News from June 2009
PERSONNEL FILE: More than 25 percent of Huddleston Bolen lawyers honored in Super Lawyers
HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has announced that a total of 13 of the firm's lawyers were recognized in the 2009 Edition of West Virginia Super Lawyers.
PERSONNEL FILE: Legal Aid of W.Va. announced election of board of directors
CHARLESTON -– Three new board members were welcomed to the Legal Aid of West Virginia Board of Directors, during its Annual Meeting held in Charleston on May 8.
PERSONNEL FILE: Tinney elected president of W.Va. Bar Foundation
Tinney CHARLESTON -- John H. Tinney of Charleston recently was elected President of the West Virginia Bar Foundation.
PERSONNEL FILE: 14 lawyers admitted to practice in W.Va.
CHARLESTON -- Fourteen lawyers were admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia during a ceremony before the Supreme Court of Appeals on June 25.
PERSONNEL FILE: Spilman Thomas & Battle attorneys named Super Lawyers
CHARLESTON -- Spilman Thomas & Battle recently announced attorney rankings in 2009 Super Lawyers.
Coal roots led lawyer's career
Bailey CHARLESTON – Timothy Bailey said it was partially the slug's pace of much of the work involving defense litigation that led him to plaintiffs' law.
McGraw settlement causes $446K hole in Medicaid funding
McGraw WASHNGTON - The federal government plans to withhold nearly a half-million dollars the next time it doles out Medicaid funding to the State of West Virginia as a result of a settlement engineered by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw.
Judge limits request for medical records
CHARLESTON -- Though a judge quashed a subpoena for a Kanawha County woman's entire medical history in a personal injury suit she filed against WVU Tech, he ordered she'll still have to turn over records related to treatment for her alleged injury.
Woman sues bar, drunken patron
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing a bar and an unknown patron, claiming the bar allowed the patron to get drunk enough to fall into her and injure her.
Sunoco wants worker's injury claim dismissed
HUNTINGTON – Sunoco Chemicals is asking the federal court to dismiss a complaint filed against it, in which an employee of the company claims he was injured while working.
Filing for dollars, not justice
They used to be called ambulance chasers and they were held in contempt by the legal profession, the media, and the public.
Group wants senators to probe Sotomayor on impartiality
Sotomayor CHARLESTON – A national court advocacy group wants U.S. Senators to grill Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about her views on judicial impartiality and recusal during the confirmation process.
PERSONNEL FILE: Steptoe & Johnson attorneys named Super Lawyers
CLARKSBURG -– Steptoe & Johnson is pleased to announce that 36 of the firm's lawyers are included in the 2009 class of West Virginia Super Lawyers, with nine lawyers included as West Virginia "Rising Stars."
PERSONNEL FILE: Bell honored in Super Lawyers
Bell CHARLESTON -- Charleston attorney Harry F. Bell Jr. has been honored in the latest edition of Super Lawyers.
PERSONNEL FILE: Warner joins Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer
Warner CHARLESTON -- The law office of Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer is pleased to announce that Brian J. Warner has joined the firm as a member.
PERSONNEL FILE: 13 Dinsmore and Shohl attorneys named to Super Lawyers lists
CHARLESTON -– Thirteen Dinsmore & Shohl attorneys have been named to the 2009 West Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars list by Law & Politics Media:
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