CHARLESTON – Steptoe & Johnson attorney David M. Flannery has been appointed by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to serve as a member of the Ohio Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO).
BRIDGEPORT – Steptoe & Johnson PLLC is pleased to announce that four West Virginia attorneys have been promoted to Of Counsel status. The new Of Counsels represent four of Steptoe & Johnson’s six West Virginia offices.
WAYNE - A 2008 lawsuit involving Mobile Training & Education Inc. and a man who claimed the company lured him away from Verizon with false promises has been settled and dismissed.
MARTINSBURG – The West Virginia Supreme Court has responded to calls for changes to the Business Court Division, implementing several since first approving Trial Court Rule 29 and establishing the procedures for the special forum.
MARTINSBURG – Attorneys who have taken cases to the West Virginia Business Court Division say the new venue provides their clients with a more practical and productive alternative to resolving complex commercial disputes.
BRIDGEPORT – The Steptoe & Johnson PLLC mining, oil and gas, and real estate law practices have been top ranked nationally in the 2015 edition of U.S. News & World Report “Best Law Firms.”
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has suspended, without pay, the Randolph County judge who admitted to a two-year affair for the rest of her current term on the bench.
CHARLESTON – The usual suspects are crossing the Appalachians to fund West Virginia congressional races this election cycle, with even local lawyers and law firms spending tens of thousands of dollars in hopes of sending Democratic candidates to the House of Representatives.
WHEELING – Steptoe & Johnson member Jason Lucas has been elected to the 2014 National Association of Division Order Analysts (NADOA) Board of Directors.
HUNTINGTON – The Kanawha-Putnam Ad Mailer has filed a suit against Preferred Mail Advertising, alleging it has failed to pay nearly $80,000 for services rendered.
