Allen Guthrie & Thomas, PLLC

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Law Firm in Charleston, West Virginia
 
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500 Lee Street East, Suite 800
Charleston, West Virginia 25301-2117
(Kanawha Co.)
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 3394, Charleston, WV, 25333-3394
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Phone: 304-345-7250  
Telecopier: 304-345-9941
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Allen Guthrie & Thomas, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
Litigation, Appellate Practice, Health Care, Bankruptcy (Creditor only), Corporate, Antitrust, Banking, Employment, Criminal Defense, Arbitration and Mediation, Products Liability.
Firm Size: 20
Representative Clients:
Aegis Mortgage Corporation; Airlines Reporting Corporation; Altria Corporate Services, Inc.; American Electric Power System Long Term Disability Plan; AMFM, Inc.; Baker; Oil Co.; Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.; Bluefield Regional Medical Center, Inc.; Capitol Development, Inc.; Chase Manhattan Mortgage Company; Continental Casualty Company; Day Surgery Limited Liability Company; E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.; Ethicon, Inc.; First Physicians Network, LLC; Gasco, Inc.; General Anesthesia Services, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline, Inc.; Greenbrier Clinic, Inc.; Harley Davidon Motor Company; Homecomings Financial Network, Inc.; Howmedica Inc.; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Johnson & Johnson; Kanawha-Roxalana Company; Key Bank USA; Laurel Fork, LLC; Lehman Brothers, Inc.; Logan Park Care Center, Inc.; Marden Rehabilitation Associates; Midland Mortgage Co.; Mingo Health Care Center, Inc.; 3M Company; Mountain State Plastic Surgeons, PLLC; Mountain State University; Nissan North America Inc.; Park Crest Holdings, Inc.; Philip Morris USA Inc.; Professional Anesthesia Services, Inc.; Pro Careers, Inc.; Realco Limited Liability Company; Shonk-Del LLC; Shonk Land Company LLC; Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.; Transamerica Mortgage Company, Inc.; Trinity Health System; Washtenaw Mortgage Company; Women Care, Inc.; Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.
MEMBERS OF FIRM
George G. Guthrie (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, March 26, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, West Virginia; 1968, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1969, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1975, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1964; LL.B., 1967). Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. Member, West Virginia Board of Medicine, 1994-1998. Member: Kanawha County Bar Association; American Bar Association; The West Virginia State Bar; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia; American Society of Hospital Attorneys. Practice Areas: Litigation; Health Care and Hospital Law; Corporate Law; Arbitration; Mediation. Email: George G. Guthrie
Robert B. Allen (Member) born Union, West Virginia, April 26, 1941; admitted to bar, 1975, West Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1963; M.B.A., 1965; J.D., 1975). Recipient, Department of Justice Directors Award for Superior Performance, 1981. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1975-1981. Chief, Coal Fraud Project, 1978-1981. Member: Kanawha County Bar Association; The West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. [Cmdr., U.S. Navy, 1966-1972]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Defense; Mediation. Email: Robert B. Allen
Rebecca A. Betts (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, November 25, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: University of Vienna, Austria (1970-1971); Dickinson College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972); West Virginia University (J.D., 1976). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review. Recipient: Patrick Duffy Koontz Award; Phi Alpha Delta Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award. Author: "Criminal Intent in the Regulatory Context: A Post-Staples Study in Supreme Court Precedent, 16 E. Min. L. Ins. Ch. 1, 1997. Panelist, "Representing the 'Corporate Criminal' - Special Problems and Ethical Considerations," 13 E. Min. L. Inst. Ch. 1, 1992. Instructor, Attorney General's Civil Trial Advocacy Course, 1981. U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1994-2001. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1977-1981. Chief of the Civil Division, 1979-1981 and Appellate Coordinator, 1980-1981, U.S Attorney's Office. Member: Advisory Committee on Rules and Procedures of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1995-2001; Board of Directors, Charleston Legal Aid Society, 1983-1993; Committee on Local Rules and Subcommittee on Criminal Rules, 1992 and Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, 1991, Southern District of West Virginia. Member: The West Virginia State Bar (Member: Ad Hoc Committee on Judicial Selection, 1990-1995; Committee on Legal Ethics Hearing Panel, 1991-1994); Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference; American Board of Trial Advocates (President, West Virginia Chapter, 2001—). Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Defense; Appellate Practice. Email: Rebecca A. Betts
