McGraw WHEELING - Circuit Court Judge Ronald Wilson is withholding $3.9 million from lawyers who helped Attorney General Darrell McGraw sue Visa and MasterCard.
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.
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 CHARLESTON -- Oxycontin could be the Kryptonite to the power built by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw during this decade and a half in office.
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.
Cohen CHARLESTON - A state legal reform group is happy that three candidates for the state Legislature who were heavily backed by personal injury lawyers didn't make it past the primary election.
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.
CHARLESTON -- Could the recent release of U.S. Census Bureau data be responsible for a new online survey of young professionals between 21 and 45 which it hopes will shed some light on the exodus from West Virginia of that demographic?
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.
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.
Cohen CHARLESTON -- Mountain State judges and juries could screen who qualifies to be an "expert witness" if West Virginia adopts a plan pending in the Louisiana legislature.
Hughes CHARLESTON – The state's Chief Deputy Attorney General says four attorneys recently appointed as Special Assistant AGs were recommended by the state Auditor's Office.
CHARLESTON – Three of the four attorneys recently appointed as special assistant Attorneys General in an investigation into teacher annuities have given the maximum $1,000 contributions to AG Darrell McGraw's re-election campaign.
CHARLESTON -- It was a heady day last year when a major U.S. company broke ground in West Virginia's capital for a new regional headquarters, promising $35 million investment in the Mountain State and 2,500 new jobs.
Weiss WASHINGTON - Disgraced securities lawyer Melvyn Weiss, who awaits sentencing for illegally paying clients to file shareholder complaints, actually injured shareholders, a report released Wednesday indicates.
Cohen Happy days are here again for the West Virginia personal injury bar. Menis Ketchum's "In a wreck? Get a check!" TV ads can now include his Supreme Court nominee pedigree.