A Message From the Chief
"Stop and Smell the Roses"
As Chief Justice, I’ve had the pleasure of traveling the Mountain State and
speaking with a number of groups on a wide variety of issues. My topics varied
from the technical ("How to Get an Edge in Appellate
Representation") to the philosophical ("Why We Need a Unified
Bar") to the (hopefully) entertaining ("My Adventures in
Egypt"). One of my favorite talks, especially when speaking to young
lawyers, focuses on the need to periodically "stop and smell the
roses." Too frequently, we fail to reflect on the wonderful things in our
lives.(Read More...)
Supreme Court DVD Foundation of Justice Shown at Culture Center,
on West Virginia Public Broadcasting
A twenty-seven-minute documentary about the history of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, the Supreme Court Chamber designed by architect Cass Gilbert, and the structure of the West Virginia court system was debuted at 6 p.m. September 2 at the West Virginia Culture Center.(Read More...)
West Virginia Supreme Court to Hold Argument Docket
at Marshall University
The West Virginia Supreme Court plans to return to Marshall University on September 22 to hear an Argument Docket during the school's celebration of Constitution Week.(Read More...)
Blogging and the First Amendment
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and Marshall University are hosting a panel discussion on "Blogging and the First Amendment" at 2 p.m. Tuesday, September 22, in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on the campus of Marshall University in Huntington.(Read More...)
Liberty Bell Award Given to Judge Booker T. Stephens
The 2009 Liberty Bell Award was presented to Judge Booker T. Stephens,
Chief Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit in
Bar Foundation Selects 2009 Foundation Fellows
The West Virginia Bar Foundation has selected its 2009 Foundation Fellows. The Foundation is the philanthropic organization of the legal profession.(Read More...)
Chief Justice Awards $100,000 in IOLTA Funds
Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin awarded $100,000 in IOLTA (Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts) funds during a press conference in the Supreme Court Chamber on July 2.(Read More...)
Justice McHugh Speaks to Silver-Haired Congress, Legislators
Justice Thomas McHugh spoke to members of the National Silver Haired Congress and the National Council of Silver Haired Legislators who were meeting at a South Charleston hotel on August 7..(Read More...)
Supreme Court Receives $30,000 for Juvenile Justice Database
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia received $30,000 from Governor Joe Manchin III on August 11, for support of the Juvenile Justice Database.(Read More...)
Bill Will Allow Five Pre-Trial Release Pilot Projects
Governor Joe Manchin III signed Senate Bill 760 on May 20, authorizing the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia to establish up to five pre-trial release pilot projects around the state. The law became effective on July 7, 2009.(Read More...)
Circuit Judges Honored
Marshall University announced on June 10 that it is naming its annual Constitution Week celebration after Sixth Judicial Circuit Judge Dan O'Hanlon of Cabell County.(Read More...)
Six-Year-Old Joins Judge Ferguson on the Bench
A six-year-old Fairland East Elementary School student was recently invited to sit on the bench with Cabell County Circuit Judge Alfred Ferguson and participate in court cases.(Read More...)
Family Court Judge and His Staff Ride the Circuit
Family Court Judge K. Bruce Lazenby and his staff traveled by train this summer to hear cases in a nearby county.(Read More...)
Two Magistrate Clerks in Boone County are Named Hometown
Heroes by WSAZ
Two Boone County magistrate clerks were recently named Hometown Heroes by the WSAZ television station for the work they did in raising money for a three-year-old boy who lost an eye to cancer.(Read More...)
Transitions
Phillip D. Gaujot of Morgantown became West Virginia's newest circuit judge on August 26 when Governor Joe Manchin III appointed him to the new seat in the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit in Monongalia County.(Read More...)
Courthouse Renovations
The Randolph County Circuit Courtroom received some needed audio improvements this summer with funds from the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.(Read More...)
State Law Library News
The State Law Library now provides wireless Internet access service (WiFi). WiFi is provided to the public free of charge and is available throughout the library to anyone who has a wireless computer or handheld device.(Read More...)
Employee Suggestion Award Board Rules Change
The West Virginia Employee Suggestion Award Board has changed the procedural rules governing the Employee Suggestion Award Program. The new rules went into effect on July 6.(Read More...)
2010 Legal Holidays
For your convenience in setting dockets, calendars, and schedules for 2010, below is a list of the holidays provided by W.Va. Code §2-2-1 for the coming year, showing days on which judicial employees are to be accorded time off without loss of annual leave.(Read More...)
Change in Educational Leave
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia voted in its Administrative Conference on June 4 to revise the Educational Leave Policy to permit the use of educational leave to attend the Court's Bar admission ceremony.(Read More...)
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