185 ABA Journal West Virginia articles.
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
A West Virginia judge has been federally indicted, accused of attempting to interfere with the work of a grand jury and a state trooper in an attempt to frame a…
Aug 15, 2013 7:12 PM CDT
An assistant West Virginia attorney general who shot himself in the head and reportedly shot at police during a standoff at his home in Charleston on Monday was arrested Wednesday…
Aug 14, 2013 9:15 PM CDT
A lawyer in West Virginia Attorney General’s Office shot and wounded himself after a three-hour standoff with Charleston police at his home on Monday.
The lawyer, 49-year-old Mark Bramble, worked…
Aug 13, 2013 12:02 PM CDT
A West Virginia lawyer says his problems haven’t ended with his acquittal for shooting a man.
Jurors acquitted Hiram Lewis of Procious, W.Va., last week, report the Jul 3, 2013 4:02 PM CDT
A West Virginia lawyer is at trial in a legal ethics case, accused of having applied under false pretenses to have a cafe owner taken into involuntary custody for a…
Jun 5, 2013 3:50 PM CDT
A West Virginia lawyer representing a police officer in a felony case has been criminally charged, along with an investigator, in an alleged conspiracy to interfere with a witness.
Attorney…
May 21, 2013 1:40 PM CDT
A former panel attorney who worked as a public defender in multiple counties in West Virginia has been sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison for submitting…
May 13, 2013 5:30 PM CDT
Husband-and-wife West Virginia lawyers who practiced together in the same Charleston firm initially didn’t report to their insurance carrier what they subsequently described as a pro se “nuisance case” over…
May 13, 2013 5:00 PM CDT
A West Virginia middle school student was arrested and pulled from school Thursday, accused of creating a disruption after he refused a teacher’s demand that he remove a T-shirt that…
Apr 22, 2013 4:14 PM CDT
A West Virginia courthouse was on lockdown Wednesday afternoon after the county sheriff was shot to death outside.
Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum liked to eat lunch in the same…
Apr 3, 2013 8:49 PM CDT
An admittedly intemperate family court judge has been suspended without pay for the remaining years of his term by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
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