A Message From the Chief
2009: Access to Justice in West Virginia
The holidays are over and we are beginning an exiting new year. I hope your holiday season was a joyous one shared with family and friends. And, in view of the pressures of busy practices, I hope you also had some time for yourself to “recharge the batteries.”(Read More...)
Justice Menis Ketchum Sworn in during Ceremony in Supreme Court Chamber
Menis Ketchum was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia during a ceremony on Thursday, December 18, 2008, in the Chamber of the Supreme Court. Mingo County Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury delivered the oath of office.(Read More...)
Justice Margaret L. Workman Sworn in during Ceremony in Supreme Court Chamber
Margaret L. Workman was sworn in to her second term as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia during a ceremony on Monday, December 29, 2008, in the Chamber of the Supreme Court. Senior Status Supreme Court Justice Thomas McHugh administered the oath of office.(Read More...)
Chief Justice Benjamin Reappoints Justice McHugh
Chief Justice Brent Benjamin reappointed Senior Status Justice Thomas McHugh to fill in for Justice Joseph P. Albright during his recovery from surgery and illness.(Read More...)
New Judges Take Office Throughout West Virginia
Mercer County attorney Omar J. Aboulhosn was sworn into office on January 16, 2009, to take the new seat as the third judge in the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Mercer County. The oath of office was delivered by Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum in front of a standing-room only audience at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton.(Read More...)
2009 January Term Begins With Ceremony, Memorial
Chief Justice Brent D. Benjamin opened the January Term of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia on January 13 by welcoming two new Justices and memorializing attorneys and judges who died in 2008.(Read More...)
Supreme Court Approves Access to Justice Initiative
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has approved Chief Justice Brent Benjamin's proposal to initiate an Access to Justice program in West Virginia. The Court approved the proposal during its Administrative Conference on December 9, 2008.(Read More...)
Supreme Court Seeks Public Comment on Lawyer Assistance Program
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia on December 8, 2008, approved for public comment proposed rules and rules changes needed to implement the West Virginia Lawyer Assistance Program, one of Chief Justice Brent Benjamin's target issues during his year as Chief Justice in 2009.(Read More...)
Supreme Court Appoints Compliance Commission on Prison, Jail Conditions
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia voted in its Administrative Conference on December 9, 2008, to establish a seven-person Compliance Commission on Sams v. Kirby, a November 30, 2005, Supreme Court opinion addressing the increasing number of state prisoners held in county and regional jails.(Read More...)
Drug Courts Open in Monongalia, Lincoln, Logan and Boone Counties
Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin was the keynote speaker at the opening of the Monongalia County Drug Court on Friday, February 27, 2009, at the Monongalia County Courthouse.(Read More...)
Mercer Circuit Judge Derek Swope Keynote Speaker at "Pip" Kickoff
Judge Derek C. Swope of the Ninth Judicial Circuit in Mercer County was the keynote speaker at the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Children and Families' "PIP Kickoff" on February 5 at the Charleston Civic Center.(Read More...)
Judge Johnson Spoke at Legislative Reception and Child Welfare Symposium
Judge Gary L. Johnson, Chief Judge of the Twenty-Eighth Judicial Circuit, spoke at the Second Annual Legislative Reception and Child Welfare Symposium on February 24, 2009, at the Town Center Marriott.(Read More...)
Disproportionate Minority Contact
In July 2008, the Administrative Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia welcomed Ms. Louann Petts as its full-time, grant-funded Disproportionate Minority Contact (DMC) Coordinator. The DMC Coordinator position is shared between the AOS Special Projects Division and West Virginia's Division of Criminal Justice Services.(Read More...)
Mass Litigation Panel Leads the Way With Electronic Filing and Service
West Virginia's Mass Litigation Panel is leading the way in modernizing the state's paper-intensive judicial system with electronic filing and service in Mass Litigation cases.(Read More...)
U. S. Postal Service Honors J. R. Clifford With a Stamp
J.R. Clifford, West Virginia's first African American attorney, was one of
twelve civil rights pioneers whose likenesses are on first-class commemorative
stamps issued February 21 in New York City, during the NAACP's annual meeting.
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Transitions
Retired U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Staker died Sunday, November 30, 2008, in a Huntington nursing care facility. The judge, who was 83 when he died, was a former Mingo County Circuit Judge.(Read More...)
Forwarded E-mails Lead to Letters in Personnel Files
State officials in Alaska recently have ended an investigation into e-mails sent to dozens of state employees. The e-mails contained racist jokes about President Obama and were sent after the general election in November.(Read More...)
Pay Checks and Pay Stubs
To have a better understanding of your pay
stub, an explanation of payroll deductions is provided in this newsletter.
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PEIA Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment for Plan Year 2010 (July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010) will extend from April 1 through April 30, 2009. Watch your mail in late March for the PEIA Shopper’s Guide and Mountaineer Flexible Benefit (MFB) Reference Guide.(Read More...)
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