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2 W. Va. St. B. News 1 (1960-1970)

handle is hein.barjournals/wvstbn0002 and id is 1 raw text is: WEST VIRGINIA STATE BAR NEWS VOL. II JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1960 NO. 1 PLAINTIFFS GROUP ARRANGES MEETING The West Virginia Plaintiffs Bar Associa- tion will sponsor a medico-legal seminar at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston, begin- ning Friday, April 1 at 7 p. m., and conclud- ing Sunday, April 3 at noon. All members of the State Bar and all trial and appellate judges are invited. Outstanding trial lawyers from throughout the United States will participate in this sem- inar. Included in those who will take part in the program are Craig Spangenberg, Cleve- land, Ohio; Max R. Israelson, Baltimore, Md., former president of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association and present chairman of the Torts Section of NACCA; Marc Fried- man, Toledo, Ohio, former president of NAC- CA; Bernard Lisman, Burlington, Vt., pres- ident of the Vermont Trial Lawyers Associ- ation; Fielding Atchley, Chattanooga, Tenn.; David Sindell and Robert R. Disbro, Cleve- land, Ohio; Morton Reeves, Columbus, Ohio, former president of the Ohio Plaintiffs Bar Association; Alfred S. Julien, New York City, past president of NACCA; Lou Ashe, San Francisco, Calif., president of NACCA; and Thomas F. Lambert, Jr., Boston, Mass., edi- tor-in-chief of the NACCA Law Journal, for- mer dean of Stetson Law School, who was U. S. trial counsel in the Neurenburg trials of Nazi party leaders. A number of outstanding out-of-state de- fense counsel have also been invited and will participate in the trial demonstrations. Arrangements have also been made for medical experts to conduct examinations and trial demonstrations. There will be a luncheon Saturday after- noon at the Daniel Boone Hotel, and a cock- tail party and dinner-dance Saturday night. The registration fee is $10.00 for the en- (Continued on Page 6) Robert L. Hogg Associated With Charleston Law Firm Robert L. Hogg of 393 Seventh Avenue, New York City, announced bis retirement as vice chairman of the Board of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States January 1, and simultaneously the Charleston firm of Jackson, Kelly, Holt and O'Farrell an- nounced that Mr. Hogg had become associ- ated with that firm as counsel. Mr. Hogg had served as senior vice chair- man and advisory counsel of the Equitable Life Assurance Society since April 1, 1954. He will continue as member of the Society's board. A member of the West Virginia and New York bars, Mr. Hogg is a native of Pt. Pleas- ant. He is a former prosecuting attorney of Mason County and a member of the West Virginia State Senate. He represented the 4th West Virginia district in the 71st and 72nd Congresses, having been elected to fill an unexpired term and also for a full term November 4, 1930. Before becoming associated with Equitable, Mr. Hogg had been associated with the Am- erican Life Convention and other insurance organizations since 1935 with offices in Chi- cago and Washington. He received his law degree from the Col- lege of Law of West Virginia University. His father, the late Charles E. Hogg, was once dean of the West Virginia College of Law. May 1 Designated for Observance of Law Day President Dwight D. Eisenhower has des- ignated Sunday, May 1, 1960, as Law Day in the United States. In his proclamation, the President urges the people of the United States to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies as a public demonstration of their devotion to the rule of law as the keystone of peace and or- der in our national and international life. Law Day is designed to foster a deeper respect for law and an awareness of its es- sential place in American life, as well as to encourage the efforts now being made to bring about an extension of law as an in- strument of world peace and orderly pro- gress in all international relationships for the future benefit of mankind, the proclam ation added. This is the third year for the national ob- servance of Law Day USA by Presidential proclamation. For the first time in 1960, Law Day falls on Sunday. President Eisen- hower took note of this in declaring that re- spect for justice under law is vital and abid- (Continued on Page 6) Abel Will Deliver 1960 Donley Memorial Lectures The faculty of the College of Law of West Virginia University announces that the 1960 Donley Memorial Lectures will be delivered by