Wednesday, June 19 2013 11:52 AM EDT2013-06-19 15:52:41 GMT
A person's right to counsel is protected if they assert this right in an arraignment hearing, even if the person waives this right in a police-initiated interrogation after such a hearing.
A person's right to counsel is protected if they assert this right in an arraignment hearing, even if the person waives this right in a police-initiated interrogation after such a hearing.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 3:24 PM EDT2013-06-18 19:24:24 GMT
BECKLEY, WV (AP) — A former Massey Energy executive who is cooperating with the criminal investigation into the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when she sentences him Aug. 1.
BECKLEY, WV (AP) — A former Massey Energy executive who is cooperating with the criminal investigation into the Upper Big Branch mine disaster is asking a judge for leniency when she sentences him Aug. 1.
Monday, June 17 2013 4:19 PM EDT2013-06-17 20:19:37 GMT
Justices annulled the law license of H. John Rogers after he filed a false mental hygiene complaint against a Wetzel County businessman.
Justices annulled the law license of a New Martinsville attorney and former state Supreme Court candidate after he filed a false mental hygiene complaint against a Wetzel County businessman.
Monday, June 17 2013 2:41 PM EDT2013-06-17 18:41:41 GMT
An engineering company was not a law firm's client and thus will not receive one-third of the firm's recovery.
An engineering company was not a law firm's client and thus will not receive one-third of the firm's recovery.
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce will conduct its first business court symposium on Jan. 22. The event will focus on the state's new business court, which was created to streamline legal actions between business entities.
Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis will be the event's keynote speaker. Business Court judges Christopher Wilkes and James H. Young Jr. have accepted invitations to attend. The remaining Business Court judges, James J. Rowe and Donald H. Cookman, plan to attend pending their trial schedules.
The symposium will be hosted by Jackson Kelly PLLC and will be held at the firm's Charleston office,
located at 500 Lee St., Suite 1600. The symposium will begin at 10 and is scheduled to conclude at 2 p.m. The cost for attending is $30 per person. Reservations can be made to Kim Nelson at knelson@wvchamber.com or by calling 304-342-1115.
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