166 ABA Journal West Virginia articles.
Rejecting a widow’s argument that a coal company committed a fraud on the court by withholding information from its own experts supporting her husband’s claim of black lung disease in…
Jan 3, 2014 9:25 PM CST
A West Virginia lawyer is facing a felony case after allegedly concealing evidence concerning a friend who police say shot a man after a New Year’s Day fight over pizza…
Jan 3, 2014 5:40 PM CST
A popular West Virginia prosecutor who got too close to the wrong people pleaded guilty on Monday to a federal misdemeanor charge.
Michael Sparks, 44, had proclaimed his innocence early…
Nov 19, 2013 8:10 PM CST
A West Virginia judge was criminally charged with misdemeanor battery Monday after an incident in which he is accused of shouting at a nurse and grabbing her arm while insisting…
Nov 5, 2013 10:30 PM CST
A search of the home of a onetime Wheeling, W. Va., police officer after he fired 23 rounds from an assault rifle at a federal courthouse there earlier this month…
Nov 4, 2013 5:40 PM CST
Three West Virginia lawyers are being investigated by legal ethics authorities following federal criminal charges against a now-former Mingo County circuit judge, prosecutor and chief magistrate.
The three attorneys either…
Oct 15, 2013 9:39 PM CDT
A gunman who fired at AK-47 at a federal courthouse in West Virginia on Wednesday before being shot to death by responding security guards and police probably did not hold…
Oct 10, 2013 6:20 PM CDT
Until yesterday, a county prosecutor in West Virginia had denied any wrongdoing related to the federal corruption case in which a county judge has already pleaded guilty.
But on Wednesday…
Oct 10, 2013 4:25 PM CDT
Updated: A former Wheeling police officer fired multiple shots at a federal courthouse in West Virginia on Wednesday, and was then shot in a battle with security officers and local…
Oct 9, 2013 9:29 PM CDT
A high-earning Kentucky disability lawyer featured in a 60 Minutes television segment that aired Sunday subsequently took the Fifth during a U.S. Senate committee hearing.
Eric Conn told the Senate…
Oct 8, 2013 4:35 PM CDT
A now-former West Virginia judge accused of two unusual crimes has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in one case in exchange for having charges dropped in another.
Mingo Circuit Judge Michael…
Oct 3, 2013 5:30 PM CDT
A West Virginia judge who was previously indicted on accusations that he tried to prosecute his secretary’s husband for fictitious crimes is now facing new troubles.
Kim and Robert Woodruff…
Oct 1, 2013 9:20 PM CDT
A new federal charge has been filed against a West Virginia judge who is now accused of interfering in a federal investigation linked to the slaying of a local sheriff.
…Sep 19, 2013 10:00 PM CDT
You’re the county prosecutor. A local judge is trying to frame a romantic rival for crimes that the man not only didn’t commit but which didn’t occur. What do you…
Aug 30, 2013 10:50 AM CDT
A West Virginia lawyer charged with attempted murder after a standoff with police at his home–in which he reportedly fired multiple shots but injured no one except himself–is now seeking…
Aug 29, 2013 3:30 PM CDT
