Richard F. Neeley Former Chief Justice of the WV Supreme Court, Proves to be Legally Inept, Incompet

ANTIOCH, Tenn. - Feb. 4, 2014 - PRLog -- “Mr. Richard F. Neeley, former Chief Justice of the WV Supreme Court and now a private attorney, has been ‘taken to law school’ by District Court Judge Joseph R. Goodwin. If you read the transcript of the final decision, you will see that Judge Goodwin appeared to infer on numerous occasions that Mr. Neeley was substituting his own personal opinion or else a very faulty interpretation for the actual law. He dramatically struck down all arguments made by Mr. Neeley. One has to wonder after this case how well Mr. Neeley attended his classes at Yale University.”

The facts: Mr. Neeley’s clients, Mr. Ryan E. M. Cunningham and Cunningham Energy, LLC, are currently under investigation by Colt Ledger & Associates, Inc., the nation’s premier private investigation firm specializing in state & federal securities and criminal fraud.  CLA is investigating Cunningham for alleged elder financial fraud, money laundering, mail fraud, wire fraud, and other associated allegations.

Previously in regards to this case, Colt Ledger released the following statement, “It is my opinion, based on the known facts at my disposal, that this lawsuit was the brainchild of Richard F. Neeley and his client as an attempt to threaten and intimidate a very dissatisfied Cunningham client. This seems to be an attempt to keep said client from expressing his total and complete dissatisfaction with Mr. Cunningham’s business practices.”

It appears that Mr. Neeley has basically filed a baseless lawsuit.  He then attempted to defend his position, which was entirely frivolous from inception and apparently entirely void of any acceptable legal basis. One can only surmise that actions such as these were possibly devised for the sole purpose of ‘milking’ billing hours from Mr. Neeley’s extremely wealthy client. While Judge Goodwin never accused Mr. Neeley of any intentional infractions, this line of thought could possibly lead someone to thinking that Mr. Neeley was conducting himself in an unethical manner.

“Unfortunately, it is apparent that Mr. Cunningham placed entirely too much trust in his ‘legal monkey.’ And the decision made by Mr. Cunningham to attack his own client has essentially backfired on Cunningham with the embarrassing performance displayed by Mr. Neeley.  Now they must face the filing of a massive number of state and federal securities complaints as well as criminal fraud complaints by Colt Ledger & Associates, Inc., against Cunningham and Cunningham Energy.”

On the subject of Neeley’s performance in court, Colt Ledger had this to add: “If Neeley is the finest legal representation the Cunningham fortune can buy and the authorities decide to move on the alleged victim’s complaints, then I sure hope Mr. Cunningham likes orange.”

“We have had interactions with attorneys such as Mr. Neeley on a couple of occasions.  These types of attorneys are likely the reason there are so many lawyer jokes.  However, Neeley has apparently proven himself to be extremely competent at lying and distorting the truth. In my opinion, the fact that he has proven himself to be utterly useless regarding matters dealing with the law cannot be surprising to anyone who knows him.  I, personally, am extremely happy that Mr. Neeley is on the other side of the table representing Cunningham.  The future of the alleged victims of Ryan Cunningham appears to be even brighter.”

Mr. Neeley’s destruction and demise at the hands of Judge Goodwin was utterly complete.  This was clearly demonstrated by the court’s conclusion, “For the reasons discussed above, the Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss [Docket 3] is GRANTED. The court ORDERS that judgment be entered in favor of the defendants and that this case be dismissed and stricken from the docket of this court.”

Colt Ledger has one other concern that he would like to bring to West Virginia, however. “In spite of Mr. Neeley’s laughable performance in court, I think that there is a much more significant, not to mention potentially damaging, consequence for the people of West Virginia with regard to Neeley.”

“Richard F. Neeley is a retired Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court! Consider the implications of that fact when reviewing Judge Goodwin’s decision.  A Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court who appears to be completely ignorant of West Virginia law and its application!  Neeley is apparently, from what I interpret from Judge Goodwin’s decision, a person prone to whimsical interpretations of the law without rhyme, reason, or legal basis.  Mr. Neeley appears to be making legal decisions based on nothing more substantial than a faulty thought process. I would think that the people of West Virginia are pleased and relieved that Mr. Neeley is gone. The next question that arises is how much damage has Mr. Neeley perpetrated against the citizens of West Virginia?”

“If I was a resident of West Virginia and if Mr. Neeley was involved in any legal opinion or decision, as the Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court, I, personally, would be immediately requesting a sweeping investigation into his tenure.”

In closing, Colt Ledger would like to remind everyone that everyone is innocent until proven otherwise. “We will allow the proper authorities  decide if Mr. Cunningham’s alleged activities deserve any consequences. All of today’s comments are simply my personal opinion.”