Come One, Come All -- to two great events on April 6 as we celebrate the run-up to West Virginia's 150th birthday!! 

"A New Home for Liberty - Human Rights, Slavery, and the Creation of West Virginia."

"The Creation of West Virginia -- Economics and Entrepreneurs." 

For more information please contact Aimee Duncan, 304-345-7663; Tom Rodd at 304-541-4494; or e-mail admin@jrclifford.org.

MORGAN, BERKELEY AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES - State Bar President Tish Chafin and Executive Director Anita Casey will in the Eastern Panhandle visiting on April 11 and 12, 2011.  Please join them to discuss issues related to The State Bar.  The schedule is:   

APRIL 11

3:00 pm - Morgan County (Courtroom)

APRIL 12

9:00 am -  Berkeley County (TBD)  

11:00 am - Jefferson County (TBD) 

ANNUAL MEETING - The 2011 State Bar Annual Meeting will be held on April 15-16 at the Embassy Suites in Charleston.  Offering a total of 12 hours of MCLE credit, including 5 hours in law office management.    For room reservations, contact Embassy Suites at 1.800.EMBASSY or 304.347.8700 Ext. 2035.  Make your reservations today!

Your meeting registration materials are available online at -http://www.wvbar.org/shared/content/Annual%20Meeting.pdf 

13th ANNUAL BAR FOUNDATION FELLOWS DINNER- Seventeen individuals will be honored as Bar Foundation Fellows during the 13th Annual Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner on Thursday, April 28, 2011, at the Marriott Hotel in Charleston. This year's Fellows are lawyers and members of the judiciary who will join less than 300 other Fellows that have been previously selected from the more than 5, 000 lawyers and judges in the state.  The black tie optional reception and dinner begins at 6:30 PM and the cost is $125 per person or $1,250 for a table of ten persons. Please contact Tom Tinder (304-343-9823 or tom@wvbarfoundation.org) to make reservations.

The 2011 Bar Foundation Fellows members are:

J. Michael Benninger - Morgantown

Jodie M. Boylen - Parkersburg

Harry L. Buch - Wheeling

Robert D. Fisher - Ripley

Michael D. Foster - Charleston

The Honorable John R. Frazier - Princeton

The Honorable John W. Hatcher, Jr. - Fayetteville

The Honorable Sally G. Jackson - Martinsburg

Patrick D. Kelly - Charleston

Stephen M. LaCagnin - Morgantown

Donald B. O'Dell - Huntington

Sharon L. Potter - Wheeling

Harry G. Shaffer, III - Madison 

Jessica Justice Stolarick - Morganton 

The Honorable Robert B. Stone - Morgantown 

Charlene A. Vaughan - Charleston 

William Douglas Witten - Logan

Financial & Estate Planning Seminar - Mark Your Calendar for May 19^th  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.

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