R. Terrance Rodgers (Member) born Weirton, West Virginia, June 18, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1984, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: King College (B.A., 1978); West Virginia University (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Attorney General, State of West Virginia, 1981-1982. Special Assistant to the Commissioner, Department of Banking, State of West Virginia, 1982-1983. Acting Deputy Commissioner of Banking, State of West Virginia, 1983-1984. Member: Kanawha County Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section; Member, Committee on Consumer Financial Services); The West Virginia State Bar (Chairman, Committee on Corporation, Banking and Business Law, 1997-2001); American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Banks and Banking; Commercial Law. Email: R. Terrance Rodgers
David B. Thomas (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, January 12, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, West Virginia; U.S. District Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1978); West Virginia University (J.D., 1981). Member, West Virginia University Law Review, 1980-1981. Member: The West Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Product Liability Advisory Council. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: David B. Thomas
James S. Arnold (Member) born Sewickley, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1973, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1964; J.D., 1971). Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Attorney General, State of West Virginia, 1972-1977. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1977-1980. Member: West Virginia State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. [Lt., U.S.A.F., 1971-1972]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Trial Practice; Administrative Law. Email: James S. Arnold
David J. Hardy (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia Institute of Technology (B.S.B.A., 1980); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 1983). Alpha Chi (Honorary). Phi Alpha Theta. Certified Public Accountant, West Virginia, 1985. Instructor, Legal Environment in Workplace, University of Charleston, 1987-1998. Associate Professor, Business Administration, West Virginia Institute of Technology, 1985-1991. Member, City Council, Charleston, West Virginia, 1995-2000. Adjunct Instructor: University of Charleston, 1987-1999; Charleston City Council, 1995-2000. Kanawha County Commissioner, 2001—. Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Health and Safety; Civil Litigation.
Wm. Scott Wickline (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, November 26, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1997, Florida and U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia State University (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1986); West Virginia University (J.D., 1992). Member: Moot Court Board; Order of the Barristers. Recipient, Marlyn E. Lugar Cup Award. President, West Virginia Student Trial Lawyers Association. Member: Kanawha County and American Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar; The Florida Bar; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Health Care; Drug and Medical Device Defense. Email: Wm. Scott Wickline
Pamela L. Campbell (Member) born Morgantown, West Virginia, October 16, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1988; J.D., 1992). Law Clerk to Justice Thomas E. McHugh, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, 1992-1994. Chairperson, West Virginia College of Law Development Council. Member: Kanawha County Bar Association (President, 2002-2003); The West Virginia Bar Association (President, 1999); American Bar Association; The West Virginia State Bar (Chairperson, Committee on Legal Assistants, 2001-2005; Member, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, 2000-2001; Recipient of Certificate of Merit, 1998). Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice; Complex Litigation. Email: Pamela L. Campbell
Pamela C. Deem (Member) born Parkersburg, West Virginia, July 28, 1953; admitted to bar, 1977, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Tenth Circuits. Education: Wittenberg University (A.B., 1975); West Virginia University (J.D., 1977). Law Clerk to Senior United States District Judge, Dennis R. Knapp, Southern District of West Virginia, 1990-1994; Law Clerk to the Honorable K. K. Hall, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1988-1990; Law Clerk to Justice Sam R. Harshbarger, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, 1978-1980; Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, 1977 and 1980-1988. Member: Kanawha County and American Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar; The Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Pamela C. Deem
Philip J. Combs (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, June 22, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: Emory University (B.A., with honors, 1988); Duke University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Order of the Coif. Parkinson Scholar. Senior Editor, Law & Contemporary Problems. Law Clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge K.K. Hall, 1992-1993. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1994-1998. Member: Kanawha County Bar Association; The West Virginia State Bar; Product Liability Advisory Council; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Drug and Medical Device Defense. Email: Philip J. Combs
