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.
Manchin CHARLESTON – When it came time for Gov. Joe Manchin to appoint someone to the state Supreme Court, he said he never thought the mission would be so easy.
Roberts CHARLESTON – An opinion survey of business leaders conducted or the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce shows an overwhelming majority of the respondents believe state government leaders need to enact legal reform to preserve jobs and keep the state's economy stable.
Workman CHARLESTON -- The head of a statewide legal reform group has criticized a fundraiser supporters of newly elected Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman held to help her pay off campaign debts of $78,982.
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."
McChesney HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has announced that Thomas McChesney has joined the firm as its Director of Marketing and Business Development, working from the firm's Huntington office.
CHARLESTON -- On a recent Monday afternoon before the election, I was sifting through all the political ads filling my computer mailbox, including various position statements from business groups attempting to portray West Virginia as a "tort hell," when one particularly interesting news item regarding a new lawsuit caught my attention.
Manchin CHARLESTON – Gov. Joe Manchin stands behind Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama after comments the senator made earlier this year concerning his plan to aggressively charge polluters for carbon and greenhouse gas emissions.
Greear CHARLESTON - Days before the election, Republican attorney general candidate Dan Greear is curious why a fundraiser was held for opponent Darrell McGraw in Boston last October.
McGraw CHARLESTON - With less than a week before Election Day, the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce has started a $700,000 last-minute batch of attack ads aimed at Attorney General Darrell McGraw.
CHARLESTON -- Health care reform is a topic of debate and discussion by a joint interim committee of the West Virginia Legislature as well as by a statewide task force involving the health care industry, stakeholder groups and the public.
White CHARLESTON -- Attorney General Darrell McGraw has given us 16 years of unparalleled public service protecting the citizens of West Virginia by providing consumer education and when necessary, fighting the unscrupulous businesses that attempt to prey on senior citizens, consumers and other businesses in the state.
HUNTINGTON – Supreme Court of Appeals candidate Menis Ketchum didn't tell the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce he represented defendants in more than half of the cases he argued before the Supreme Court, as the West Virginia Record reported Sept. 2.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – Competition protects consumers and government doesn't, ABC News anchor John Stossel told the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce at the annual Business Summit.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS -- Kent Hartsog, group controller with Patriot Coal Corporation, has been elected as the 2008-09 chairman of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Greear WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Hiring private attorneys to represent West Virginia on a contingency fee basis is illegal and unethical, Republican attorney general candidate Dan Greear told state business leaders Wednesday.
Canfield CHARLESTON -- John Canfield, former corporate counsel with State Farm Insurance Companies in Charleston for the past 16 years, has joined Dinsmore & Shohl.