CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is asking a circuit judge to permanently shut down a charter bus company after it failed to refund nearly $18,000 for two canceled field trips.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court has affirmed a circuit court’s ruling dismissing felony civil rights violations against a former Marshall University football player accused of saying an anti-gay slur before striking two men that he saw kiss.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Chief Deputy Attorney General Anthony Martin has been named to The State Journal: Generation Next: 40 under 40 recipients for 2017.
CHARLESTON – Charles R. “Rusty” Webb said a new client who serves in the military was chose to win a free divorce as part of The Webb Law Centre PLLC’s 10th annual Free Valentine’s Day Divorce contest.
HUNTINGTON – The City of Huntington has filed a lawsuit against three drug companies and a physician it claims fueled opioid epidemic within in the city and across the state.
CHARLESTON – More than $6 million from a court settlement account has been transferred to West Virginia University and Marshall University to aid in research and rural health.
RIPLEY – The new year has just started, and for the men and women of the 5th Judicial Circuit, that means some new names and faces will be showing up at the court, including incoming Judge Lora Dyer.
MORGANTOWN – Professor Katherine Garvey, director of the Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic at the West Virginia University College of Law, has been tapped to serve on one of eight policy group teams formed to assist Governor-Elect Jim Justice’s transition and give recommendations on a wide range of issues.
CHARLESTON — Attorney Charles R. “Rusty” Webb of the Webb Law Centre has been selected to join the top trial lawyers in the country as a member of the Distinguished Justice Advocates (DJA) Charter, an honor given to fewer than 1 percent of attorneys nationwide. Webb is the first West Virginia attorney to be extended membership into this group.
WHEELING – Four individuals and a corporation are facing federal charges for conspiring to steer West Virginia Division of Highways projects to a South Carolina business in exchange for bribes and kickbacks.
HUNTINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia is suing Cabell County Clerk Karen Cole for refusing to recognize and permit online voter registration within the county.
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing West Tenampa Mexican Restaurant Inc. after she claims she was discriminated against and sexually harassed by employees and management.
CHARLESTON – The YWCA has named Kanawha Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit as an honoree for the Women of Achievement award. She will attend a ceremony next year in March and begin her journey in becoming an ambassador for the YWCA’s cause.
CHARLESTON — Now that college football season has begun, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is urging fans to be cautious when buying tickets from individuals and third-party resellers this season.
HUNTINGTON — Marshall University has no pre-law major curriculum or law school at its campus for college students interested in law, but it does have a pre-law adviser.