a former colleague, Professor Albert S. Abel, who is now Professor of Law at the University of Toronto. Professor Abel has chosen as the main theme for his lectures THE HIGHEST COURTS, a comparative study of courts of last resort in the United States, Britain, and Canada. There will be three separate lectures, all to be held in Room 2 of the College of Law. First Lecture Structure and Membership Thursday, April 21, 8:15 P.M. Second Lecture Jurisdiction and Functions Friday, April 22, 3:30 P.M. Third Lecture Modes of Operation Friday, April 22, 8:15 P.M. Professor Abel's teaching experience has especially fitted him to make such a compar- ative study. So far as is known, he is the only person who has held successive appoint- ments as Professor of Law on the faculties of American and then of British Common- wealth Law Schools. The Edward G. Donley Memorial Lectures are conducted under the direction of the fac- ulty of the College of Law and are supported by a trust fund administered by the West Vir- ginia University Foundation, Inc. The trust fund was created by Eleanor T. Donley, the widow of Mr. Donley, and by Robert T. Don- ley, his son, who is a member of the faculty of the College of Law and a former judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Vir- ginia. Their purpose in establishing the lec- tures was to bring to the university each year a distinguished member of the legal profes- sion to contribute to the knowledge and de- velopment of the law. Browning Named Court President Judge Chauncey Browning became presi- dent of the Supreme Court of Appeals Janu- ary 1. He succeeds Judge Leslie E. Given. SEMINARS ON CIVIL RULES TO BE HELD Five seminars on the new Rules of Civil Procedure for Trial Courts have been sched- uled for April and May by the Committee on Continuing Legal Education. In announcing the meetings, C. Howard Hardesty, Jr., Continuing Legal Education Chairman, said that it was thought these five meetings scattered over the State should en- able all members of the bar to attend at least one of them. The dates and meeting places are as fol- lows: Charleston: West Virginia Room, Charles- ton Civic Center, April 22 and 23. Beckley: Circuit Court Room, May 6 and 7. Cacapon State Park (near Berkeley Springs) : May 13 and 14. Wheeling: Auditorium, Elks Club, May 20 and 21. Fairmont: Circuit Court Room, May 26 and 27. All these meetings are set for Fridays and Saturdays, except Fairmont, and will start at 9:00 a.m. daily. The Fairmont session will be on Thursday and Friday, starting at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, and continuing all day Fri- day. A change in the Fairmont date was made because of the address of Judge Harold Med- dma to the West Virginia Law School Asso- ciation at Morgantown on Saturday, May 28. The team conducting these seminars will include C. Howard Hardesty, Jr., Fairmont; Zane Grey Staker, Williamson; Kingsley R. Smith, Clarksburg; and Marlyn E. Lugar. Morgantown. This panel will be implemented by members of the Committee on Civil Rules and other members of the bar. Arrangements are being made to have a judge participate in each seminar. Judge Harry E. Watkins will participate in the Cacapon State Park and Fairmont meetings, (Continued on Page 6) Time Extension on income Tax Return Rules Changed The Internal Revenue Service has announc- ed new requirements relating to extensions for filing individual income tax returns. The new requirements are contained in Treasury Decision 6436 and are effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1958. Thereafter, every individual requesting an extension of time for filing his income tax return will be required to furnish all of the following information: 1. Why he needs more time. 2. For how long. 3. Whether he filed and made timely pay- ments on any required Declaration of Esti- mated Tax for the year (new requirement). 4. Whether each of his returns for the last three years was filed on time or within an approved extension (new requirement). Although a new form (Form 2688) for re- questing extensions on individual income tax will be available at internal revenue offices, letters or other informal written applications for extensions will continue to be acceptable provided they contain the necessary informa- tion and are signed by the taxpayer or his duly authorized representative. Applications for extensions of time for corporations will con- tinue to be made on Form 7004 as in the past.

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