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Recent News About Marshall University

• PERSONNEL FILE: Oxley joins Dinsmore & Shohl's Charleston office

  By The West Virginia Record | Monday, Jul 27, 2009 @ 12:18pm

  Oxley CHARLESTON -– Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce that Perry W. Oxley has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department.

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• THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

  By Justin Anderson | Friday, Jul 24, 2009 @ 2:30am

  July 9

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Huddleston Bolen Legal Assistant earns CLA Professional Credential

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 @ 4:20am

  HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has announced that Lacy A. Stamper successfully has completed the Certified Legal Assistant examination and now is certified to use the "CLA" professional designation.

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• Survey shows issues with race, juvenile justice

  By Steve Korris | Friday, Jul 10, 2009 @ 2:40am

  CHARLESTON – Workers in West Virginia courts and sheriff's offices might need to reform their attitudes about blacks to preserve full federal funding for juvenile justice, according to a survey.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Paralegals elected to board, receive award for service

  By The West Virginia Record | Wednesday, Jul 8, 2009 @ 8:00am

  Lowther CHARLESTON -– Three Steptoe & Johnson paralegals have been recognized by the Legal Assistants/Paralegals of Southern West Virginia (LAPSWV) at the organization's fifth annual meeting and seminar held in June.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Huddleston Bolen attorneys admitted to Ohio bar

  By The West Virginia Record | Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 @ 2:15am

  Baker HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has announced that Huntington attorneys Casey Baker and Erin Rich have been admitted to the Ohio Bar.

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• Widow gets $1M for husband's death

  By Justin Anderson | Wednesday, Jun 3, 2009 @ 9:00am

  HUNTINGTON -- A Cabell County jury awarded a woman more than $1 million after her husband died on an operating table at St. Mary's Medical Center.

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• Man claims job led to asthma

  By Justin Anderson | Thursday, Apr 16, 2009 @ 6:30am

  HUNTINGTON – A Huntington man is suing his former employer and the makers of industrial lubricants and fluids, claiming the vaporized substances used in his job left him with asthma.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Huddleston Bolen partner named to FDCC

  By The West Virginia Record | Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 @ 9:00am

  Massie HUNTINGTON -- Robert L. Massie, a partner with Huddleston Bolen, has been selected for membership in The Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC).

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• Herd basketball player files federal suit over accident

  By Chris Dickerson and Kelly Holleran | Thursday, Mar 19, 2009 @ 2:45am

  Spann HUNTINGTON – A Marshall University athlete has filed a federal suit against a trucking company and one of its drivers, alleging an accident has caused his basketball career to suffer.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Capehart joins Dinsmore & Shohl's Charleston office

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 @ 5:00am

  Capehart CHARLESTON -- Curtis R. A. Capehart has joined Dinsmore & Shohl as an associate in the Labor & Employment Law Department. He will be practicing out of the firm's Charleston office.

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• Seth, Prenter residents file suits against coal companies over water

  By Kelly Holleran | Tuesday, Feb 10, 2009 @ 2:55am

  MADISON –- At least 45 Seth and Prenter residents have filed complaints in Boone Circuit Court against eight coal companies, claiming they face serious health problems after their water supply was allegedly contaminated due to nearby mining operations.

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• Court's Compliance Committee on prison, jail conditions issues mission statement

  By The West Virginia Record | Tuesday, Feb 3, 2009 @ 5:00am

  CHARLESTON -– The seven-person Compliance Committee on Sams v. Kirby had its organizational meeting on Jan. 30, agreed to a mission statement and chose a chairman.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Steptoe & Johnson announces new members

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Jan 29, 2009 @ 2:11am

  Jamieson CLARKSBURG -- Steptoe & Johnson has announced the promotion of three attorneys to membership effective Jan. 1.

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• Chief Justice, Supreme Court drum in new term

  By Steve Korris and Chris Dickerson | Tuesday, Jan 13, 2009 @ 2:30pm

  Chief Justice Brent Benjamin CHARLESTON – Brent Benjamin, on his first day as Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, presided over a new kind of ceremony that promised a new kind of Court.

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• Benjamin, Supreme Court ready to start 2009 term

  By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Jan 9, 2009 @ 4:00am

  Benjamin CHARLESTON -- The state Supreme Court will begin the Spring 2009 term with a little pomp and circumstance.

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• Supreme Court creates state jail task force

  By Kelly Holleran | Monday, Dec 29, 2008 @ 5:30am

  Canterbury CHARLESTON -- The state Supreme Court has established a seven-person compliance commission charged with the task of creating a long-term plan to address the state's overcrowded jail population.

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• New Wayne Circuit Judge takes oath

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 @ 2:00am

  WAYNE -– James H. Young Jr. became West Virginia's newest circuit judge when he was sworn in Dec. 8 at the Wayne County Courthouse.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Spilman attorney joins prestigious Lawyers for Civil Justice

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Dec 11, 2008 @ 1:30am

  Lusk CHARLESTON -– Spilman Thomas & Battle has announced that Neva G. Lusk, a member of the firm, was approved for membership in Lawyers for Civil Justice "LCJ."

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• Ketchum swearing-in ceremony scheduled

  By The West Virginia Record | Wednesday, Dec 10, 2008 @ 4:12pm

  Ketchum CHARLESTON -– Menis Ketchum will be sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia during a Dec. 18 ceremony.

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