News from May 2007
Justices says judge overstepped bounds in DNR pay raise issue
CHARLESTON - Grant Circuit Judge Andrew Frye stepped out of bounds when he approved a pay raise for Division of Natural Resources conservation officer Stephen Rexrode, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled.
PERSONNEL FILE: Steptoe & Johnson attorney co-chairs Benzene conference
Gifford CLARKSBURG -- Robert E. Gifford, a member in the Clarksburg office of Steptoe & Johnson, is co-chairman of this year's Harris Martin Publishing's "New Exposures in Benzene Litigation Conference" being held May 17-18 in the Bellagio Resort Hotel in Las Vegas.
PERSONNEL FILE: Huddleston Bolen adds four attorneys to firm
Rawlings HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has announced that attorneys Matthew Rawlings, Ashley French, Alicia Deligne and Justin Gilfert have joined the firm.
PERSONNEL FILE: New lawyers admitted to Bar
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals admitted the following people into the practice of law in West Virginia on April 17 and 18:
PERSONNEL FILE: Steptoe & Johnson receives award for participation in Minority Clerkship Program
CHARLESTON -- Steptoe & Johnson has been honored for its longstanding support of the Minority Clerkship Program, jointly sponsored by the West Virginia State Bar and the West Virginia University College of Law.
Texas judge rules on side of sister paper of The Record
BEAUMONT, Texas -- Jefferson County District Judge Donald Floyd has ruled in favor of The Southeast Texas Record, denying plaintiff's attorney Brent Coon's demand to question its editor and reporter.