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Legal Team at Mani, Ellis & Layne Gives Water to West Virginians in Need
Thursday's chemical leak at Freedom Industries, Inc. ultimately impacted more than 300,000 West Virginians in nine counties. Numerous individuals, families, and local businesses were ordered to not drink or use water as a precautionary measure from the chemical spill, which had made its way down the Elk River toward a water treatment facility. Since the...
Attorney Bernie Layne Supports Victims as President of WVAJ
Since beginning his term as president of the West Virginia Association for Justice, Attorney Bernie Layne wasted no time in using his new role to back changes that benefit injured victims and communities throughout the state. A passionate advocate of victims' rights and a long-time supporter of those in need of a helping hand, Layne...
Attorney Bernie Layne Helping the Community - Covenant House
On June 24, 2013, my law partner, Bernie Layne, and I had the pleasure of presenting Covenant House with $11,500 in donations raised from trial lawyers around the State. Covenant House is a community-based organization, physically located in Charleston, West Virginia, with the following mission: Covenant House is dedicated to social justice through our efforts...
Attorney Bernie Layne President of WV Association for Justice
Mani Ellis & Layne, PLLC is proud to announce that one of our firm's partners - Attorney Bernie Layne - was recently elected President of the West Virginia Association for Justice (WVAJ) at the organization's annual convention in Charleston earlier this June. A West Virginia native originally from Williamson and raised in Parkersburg, Attorney Layne...
West Virginia Moves to Ban Google Glass Before it's Released
Google Glass, which is the newest product in the works for Google, is a wearable computer with a head-mounted display that displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format. Google Glass is already facing certain legal restrictions, however, and lawmakers in West Virginia are preparing a bill that would prohibit "using a wearable computer with head...
Mani Ellis & Layne, PLLC Honored By WV Lawyers and Judges
Mani Ellis & Layne, PLLC is proud to announce that all three lawyers have been recognized by our legal colleagues as "Preeminent" lawyers. This distinction was bestowed by Marindale-Hubble - the leading lawyer rating service for over thirty years. The process by which Jon Mani, Damon Ellis and Bernie Layne, were selected to receive this...