CHARLESTON – Kanawha Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit is celebrating one year on the bench and calls her job very rewarding. Tabit, who ran for circuit judge 15 years ago and applied for the job when there were vacancies several times, loves what she is doing and said the job has exceeded her expectations. “I am loving every minute of it,” Tabit said.
HUNTINGTON – Ashley N. Quaranta has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as an associate in its West Virginia office. She will practice in the areas of commercial litigation, consumer financial services litigation, and civil litigation.
CHARLESTON – Charleston attorney Mark A. Hunt is entering the race for West Virginia Attorney General. Hunt, a former legislator, on Sept. 30 announced his candidacy. He is campaigning on the promise to be a watchdog for West Virginia citizens and small businesses.
PINEVILLE – Nearly 50 Wyoming County residents have asked a judge to issue an order forcing the state Department of Environmental Protection to do something about their drinking water. Forty-six residents of Clear Fork filed their petition for writ of mandamus Sept. 16 in Wyoming Circuit Court against the DEP and Secretary Randy Huffman. In the petition, the petitioners say they live downstream from an abandoned impoundment operated by Eastern Associated Coal LLC.
CHARLESTON – After one “crazy” year, a local attorney still is loving her other job that helps promote school spirit at colleges all over the country. Last year, Tonya Shuler and her husband started Color My College, which she says combines college loyalty and exercise into “the ultimate celebration of school spirit.” Shuler is an associate attorney at Moore & Biser in South Charleston. “The first year has been crazy, but it’s been a lot of fun,” Shuler said while in Dover, Del., preparing for
HUNTINGTON – Heather Gerken, the J. Skelly Wright Professor of Law at Yale Law School, will be the featured speaker as the fall 2015 Amicus Curiae Lecture Series opens at Marshall University.
HUNTINGTON – Marshall University will once again celebrate Constitution Week this year with its annual Marshall Quoits Tournament for faculty, staff, students, fraternities and sororities. Quoits, which is similar to horseshoes, was John Marshall’s favorite game.
CLARKSBURG – A former West Virginia University School of Pharmacy student has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the school and his former professors, alleging his dismissal from the program last year was racially and religiously motivated. Plaintiff Basil Al-Asbahi filed his lawsuit in the U.S.
HUNTINGTON – An Advanced Certified Paralegal with Dinsmore & Shohl was recently elected to a second term as Second Vice President of the National Association of Legal Assistants/Paralegals. Jill I.
HUNTINGTON – The Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence is holding its sixth annual conference in April and will hold part of the conference in Charleston and another part in Huntington.
HUNTINGTON – A man is suing Delta Chi after he suffered injuries from an attack when he accompanied a friend to one of the Marshall University fraternity's parties.
CHARLESTON – As of Jan. 1, John P. Fuller, Jason S. Hammond, and Brian D. Morrison have joined Charles R. Bailey and Marc J. Slotnick as equity shareholders of Bailey & Slotnick PLLC, a member of Bailey & Wyant PLLC.
