Brittany Ranson Stonestreet will be sworn in as Kanawha County’s newest Family Court Judge in a ceremony at noon, Dec. 28, in the Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia in Charleston.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has established the West Virginia Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being to make recommendations on how to address mental health and substance abuse issues in the legal profession.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Margaret L. Workman called the majority opinion “overly simplistic and constricted” and said that certain individuals are targeted for violence because they are perceived to violate socially established protocols for gender and sex roles.
CHARLESTON – Families at Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary School will be able to access legal services through Legal Aid of West Virginia, thanks to a 24-month, $270,028 pro bono innovation fund grant from Legal Services Corp.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia courts can close at noon on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31 for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, according to an Administrative Order issued by Supreme Court Chief Justice Margaret L.
PRINCETON – Ninth Judicial Circuit (Mercer County) Judge Omar Aboulhosn has resigned in letters sent to Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Margaret L. Workman.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a Raleigh County Board of Education employee's job duties are not enough to qualify her for a job title change she has been attempting to get since 2012. Wanda R.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that the downtime between transporting students in Jackson County between the schools and their vocational school does not count as hours worked. Edwin E.
CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has issued a decision stating that a couple failed to timely raise applicability of a savings statute in their lawsuit. Chief Justice Margaret L.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has affirmed an order that clerical work does not cause carpal tunnel syndrome. This appeal arises from the Board of Review’s Final Order dated Oct. 1, 2014, in which the Board reversed an April 1, 2014, order of the Workers' Compensation Office of Judges, the memorandum decision states.
MORGANTOWN – Retired Ohio Circuit Judge Arthur Recht will preside over a lawsuit involving a woman being sued by 30 of her neighbors for housing chickens on her property. An administrative order by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals was filed Nov. 10 in Monongalia Circuit Court, recalling Recht to hear the case. Monongalia Circuit Judges Phillip D.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that a circuit court cannot force the plaintiffs in a rape case to pay for legal fees associated with him. In the June 16 memorandum decision, the majority concluded that Berkeley Circuit Judge Gray Silver III's Dec. 9 order, which required 12 children and 11 parents from six families to bear 0ne-half of the costs associated with the guardian ad litem appointed to Christopher Michael Jensen while he was incarcerated. Justices Ro
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has chosen three circuit judges to hear allegations regarding Parkersburg Mayor Robert Newell and the allegations that he participated in misconduct and should be removed from office.