Bryant J. Spann (Member) born Jesup, Georgia, December 12, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, North Carolina; 1996, U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2000, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 2003, U.S. District, Northern District of West Virginia; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washington and Lee University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1991); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995); Christian-Albrechts Universität, Kiel, Germany (Fulbright Scholarship, 1991-1992). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, Georgia Law Review, 1994-1995. Law Clerk to Senior Circuit Judge J. Dickson Phillips, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1995-1996. Law Clerk to Circuit Judge Robert B. King, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1998-1999. Associate, Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1996-1998. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1999-2002. Member: Kanawha County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; The Judge John A. Field, Jr. American Inn of Court. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation; Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense; Appellate Practice. Email: Bryant J. Spann
Stephanie D. Thacker (Member) born Huntington, West Virginia, August 22, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1991, West Virginia; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Marshall University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1987); West Virginia University (J.D., 1990). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Department of Justice Meritorious Service Awards, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2004; Department of Justice Special Achievement Awards, 2003 and 2005; The Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award, 2004; The Assistant Attorney General's Award for Outstanding Victim/Witness Service, 2004; The Assistant Attorney General's Award for Special Initiative, 2005. Member, West Virginia Law Review, 1989-1990. Coal Issue Editor, West Virginia University Law Review, 1990. Author: "Sexual Molestation Within America's Parishes and Congregations: Should the Church be 'Thy Priest's Keeper'?" 1991 West Virginia Law Review 1097, 1989. Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1994-1999. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, 1999-2006 (Deputy Chief for Litigation, 2002-2004; Principal Deputy Chief, 2004-2006). Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal Litigation. Email: Stephanie D. Thacker
SENIOR ATTORNEYS
Teresa K. Thompson (Senior Attorney) born Fort Jackson, (Army Hospital) Columbia, South Carolina, May 28, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1991; J.D., 1994). Golden Key Honor Society. Founding Member and First President, WVU National Residence Hall Honor Society. Marlyn E. Lugar Trial Association, 1992-1994; Chairperson, Judges Committee, 1993. West Virginia Volunteer Law Clerks Association, (Correspondence Committee, 1993; President, 1994). Writ Clerk, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, February 1996-June 1997. Member: Kanawha County, West Virginia and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Complex Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Teresa K. Thompson
Debra C. Price (Senior Attorney) born South Charleston, West Virginia, December 6, 1958; admitted to bar, 1985, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Marshall University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); Boston University (J.D., cum laude, 1985). Editor, Boston University Law Review. Law Clerk, Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin, Unites State District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1995-1996. Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Appeals. Email: Debra C. Price
ASSOCIATES
Peter Markham (Associate) born Charleston, West Virginia, April 10, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 2000); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 2003); London School of Economics and Political Science (M.Sc., Law, Anthropology & Society, merit, 2006). Phi Beta Kappa; Mountain Honorary Fraternity; Order of Barristers. Recipient, Jenks M. Robertson Scholarship. Law Clerk to the Hon. Robert B. King, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2003-2004. Member: West Virginia State Bar; Judge John A. Field Jr. American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Peter Markham
Zackary B. Mazey (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, August 25, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: Miami University (B.A., 2001), University of Dayton (J.D., 2005). President, Student Bar Association. Deputy General Counsel, Governor Joe Manchin III, Charleston, West Virginia. Member: The West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.
Christopher S. Arnold (Associate) born Parkersburg, West Virginia, August 23, 1970; admitted to bar, 2001, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1993); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 2001). Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society; The Judge John A. Field, Jr. American Inn of Court. Member, Appellate Moot Court Board. Member: Kanawha County (Assistant Treasurer, 2002-2003; Treasurer, 2003-2004; Assistant Secretary, 2004-2005; First Vice President, 2005-2006) Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Christopher S. Arnold
Christopher D. Pence (Associate) born Charleston, West Virginia, March 22, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: Marshall University (B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 1999); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 2002). Order of the Coif. Recipient: Patrick Duffy Koontz Leadership Award; Paul L. Selby Law Scholarship; Steptoe & Johnson Law Scholarship. Executive Articles Editor, West Virginia Law Review. Member: Kanawha County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; Propane Gas Defense Association; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Deliberate Intent Litigation; Administrative Litigation.

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