News from September 2012
The misadventures of a Little Goody Two-Shoes
Once upon a time there was a little girl who dreamed of growing up to be a judge. Her brain was chock-full of ideas for changes in the court system. She just knew that the "different" ideas she'd thought up all by herself would make things better.
Settlement reached in Summers man's civil rights suit
McCrae BECKLEY – Three months after it was filed, a settlement has been reached in a Summers County man's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully detained, and subjected to racial taunts by a state trooper.
Judge redirects suit over firearms ordinances to state court
Copenhaver CHARLESTON - A federal judge has referred a lawsuit over municipal firearms ordinances in Charleston, Dunbar and South Charleston to a West Virginia court.
Braxton attorney gets probation for embezzlement
CHARLESTON – A Braxton County attorney will remain a free man after admitting to embezzling nearly $75,000 from a trust account he was appointed to oversee.
PERSONNEL FILE: Foster Bird named 'Best of the Year' in Railroad Law
Foster Bird HUNTINGTON -– Best Lawyers, a legal peer-review publication, has named Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough partner Melissa Foster Bird as the 2013 Best Lawyer of the Year in Charleston Railroad Law.
CIVIL FILINGS: Kanawha County
Sept. 13
CIVIL FILINGS: Putnam County
Sept. 20
CIVIL FILINGS: Cabell County
Sept. 14
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Aug. 7
CIVIL FILINGS: Monongalia County
Sept. 19
CIVIL FILINGS: Berkeley County
Aug. 30
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Aug. 29
CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County
Aug. 6
CIVIL FILINGS: Jefferson County
Aug. 28
Chafin rolls out her first TV ad of general election
Chafin CHARLESTON -- Democratic state Supreme Court candidate Tish Chafin has unveiled her first television ad of the general election campaign.
Perdue files lawsuits against insurers in Putnam Co.
Perdue WINFIELD – The incumbent state treasurer has selected the county of his opponent in November's election to file suit against nearly a dozen insurance companies for failing to turn over unclaimed proceeds to his office.
Harrison Co. men get judgment in civil rights suit
Lewis CLARKSBURG – Two Harrison County men have achieved a partial victory against two police officers they alleged attempted to frame them for raping one of the officer's sister.
Commercial retailer sues Ohio Co. development agency for breach
WHEELING – A commercial real estate company is alleging a northern panhandle economic development agency in failing to pay them for attracting tenants to a shopping mall it owns.
PERSONNEL FILE: Cyrus named top mediator by Best Lawyers
Cyrus HUNTINGTON -- Attorney John F. Cyrus of the Huntington law firm of Cyrus and Adkins has been selected as Best Lawyer of the Year 2013 for Mediation in the Charleston area.
PERSONNEL FILE: Winton recognized in Best Lawyers
Winton CHARLESTON – Christopher J. Winton, managing member of the Charleston law firm, Ray, Winton & Kelley has been selected to be included in The Best Lawyers in America, 19th Edition, for the practice areas of Trusts and Estates.