MORGANTOWN -- The Wellness Council of West Virginia has selected Steptoe & Johnson CEO Susan S. Brewer as a finalist for the Caperton Award for Excellence.
Wolfe CHARLESTON - One of two lawsuits a Charleston attorney filed stemming from injuries he sustained following a DUI arrest two years ago has come to a conclusion.
CHARLESTON – In a putative class action lawsuit, Alcan workers allege their medical records were wrongfully revealed to threaten them against filing workers' compensation claims.
WHEELING – The supervisor who a man is accusing of participating in an age- and disability-based decision to terminate him is saying he did not even know the man was fired until after it occurred.
CHARLESTON – A West Virginia company claims it faces the possibility of bankruptcy and of being forced to lay off all its employees if an oil company is allowed to shut down its wells and to buy its meters.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS -– Kent Hartsog, Vice President – Operations Support with Patriot Coal Corporation in Charleston, has been re-elected as the 2009-2010 Chairman of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
CLARKSBURG – Consolidation Coal Company can't overturn an arbitrator's decision preserving the job of a miner who tested positive for cocaine, according to the United Mine Workers of America.
CHARLESTON – A couple publicly accused of kidnapping their grandchild claim they did nothing wrong and are now accusing police of beating the man, unlawfully arresting them and holding them in jail without providing them needed medication.
ELKINS – Clorox and Kingsford are asking the federal court to dismiss a case against them in which a Randolph County man says he incurred spinal injuries after being forced to open a heavy metal door.
WHEELING – An insurance company is seeking more than $300,000 from General Electric Company as reimbursement for more than $100,000 in damages it paid to a man and woman after it says a stove the electric company manufactured caused a fire at a Wheeling home.
CLARKSBURG – Consolidation Coal Company didn't properly notify the United Mine Workers of America that it sued the union for the right to fire a miner.
CLARKSBURG -– Sixty-nine Steptoe & Johnson attorneys representing offices throughout West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky received honors in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for distinguished work.
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.
MARTINSBURG – The companies that install Dish Network satellites in West Virginians homes are asking the federal court to dismiss a lawsuit against them in which a man says he was not paid for overtime hours he worked.
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.
CLARKSBURG -– Steptoe & Johnson is pleased to announce that 36 of the firm's lawyers are included in the 2009 class of West Virginia Super Lawyers, with nine lawyers included as West Virginia "Rising Stars."
Morrison CLARKSBURG -- C. David Morrison, a member of the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, has been elected President of the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation (EMLF), a nationwide, non-profit educational organization.