185 ABA Journal West Virginia articles.
Two lawyers involved in a January fight in a West Virginia courthouse have filed dueling lawsuits.
Stephen Sean Murphy sued first, naming Scott Radman as a defendant in his Monongalia…
Mar 6, 2013 10:14 PM CST
A lawyer was arrested after a Tuesday afternoon incident at a West Virginia courthouse in which he was accused of attacking another attorney.
Stephen Sean Murphy was charged with malicious…
Jan 23, 2013 8:13 PM CST
Two Pittsburgh lawyers were found civilly liable by a federal jury in Wheeling, W.Va., along with a doctor they hired to screen asbestos cases, for helping railroad employees pursue fraudulent…
Jan 3, 2013 3:55 PM CST
A West Virginia judge who made headlines because of a videotaped tirade apologized and admitted some anger management issues before a judicial hearing board on Tuesday.
Judge William Watkins III…
Nov 30, 2012 12:15 PM CST
A West Virginia private practitioner accused of defrauding the state’s public defender agency of $159,000 by billing for hours she did not work has pleaded guilty to a federal charge…
Nov 7, 2012 6:34 PM CST
Teri Kay Workman was sentenced Tuesday to six consecutive one- to 10-year prison terms for embezzling nearly $400,000 from a West Virginia law firm for which she formerly worked as…
Sep 25, 2012 8:45 PM CDT
An attorney has voluntarily given up her West Virginia license after being convicted of arson concerning a small fire at the law firm at which she then worked.
Ashley R.…
Sep 14, 2012 5:36 PM CDT
A former office manager has pleaded guilty to embezzling nearly $400,000 from a West Virginia personal injury law firm, saying that she had no idea she’d taken so much.
The…
Aug 28, 2012 8:47 PM CDT
A West Virginia family court judge who became widely known after a YouTube video of his angry comments from the bench to a matrimonial party went viral is now reportedly…
Aug 13, 2012 4:37 PM CDT
More than a hundred years ago, the sprawling building in Wheeling, W.Va.’s once-thriving coal and steel area, housed factory workers making tin products and kerosene lanterns.
Now, after a top-to-bottom…
Aug 13, 2012 4:16 PM CDT
A West Virginia judge whose angry comments to a pastor litigating a divorce case gained widespread publicity after a YouTube video of the hearing went viral last month has complied…
Jul 13, 2012 6:00 PM CDT
A pastor who publicized a now-viral video of a West Virginia jurist shouting “shut up” during a family court hearing says he has filed numerous complaints against Putnam Circuit Judge…
Jul 3, 2012 5:49 PM CDT
Updated: An official recording of a May family court hearing in West Virginia is becoming an unexpected YouTube hit. It quickly topped more than 10,000 views, after a…
Jul 2, 2012 9:32 PM CDT
A West Virginia lawyer who narrowly lost a race to become the state attorney general in 2008 has been charged with malicious wounding and wanton endangerment with a firearm in…
Jun 14, 2012 9:40 PM CDT
A former West Virginia lawyer was arraigned Monday on five felony charges of obtaining money by false pretenses, as well as forgery and uttering of a public record.
Kenneth J.…
Jun 5, 2012 4:58 PM CDT
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