West Virginia Association for Justice
Recent News About West Virginia Association for Justice
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Wheeling attorney joins Pa. firm as W.Va. partner
Hill PHILADELPHIA -- Prominent Wheeling attorney Barry Hill has joined Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman and Smalley as its resident partner in West Virginia. -
WVAJ calls Hellhole report 'unreliable propaganda'
Karlin CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Association for Justice called this week's "Judicial Hellhole" report by the American Tort Reform Foundation "nothing more than propaganda released by billion-dollar special interests who want immunity when corporations break the law and risk the lives of consumers and workers." -
New report advocates 'Loser Pays' system
Hurney CHARLESTON -- Forcing losers in lawsuits to pay the winner would help stem the tide of frivolous lawsuits flooding many U.S. jurisdictions, a new report says. -
Judge affirms block against campaign disclosure laws
McGraw CHARLESTON - While state Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office appeals, an injunction against recently passed campaign advertising disclosure laws will remain. -
Judge tells group to change argument against campaign laws
Ireland BLUEFIELD - The amendment of a few West Virginia campaign laws has negated a nonprofit group's attack on the originals, a federal judge recently decided. -
Toriseva opens her own firm in Wheeling
Toriseva WHEELING -- After having made a name for herself statewide and nationally, a prominent Wheeling attorney is hanging out her own shingle. -
Group under fire from McGraw wants campaign laws changed
McGraw CHARLESTON - The group that's advertisements have infuriated state Attorney General Darrell McGraw started challenging the state's campaign laws earlier this year. -
Extravagant damages the possible problem with dry cleaner suit, WV CALA says
Pressed for Time is located on Quarrier Street in downtown Charleston. (Photo by Chris Dickerson) CHARLESTON -- A Charleston attorney who has sued a dry cleaning store for missing clothes should be entitled to a reasonable amount of money if the court finds the cleaners responsible, but should not be awarded extravagant damages, according to the leader for a statewide legal reform group. -
Things went 'very well' at settlement hearing, Deputy AG says
Hughes SHEPHERDSTOWN -- State Attorney General Darrell McGraw's top aide spoke Friday about one of the office's more controversial cases. -
Call for AG reform is growing
McGraw CHARLESTON -- First came the class-action lawsuit, followed by state attorneys general using the power of their office in connection with private plaintiff lawyers to pursue such lawsuits. Millions of dollars from ensuring settlements poured into state coffers. -
THEIR VIEW: Cohen is no friend of West Virginia
Karlin MORGANTOWN -- Steve Cohen is no friend of West Virginia. -
State legal community mourns Justice Miller
Miller CHARLESTON – Former state Supreme Court Justice Thomas Miller was the epitome of what a judge should be, many members of the legal community said. -
McGraw has taken outside counsel idea to new heights
McGraw CHARLESTON -- New York's Eliot Spitzer made may have made the practice fashionable, but West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has a lengthy and enduring pattern of hiring outside counsel and appointing special assistants to help bring sizable financial settlements to the state coffers. -
WV CALA backs Greear's decision to sign transparency code
Greear CHARLESTON -- A state legal reform group supports Republican Attorney General candidate Dan Greear's decision to adopt a outside counsel transparency code of conduct, and encourages current officeholder Darrell McGraw to do the same. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Karlin honored by Super Lawyers
Karlin MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown attorney Allan N. Karlin has been named one of the top lawyers in West Virginia by Super Lawyers magazine. -
CALA: Backers of campaign finance bill hypocrites
Cohen CHARLESTON - It looks like the contentious election season of 2004 has not been forgotten four years later -- and its legacy is still causing controversy. -
AG challenger on board with ATRA code
Greear CHARLESTON – Dan Greear, the Republican candidate for state Attorney General, has agreed to abide by a transparency code crafted by the American Tort Reform Association if he is elected. -
Karlin wants to continue work of WVAJ
Karlin MORGANTOWN – Al Karlin sees his new role as president of the West Virginia Association for Justice as that of a steward. -
McGraw backers will argue for $4M in state case
McGraw WHEELING – Campaign contributors given state contracts by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw will try to stake their claims to portions of nearly $4 million in fees in August. -
Election bill at center of controversy
Webster CHARLESTON – A state legal watchdog group is unhappy with proposed legislation that would force it to reveal its largest financial backers if it wants to make campaign contributions, claiming it is a violation of its right to free speech.