CHARLESTON -– A Lewis County businessman is asking the state Bar reconsider its decision dismissing an ethics complaint he filed against one of his former attorneys from a 2008 criminal case.
CHARLESTON -- On Oct. 26, 135 lawyers were admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia during a ceremony before the Supreme Court of Appeals.
CHARLESTON -– Students from two schools will perform mock trial scripts they wrote as part of West Virginia Law Adventure, the Supreme Court's civic education program for middle school students, during the finale of this year's project, on Thursday, April 29 in the Supreme Court Chamber.
CHARLESTON – School employees who borrowed on their pensions must fully repay the Consolidated Public Retirement Board even if they trimmed other debts through bankruptcy, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided.
CHARLESTON - A lawsuit filed in Kanawha Circuit Court accuses an eastern Panhandle circuit judge of malicious prosecution during the waning days of his time as prosecutor in the case of a former city councilman falsely accused of embezzlement
CHARLESTON -- Two middle school mock trials that are part of the West Virginia Supreme Court's West Virginia Law Adventure program are being rescheduled due to weather.
KEYSER – A Maryland man is suing a West Virginia corporation and one of its employees after he says the employee pinned him to a wall while backing up a truck.
Cooper CHARLESTON -– Since its inception in 2002, the Campaign for Legal Aid has done a remarkable job of making the support of legal services the primary focus of charitable giving from West Virginia's legal community.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court justices have ruled a Keyser lawyer did not violate ethical rules in meeting with both sides of a case involving a deadly car wreck before deciding which side to represent.
CHARLESTON -– Three new board members were welcomed to the Legal Aid of West Virginia Board of Directors, during its Annual Meeting held in Charleston on May 8.
Paxton CHARLESTON -- Legal Aid of West Virginia is pleased to announce the hiring of six new attorneys. The new hires work in a variety of program areas and offices across the state providing legal assistance to West Virginia's most vulnerable citizens.
CHARLESTON -– The Wayne Public Library will host a FREE informational workshop titled "Changing Your Name" at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 6 at the library, located at 325 Keyser Street in Wayne.
CHARLESTON – A Cabell County attorney accused of converting a client's settlement funds for his personal use, and a Mineral County attorney accused of having a conflict-of-interest in an automobile fatality case are two attorney discipline cases the state Supreme Court is slated to hear early in its Spring 2009 term.