I recently had the pleasure of presenting the 2014 Public Servant Award at the annual meeting of the West Virginia Association of Justice. WVAJ is a group of trial lawyers in the state of West Virginia who have chosen to represent the interests of injured victims. I have been privileged to be on the Board […]

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By now, I’m sure many of you have been subjected to the ongoing marketing blitz about testosterone therapy for treating “low T”. Touted as a way to make men feel more alert, energetic, mentally sharp, and sexually functional, millions of American men are using a prescription testosterone gel, patch, or injection to boost testosterone levels. […]

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Last evening I sat on my back porch admiring the peaceful skyline that formed above the trees as far as my eyes could see as the sunset on Pinewood Drive. The weather was finally comfortable again as summer began to set in. Everything was so calm. I tuned into the sounds of nature and the […]

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Remember when we learned the VA was doing a horrible job taking care of our wounded veterans? People were angry, even on normally sedate media channels like NPR. For a few days, it was on the news all the time. But then the media suddenly forgot about it and decided that what we really needed […]

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On Wednesday, May 28th, I like many others, I was disheartened to hear of the death of Doctor Maya Angelou. I majored in English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-just a hop, skip, and a jump away from Wake Forest University where Angelou taught. I cannot speak for the English Departments at Duke, […]

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With another Memorial Day weekend in the books, it is safe to say that the summer has officially begun! Summertime in the Ohio Valley is always jam-packed with so many events that there isn’t any time to complain of boredom. As a native of the Ohio valley, I see all of these events as a […]

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This week’s packed episode of the Bordas & Bordas Legal Review hits a number of topics, including the unfolding Donald Sterling situation, the scandalous treatment of our veterans at VA hospitals and Edward Snowden’s explosive NBC interview. The scope and depth of treatment the issues receive on the Bordas & Bordas Legal Review is comprehensive […]

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Bordas & Bordas has launched a new blog, this one covering the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, at www.WVSCBlog.com. This new site – the only one of its kind in West Virginia, covers the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals from a professional perspective, but in a way that strives to be useful to […]

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I attended my niece, Maria Murphy’s, graduation from 8th grade at St. Michael’s Parish School on Wednesday, May 28th. There were 33 graduates. When St. Michael’s graduates receive their diploma, they choose an alumni of St. Michael’s, usually a family member or friend, pin them with an Alumni pin. Since her brother, Vincent Murphy, graduated […]

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Last month, thanks to the courageous leadership of several state legislators, the West Virginia legislature passed a budget that included $200,000.00 in additional funding for the creation/operation of child advocacy centers (CACs) throughout West Virginia. For those who are unfamiliar, CACs provide support, therapy and protection for victims of child abuse in our state. Here […]

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