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April 15-16, 2011
The West Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting
Charleston, WV
12 MCLE Credit Hours 

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Citizen Soldier Nominations Open - The 2011 Citizen Soldier Award will be awarded at the 2011 Annual Meeting of The West Virginia State Bar at Embassy Suites in Charleston, W.Va., on April 15, 2011.  To obtain information regarding the awards process click
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Nominations are due March 14, 2011.

 

Young Lawyer of the Year Nominations Open - The Young Lawyer of the Year Award will be presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of The West Virginia State Bar at Embassy Suites in Charleston, W.Va., on April 15, 2011.  To obtain information regarding the awards process click hereNominations are due March 14, 2011.

 

GILMER, CALHOUN, RITCHIE AND DODDRIDGE COUNTIES - State Bar President Tish Chafin and Executive Director Anita Casey will be visiting your Courthouses on March 2, 2011.  Please plan to join them for a short, conversational meeting.  The schedule is: 11:00 am - Calhoun County (Courtroom) 

 

9:00 am -  Gilmer County (Courtroom)   
11:00 am - Calhoun County (Courtroom)

  1:30 pm - Ritchie County (Courtroom)

  4:00 pm - Doddridge County (Courtroom)

 

WVU College of Law WV Law Review Symposium - The West Virginia Law Review (WVLR) in cooperation with The Edward G. Donley Memorial Law Lecture will present Crime and Punishment: The Legal Ramifications of Prison Overcrowding on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 12 p.m. in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom at the WVU Law Center.This event will be webcast and can be viewed at http://law.wvu.edu/crimepunish.

ROANE COUNTY - On March 7, 2011, at 10:00 a.m., State Bar President Tish Chafin and Executive Director Anita Casey will be visiting Roane County.  Please come join them in the Circuit Courtroom to discuss matters of interest to members of the Bar. 

MERCER COUNTY - At the invitation of the Mercer County Bar and the Judges of the 9th Judicial Circuit, and if the weather will cooperate this time, State Bar President Tish Chafin and Executive Director Anita Casey will be visiting Mercer County on March 22, 2011The Mercer County Bar meeting will commence at 11:30 at the Sugar Shak in Princeton.  If you are interested in joining the Bar for lunch, please contact Randall Roahrig at rwrlawoffice@citlink.net or 304-425-2116.  After lunch, photos will be taken at the Courthouse to share on the Bar Blast and on The State Bar's website.    

 

LAW FIRM ADVERTSING OPPORTUNITY - The West Virginia State Bar will hold its 2011 Annual Meeting at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Charleston, West Virginia on April 15 and 16, 2011.  We invite you to exhibit  by reserving exhibit space for the Annual Meeting.  The fee is $600 per exhibit.  The exhibit space will include one covered table and two chairs.  This fee admits two persons per exhibit to attend the Friday luncheon and the Friday evening Annual Banquet.  You and your firm will be introduced at the Annual Banquet.  Exhibit space will be located immediately outside the meeting room.  Hours will be from 7:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday and from 7:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday.  All transfer breaks will be in the exhibit area.  If you are interested in exhibiting, please CLICK HERE and complete the application.  Completed applications must be received by April 1, 2011, so arrangements can be made with the Embassy Suites. If you have questions, please contact Kathy Henning directly at 304/558-1044 or by e-mail - henningk@wvbar.org.

 

Financial & Estate Planning Seminar - Mark Your Calendar for May 19th  to attend this annual seminar in Charleston. The keynote speaker this year will be Jonathan Blattmachr, a Principal in ILS Management, LLC and a former Partner at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy in New York, NY. He is recognized as one of the most creative trusts and estates lawyers in the country and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. He has written and lectured extensively on estate and trust taxation and charitable giving.  Watch for more information and a link to register soon.

 

ON THE ROAD AGAIN - President Chafin and Executive Director Casey visit Brooke, Hancock and Ohio Counties.  (Brooke County photo tour - click here) (Hancock County photo tour - click here) and (Ohio County photo tour - click here)

 

UPCOMING FASTCASE WEBINARS - Click here to review a complete listing of upcoming Fastcase webinars.

 

These Fastcase webinars have now been approved for 1.20 online (audio/video type) office management credits each.