CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has ordered a circuit judge be suspended without pay for six months, censured and fined who was accused of using his position as a judge following a traffic stop.
A resident physician’s undetected error may have cost a patient her life during treatment at Vanderbilt University Medical Center – just the type of case Nashville attorney Brian Cummings seeks to address.
Andrew M. Connor, an associate in Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Charleston office, has been named as a barrister to The James L. Petigru American Inn of Court, which is connected to the Charleston School of Law.
INSTITUTE – L. Vincent Williams’ “amazing journey,” which has taken him from a “poor black kid who grew up in a single-parent home in Alderson” to an education that saw him earn a juris doctorate degree and a master of business degree in the span of one week, has now led to his election as the chairman of the West Virginia State University board of governors.
West Virginia does an OK job when it comes to representation of people of color on the judicial bench, but is the worst in the nation in terms of the percentage of women as judges, and the reasons why aren’t clear, according to a law professor who co-authored a study on judicial representation.
CHARLESTON – Thomas Combs & Spann, PLLC is proud to announce that Daniel R. Higginbotham is now a partner of the firm. Higginbotham has practiced with the firm since September 2011.
Shelby EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Allyson E. Shelby recently joined Jackson Kelly as an associate in the firm's Evansville office and is practicing in litigation and labor and employment.
Conrad CHARLESTON – Lincoln County native Conrad Lucas was recently elected to become West Virginia's newest state chairman of the Republican Party, which at the age of 30, makes him the youngest state chairman in the country.
Dailey CHARLESTON -– Anna Dailey, a partner in Dinsmore & Shohl's Charleston office, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
McMillan CHARLESTON -- Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love named attorneys Stuart A. McMillan, Michael D. Lorensen and J. Stan Lee to the firm's Executive Committee at its annual partner meeting, according to Managing Partner Tom Heywood.
Dalglish HUNTINGTON – Fame and fortune await the person who finds a way to make money with news on the Internet, First Amendment guardian Lucy Dalglish predicts.
Benjamin HUNTINGTON -– The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and Marshall University are hosting a panel discussion on "Blogging and the Potential Limits of the First Amendment" at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22, in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on the campus of Marshall University.
Potter WHEELING -– Spilman Thomas & Battle is pleased to announce that Sharon "Shari" Potter has joined the firm as Counsel in its Wheeling office.
