CHARLESTON – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has announced the appointment of Jennifer Dent and Mark Wills as Circuit Court judges for the 11th and 9th districts, respectively.
CHARLESTON – Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has unveiled a draft best practices initiative aimed at eradicating prescription drug abuse by better equipping the state’s prescribers and pharmacists.
MORGANTOWN – The last few decades of the 21st century were a bad time to be a non-violent drug offender in the United States. The War on Drugs, mandatory sentencing and the Office of National Drug Control Policy teamed up to make sure plenty of people would do long stretches – even life – in federal prison.
MORGANTOWN – A Preston County woman is suing M&A WV Ridge JV LP after she claims her minor son sustained injuries because of a party on its property.
MORGANTOWN – The WVU College of Law Clinical Law Program can count three successes under President Obama’s initiative to commute the imprisonment of certain federal inmates given sentences that would be considered harsh by today’s lighter standards.
CHARLESTON – A top underground mine safety attorney says he still wants answers as to what caused the 2010 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion that killed 29 miners.
CHARLESTON – Beth Walker's state Supreme Court campaign has begun airing its first television ad, and it focuses on the state's heroin epidemic. The ad, which began airing April 8, features Walker talking to the camera about her two-pronged plan for dealing with the problem. It is airing in every media market in the state.
MORGANTOWN – The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Law Clinic at West Virginia University recently was presented with the 2015 Entrepreneurial Support of the Year award by TechConnectWV, which further brings recognition to a beneficial program for both students and local businesses and organizations.
West Virginia University’s College of Law has published a toolkit to help communities to navigate the thorny issues around a major problem in the state - abandoned and neglected buildings.
CHARLESTON – By now I’m sure most West Virginians have heard the talking points: “Right-to-work is wrong,” and, “Right-to-work is the right to work for less.” But are these oft repeated phrases accurate?
MARTINSBURG – A Tennessee resident is suing a West Virginia health care facility, claiming he was hospitalized there against his will in the medical center’s behavioral health unit.
A $150,000 grant from the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) was recently offered to the West Virginia University Land Use and Sustainable Development (LUSD) Law Clinic to support an ongoing partnership.
CHARLESTON – Kanawha Family Judge R. Joseph Zak is hoping to continue his time on the bench after the 2016 election. Zak practiced law for about 30 years before he was appointed to the bench in 2014 by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin when Judge Mike Kelly retired after 15 years on the bench.
For the sixth consecutive year, attorney Dale W. Steager has been named editor of the annual “Guidebook to West Virginia Taxes.” The West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants publishes the guidebook annually and Steager has been the editor since 2010.
ROMNEY – It was just a little over four months ago that Circuit Judge Charles E. Parsons received a heart transplant at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Earlier this month, the judge for the 22nd Judicial Circuit of Hampshire, Hardy, and Pendleton counties returned the bench full-time after working hard on his recovery.
