Goodwin & Goodwin, LLP

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Law Firm in Charleston, West Virginia
 
Address
300 Summers Street, Suite 1500, P.O. Box 2107
Charleston, West Virginia 25328-2107
(Kanawha Co.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 304-346-7000  
Fax: 304-344-9692
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http://www.goodwingoodwin.com
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Goodwin & Goodwin, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Litigation, Complex Litigation, Appellate Practice, Corporate and Commercial Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financing Transactions, Oil and Gas Law, Real Estate Transactions, Government Relations, Employment Law, Insurance Coverage, Bankruptcy, Municipal Bonds/Public Finance, ADR, Regulatory Law, Telecommunications Law.
Year Established: 1971
Firm Profile:
Goodwin & Goodwin, LLP maintains a business-oriented practice which provides a wide variety of legal services to businesses of all sizes. The firm is a well-recognized name in many areas of law. Goodwin and Goodwin is dedicated to providing legal services of the highest quality.
Firm Size: 17
Law Firm Affiliations:
STATE CAPITAL GLOBAL LAW FIRM GROUP
Representative Clients:
Energy Corporation of America; