults graduated from the First Judicial Circuit Northern Panhandle Treatment Courts during a ceremony March 24, bringing to over 100 the number of people who have successfully completed the drug court program since it began in 2005.
Benjamin ELKINS -- Supreme Court Justice Brent D. Benjamin will be the keynote speaker at a ceremony celebrating the opening of the Randolph County Juvenile Drug Court.
Benjamin HAMLIN -– Justice Brent D. Benjamin will be the keynote speaker at the South Western Regional Drug Court graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 28, at the Lincoln County Courthouse.
State Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman poses with nine-year-old Savannah Emch after a Nov. 19 press conference about National Adoption Month. Savannah was adopted two years ago, and Workman has an adopted son. (Photos by Michael Switzer for the state Supreme Court) CHARLESTON -– Nine-year-old Savannah Emch said it more eloquently than all the adults who preceded her could. "Now I'm happy," she said. "I have a home."
Benjamin CHARLESTON -- Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent D. Benjamin plans to speak to regional meetings of the West Virginia State Bar in Martinsburg and Moorefield this week.
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.
McHugh CHARLESTON -- Supreme Court Justice Thomas McHugh on Tuesday swore in four new sex offender intensive supervision officers during a ceremony in the Supreme Court Chamber.
Clawges DANIELS -– Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent D. Benjamin has honored Circuit Judges Russell M. Clawges Jr. and James J. Rowe for their election as ASTAR Science and Technology Fellows.
PRINCETON -– The Southern Region Drug Court Program that has previously served only Mercer County is expanding to serve McDowell, Monroe, Summers, and Wyoming Counties.
Davis WHEELING -– Three West Virginia Supreme Court justices are scheduled to speak Wednesday at an event sponsored by the Wheeling-Area Chamber of Commerce.
CHARLESTON – Despite restrictions on his ability to practice law, and having personal mental health issues, a Kanawha County attorney made over $100,000 in fiscal year 2005-06 as mental hygiene commissioner, court records show.