Health, Safety & Personal Injury Law Blog
April 24, 2010 • Injury Law
Wills and Lawyer For West Virginia Heroes
Charleston, WV — The Young Lawyers Section of The West Virginia Bar, headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, has created a Wills for Heroes program for our fire fighters and police officers who put their lives on the line for us every day. Volunteer attorneys draft wills, medical power of attorneys, and durable powers of attorneys…
read moreMarch 14, 2010 • Hiring a West Virginia Lawyer
WV Settlement Mill Law Firms – Beware!
Charleston, WV — “One call that’s all?” Personal injury “settlement mills” are blasted by Stanford Law professor Nora Freeman Engstrom in the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics. “Run-of-the-Mill Justice” reveals some of the unscrupulous practices of “settlement mill” law firms and the dangers they present to unsuspecting people who have been injured and need a…
read moreFebruary 28, 2010 • Health Tips
Hope for Brain, Spinal Cord Injuries
Charleston, WV — As a West Virginia lawyer representing people with brain and spinal cord injuries, I am always seeking new treatment options that offer clients hope. A new study at Children’s Hospital of Boston shows that deleting a gene that suppresses natural growth factors enables regeneration of injured nerve fibers (axons) in mice. Researchers…
read moreJanuary 18, 2010 • Injury Law
Former Charleston, West Virginia Lawyer and NFL Agent Sentenced to 1 Day in Prison
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Charleston lawyer and National Football League agent, Dante di Trapano was sentenced to one day in federal prison last Thursday after admitting that he falsified a 2005 loan application for half of a million dollars. U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston also ordered di Trapano to perform 1,000 hours of community…
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