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188 ABA Journal West Virginia articles.

Law Firm Office Manager Pleads Guilty to Perjury in $275,000 Overbilling Case

A former office manager for a West Virginia lawyer has pleaded guilty to one count of perjury concerning an alleged $275,000 scheme to defraud the state public defender’s office for…

Bank-Robbing Attorney Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $63K From Clients

The law, it seems, wasn’t working out financially for Buffalo, N.Y., attorney Michael W. Rickard II.

Earlier this year Rickard, 42, pleaded guilty to holding up two banks in Nashville,…

Longtime Jackson Kelly Lawyer’s License Suspended for Filing Incomplete Medical Report

Rejecting a disciplinary panel’s recommendation that the case against a longtime West Virginia lawyer be dismissed, the state supreme court has suspended the law license of Douglas…

NJ Lawyer, 2 Affiliated Debt Collectors, Agree to $7.9M Settlement With AG of W.Va.

A New Jersey lawyer and his two affiliated Pennsylvania debt-collection companies have agreed to cancel $7.9 million in charged-off debts, delete records of the claimed debts from the credit reports…

Magistrate’s $79M Powerball Win Is Also a Windfall for His ‘Fearless and Fair’ Predecessor

After cashing in a $79 million winning Powerball ticket that left him with about $30 million after taxes, W. Randy Smith decided to step down from his job as a…

Oops. Juror Calls Defendant Guilty on Facebook, Before Verdict

Updated: A Michigan juror who indicated in a Facebook post that she believed the defendant in her case is guilty—before the case went to verdict—wound up on the hot seat,…

Ex-Lawyer Avoids More Jail Time After Plea in Client Bat-Beating Case

A former West Virginia lawyer accused of beating a client with a baseball bat has been sentenced to one to five years of home confinement.

Joshua Robinson of Charleston, 38,…

W.Va. Governor Picks Lawyer, His Ex-GC, for Byrd Seat

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has picked his former general counsel to fill the Senate seat of the late Sen. Robert Byrd.

The Charleston, W.Va., lawyer, 36-year-old Carte Goodwin, will…

Tennessee’s Allen Kopet Acquires W.Va. Firm, Grows ‘One State at a Time’

The sign on the office of Charleston, W.Va., law firm Francis, Nelson & Brison will be changing soon.

The seven-lawyer law firm has been acquired by Allen, Kopet & Associates,…

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Ex-Lawyer Accused of Collecting $132K from PD Service in Billing Scam

A disbarred lawyer has been charged with fraudulently collecting $132,000 from the West Virginia Public Defender Services by altering vouchers that had been signed by a judge.

William Duty, 59,…

Attorney Charged with Arson & Attempted Arson in Law Firm Fires

A West Virginia attorney has been accused of setting fire in 2007 to the Martinsburg law firm at which she then worked and attempting to set another fire there in…

Lawyer Accused of Beating Client with a Baseball Bat Accepts Plea Deal

A suspended West Virginia lawyer set to go to trial on Monday for beating a client with a baseball bat has accepted a plea agreement.

Joshua Robinson pleaded guilty to…

Acquitted Client in Lawyer Home ‘Break-In’ Is Now Alleged Victim of Counsel’s Baseball Bat

A client initially accused of breaking into his legal counsel’s home in December and assaulting the attorney is now regarded by West Virginia authorities as the victim of an alleged…

Munchausen Mom Gets 40 Years in Death of 2-Year-Old Daughter

A woman who was convicted of child abuse in West Virginia and sentenced to one year in jail after she was caught on tape in a hospital trying to smother…

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