Shreve CHARLESTON -- Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce the election of seven new non-equity members and the election of two new equity members effective Jan. 1.
Bartels Denver, Colo. - Jackson Kelly PLLC welcomes Dana M. Bartels as an associate in the firm's Denver office, where she practices in the Environmental and Health and Safety Group.
Alsop CHARLESTON -- Jessica Alsop, an associate in the Jackson Kelly Business Law Department, has been appointed a Member of the Young Lawyers Division of the West Virginia Executive Committee.
O'Brien CLARKSBURG -- William J. "Jamie" O'Brien has joined the Business Department of Steptoe & Johnson and will practice in the firm's Clarksburg office with a focus on business litigation.
Megan Williams was in Washington, D.C., this week, the featured guest at a press conference held by an outspoken Texas congresswoman, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee.
Myerberg CHARLESTON -- David Myerberg, M.D., J.D., a member of Jackson Kelly PLLC, authored a chapter called "Malpractice Considerations In Practice" in the book "Coding for Chest Medicine: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep, 2008" published by the American College of Chest Physicians.
Starcher CHARLESTON - State Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher apologized Thursday to the attorney to whom he recently referred as "window dressing" because of her Pakistani descent.
Shabazz CHARLESTON – Though state black leaders are keeping mum on a dispute between the state attorney general and the Logan County prosecutor over filing hate-crime charges in a civil rights case, a Washington, D.C.. attorney said West Virginians should "stay tuned" if the case continues to be a political football.
CHARLESTON -- Every day, ordinary West Virginians become extraordinary. It can happen in an instant of bravery, or through a lifetime of placing others before themselves.
CHARLESTON -- During the week of Oct. 9, 116 lawyers were admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia during ceremonies before the Supreme Court of Appeals.
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Putnam County-based company will get to keep the nearly $13 million judgment it was awarded in April 2006 after the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear the appeal of the defendant.
Waldo CHARLESTON -- Kevin Waldo is an associate in the Business Law Department of the firm's Charleston office where he practices business and commercial law.
Malik Shabazz, center, rallied in May 2006 in Durham, N.C., during the height of the Duke lacrosse scandal. CHARLESTON – Almost 18 months to the day he took center stage in leading a anti-hate rally through the streets of Charleston, a Washington, D.C., attorney played a bit piece in the drama that unfolded in Durham, N.C., regarding the Duke lacrosse rape case.
Shabazz CHARLESTON – A Washington, D.C., attorney spearheading an awareness and fundraising campaign for the victim in a Logan County torture case was disciplined last year by the District's Bar Association for not properly handling the settlement awarded in a civil case involving two minor children.
CHARLESTON -- Jackson Kelly's Workers' Compensation practice was ranked the number one workers' compensation practice in the nation in Woodward and White's The Best Lawyers in America 2008.