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Written by Professor Franklin D. Cleckley, Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law, West Virginia University, and updated annually, Handbook on Evidence on West Virginia provides an up-to-date analysis of the law of evidence as it affects West Virginia lawyers. Geared to judges, practicing attorneys, litigators, and law students alike, Handbook on Evidence for West Virginia Lawyers offers in-depth discussion of the basic principles of the law of evidence, as well as a detailed study of the rules governing the introduction of trial evidence. Among the wide array of evidence issues discussed are the gathering and presenting of evidence, making and resisting objections, and recognizing errors in the admission of rejection of evidence for appellate purposes. Specific chapter topics include judicial notice, presumptions, relevancy, privileges available to witnesses, opinions and expert testimony, hearsay and extrajudicial statements, authentication and identification, best evidence rule, and burden of proof and stipulations.
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- Publisher:
- LexisNexis
- Edition:
- (4);2014s
- Publication Date:
- 2013
- Series:
- Handbook on Evidence for West Virginia Lawyers (4)
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Welcome to the home of the Young Lawyer Section of the West Virginia State Bar. The Practice Handbook and other projects and events held throughout the state. In addition, the YLS provides a means for personal and professional growth for young lawyers by encouraging participation in the activities of the Bar. The YLS implements. WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR PRACTICE HANDBOOK. Thank you for using this new tool being made available to West Virginia lawyers. In prior years, this information was provided in hard copy at a fee, but in an attempt to assist young lawyers we desired to make it free and more widely useable and available.
Firm Overview
The law firm now known as Ray, Winton & Kelley has been in continuous existence since it was founded in 1897. It was established by James M. Payne, a civic leader who also organized the Charleston Home Telephone Company and served as its president for two years. About 1900, his nephew, William Dallas Payne, joined the firm, then known as Payne & Payne.
Later, the firm became Payne, Minor and Ray. John V. Ray joined the firm after he returned to Charleston following service in World War I and completion of a Rhodes scholarship. In 1952, his son, John L. Ray, joined the firm after serving in World War II and obtaining chemical engineering and law degrees from the University of Virginia, and is today Of Counsel to the firm. By 1955, the firm became Payne, Minor, Ray, Price & Loeb with the addition of Charles W. Loeb, one of the first West Virginia lawyers to specialize in tax law.
Of the current members, Christopher Winton joined the firm in 1985 and Mark Kelley joined the firm in 1991.
Throughout its existence, the firm has provided counsel in transactional and litigation matters to thousands of businesses and individuals throughout West Virginia and other states. The firm is well known for its work in estate planning, estate litigation, and domestic relations. The firm's lawyers also have extensive experience in corporate transactional work, general and commercial litigation, employment law, and personal injury/insurance litigation. The firm's litigation clientele are not limited strictly to 'plaintiffs' or 'defendants'; rather it strives to handle whatever legal matters its clients encounter.
Ray, Winton & Kelley serves clients in many fields, including: advertising, banking, construction, medicine, publishing and real estate.
Areas of Law:
-General Civil Practice
-Litigation
-Corporate
-Real Estate
-Trusts and Estates
-Estate Planning
-Coal
-Oil
-and Gas. State and Federal Taxation Law. Employment Law
Domestic Relations
-Personal Injury
-Wrongful Death
-Insurance Law
-Criminal Law.
Later, the firm became Payne, Minor and Ray. John V. Ray joined the firm after he returned to Charleston following service in World War I and completion of a Rhodes scholarship. In 1952, his son, John L. Ray, joined the firm after serving in World War II and obtaining chemical engineering and law degrees from the University of Virginia, and is today Of Counsel to the firm. By 1955, the firm became Payne, Minor, Ray, Price & Loeb with the addition of Charles W. Loeb, one of the first West Virginia lawyers to specialize in tax law.
Of the current members, Christopher Winton joined the firm in 1985 and Mark Kelley joined the firm in 1991.
Throughout its existence, the firm has provided counsel in transactional and litigation matters to thousands of businesses and individuals throughout West Virginia and other states. The firm is well known for its work in estate planning, estate litigation, and domestic relations. The firm's lawyers also have extensive experience in corporate transactional work, general and commercial litigation, employment law, and personal injury/insurance litigation. The firm's litigation clientele are not limited strictly to 'plaintiffs' or 'defendants'; rather it strives to handle whatever legal matters its clients encounter.
Ray, Winton & Kelley serves clients in many fields, including: advertising, banking, construction, medicine, publishing and real estate.
Areas of Law:
-General Civil Practice
-Litigation
-Corporate
-Real Estate
-Trusts and Estates
-Estate Planning
-Coal
-Oil
-and Gas. State and Federal Taxation Law. Employment Law
Domestic Relations
-Personal Injury
-Wrongful Death
-Insurance Law
-Criminal Law.
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