JUDGE KEELEYLUNCH&LAUGHS SEPT.13-11:30AMMORGANTOWN JUDGE KEELEY-LUNCH AND LAUGHS WITH A LEGAL LEGEND More than 100 people are already registered to attend the third Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend event, which will be held on Friday, September 13, 2013, at the Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown. U. S. District Court Judge Irene M. Keeley of […]

JUDGE TINSLEY   INVESTITURE CEREMONY On June 21, the Honorable Dwane L. Tinsley was sworn in as a U. S. Magistrate Court Judge for  the Southern District of West Virginia. He   is pictured above, without his robe, with WV Bar Foundation Past President Carl Harris at the reception immediately after the ceremony that was held […]

WVU FOUNDATION AWARD On June 7, the West Virginia University Foundation presented one of its Woodburn Circle awards to the WV Bar Foundation for the financial support that has been given to the WVU College of Law. Pictured above during the event in Morgantown are WVU Law School Dean Joyce McConnell, a member of the Bar Foundation’s Board […]

BAR FOUNDATION BOARD   OF DIRECTORS On June 6, the Bar   Foundation Board of Directors held its quarterly meeting at the law offices of Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso in Charleston (pictured above). The Board members, who are judges and lawyers located around the state, reviewed matters and made decisions on numerous items, including: * Discussed the […]

LUNCH & LAUGHS JUDGE KEELEY SEPT. 13, 2013 LEGAL LEGEND-JUDGE IRENE KEELEY The WV Bar Foundation and its Board of Directors are very pleased to announce that U. S. District Court Judge Irene M. Keeley of Clarksburg has been selected as the honored guest for the Third Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend event, which will […]

  BAR   FOUNDATION FELLOWS DINNER The 15th WV Bar   Foundation Fellows Dinner was held on April 25 and was an overwhelming success. More than 170 judges, lawyers and their guests from all parts of the state were in attendance to honor three judges and nineteen lawyers, who were members of the 2013 class. Pictured […]

BAR FOUNDATION GRANT-LIBERTY DAY Since beginning its formal grants program in 2004, the Bar Foundation has distributed almost $190,000 through approximately 40 separate grants for worthwhile programs in the areas of public education, law student scholarships, legal services for low income citizens and child abuse   prevention. The vast majority of those funds (just less than $175,000) has been […]

  BAR FOUNDATION GRANT-THE LAW WORKS Continuing its commitment over several years, the Bar Foundation’s Board of Directors has provided another grant to the long running, successful legal education program on WV Public Broadcasting, The Law Works. Pictured above after the grant was provided are, from left to right, Robin Mazza (Marketing Coordinator for WV Public Broadcasting), Ken Gray (Bar […]

LUNCH AND LAUGHS-WVU LAW SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS Last November, WVU College of Law Dean Emeritus John Fisher was the honored guest for the Second Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend event, which was a friendly roast of Dean Fisher by his friends and colleagues. The proceeds from this successful endeavor were equally divided between Dean Fisher’s choice of […]

G. NICHOLAS CASEY-ABA TREASURER-ELECT G. Nicholas Casey of Charleston has been selected as the Treasurer-Elect for the American Bar Association, one of the largest voluntary professional organizations in the world. Nick, pictured above, will serve one year as Treasurer-elect and then serve as the Treasurer for the international bar group which has almost 400,000 members, an annual budget […]