| Legal
Division
The Legal Division is
charged with the responsibility of advising the Commissioner and the
various Divisions and Districts of the Division of Highways on all
legal matters relating to Division of Highways operations. The
Division is further charged with the responsibility of instituting
condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of right-of-way and
carrying such proceedings forward through the entire judicial
process afforded in this State. The Legal Division also represents
the Commissioner and the Division of Highways in prosecuting or
defending any legal proceeding in the courts of this state in which
the Commissioner and the Division of Highways are involved.
The Legal Division drafts
many of the legal documents utilized by the Division of Highways.
Those documents not prepared by the Legal Division must be approved
as to form and a review of the contents must be made by this
Division before being executed by the Commissioner. The Legal
Division also represents the Division of Highways in all claims
filed in the Court of Claims, in all claims involving Workers
Compensation, in all grievances before the West Virginia Education
and State Employees Grievance Board, in all complaints filed with
the West Virginia Human Rights Commission and in any other type of
administrative proceeding in which the Division of Highways may be a
party.
General Counsel
Tony Halkias
Division of Highways
Building 5, Room 519
1900 Kanawha Blvd., East
Charleston, WV 25305-0430
Phone: 304-558-2823
Fax: 304-558-3035
Email: anthony.g.halkias@wv.gov |
