FINANCES ARE EVERYTHING! Recently, we have been busy with the finances of The West Virginia Bar Foundation. Our Accountant is Katie Cobbs at Brown Edwards in Charleston. Boy, does she know her stuff! She is very talented when it comes to Quickbooks, which is the online tool that the Foundation uses to keep the accounts […]

‌ GREAT LEADERS MAKE OR BREAK AN ORGANIZATION   Our President Christy Morris has been very busy lately with the business of The West Virginia Bar Foundation. In August and September she was deeply involved first with the planning of the Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend event and, ultimately, with the extended discussions […]

A COUPLE OF CHANGES ARE COMING UP   The West Virginia Bar Foundation is pleased to announce a couple of new areas where the image of the Foundation will be spiffed up a bit.   First, our President Christy Morris is set to head up a Committee that will look into revamping the Foundation website. […]

POSTPONEMENT OF LUNCH AND LAUGHS WITH A LEGAL LEGEND Boy, things can change quickly, can’t they? Just a couple of weeks ago, we were sending you a reminder to sign up for the Annual Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend. However, especially over the last week or so, the Foundation Officers and Board of […]

ARE YOU COMING? REGISTER NOW! You know you want to join your friends for some Lunch and some Laughs! At 11:30 a.m. on Friday, September 10, 2021, at the Erickson Alumni Center in Morgantown, the Bar Foundation will be hosting its Annual Lunch and Laughs with a Legal Legend. This year’s honoree will be The […]

‌ WEST VIRGINIA BAR ASSOCIATION – FELLOWS LUNCHEON On Friday, July 23, 2021, the West Virginia Bar Association very kindly hosted a luncheon at the Greenbrier for the Fellows of the ABA and the West Virginia Bar Foundation. Tessa White, the Executive Director of the WVBA, asked Deb Scudiere, the Executive Director of the WVBF, […]

THANK YOU! The West Virginia Bar Foundation is the grateful recipient of a very generous gift from Foundation Fellow Rob Fisher and his lovely wife Judy. It is through such wonderful dedication from friends like Rob and Judy that the Foundation is able to carry on its important missions.   CONTACT UPDATES The new mailing […]

    SPECIAL REPORT- This edition of the Bar Brief is arriving early because of three special activities relating to the WV Bar Foundation.   SPECIAL BAR FOUNDATION FELLOWS DINNER- On June 24, a very special Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner was held to honor not one, but two, classes of Bar Foundation Fellows. The 2020 […]

LAWYER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE- After the cancellation of the Lawyer Leadership Institute in 2020 because of the historic Covid-19 virus pandemic, the premier leadership training event for younger rising star lawyers was held on May 21-23, at Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, WV.   Pictured above are Brenda Waugh (Martinsburg) and Elliot Hicks (Charleston), two of the highly […]

BAR FOUNDATION FELLOWS DINNER-JUNE 24 The WV Bar Foundation Board of Directors announces the Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner on Thursday, June 24, 2021, at the 4 Points Sheraton Hotel (600 Kanawha Blvd., East, in Charleston)!   This highly anticipated event will honor the judges and lawyers selected for both the 2020 Fellows class and the […]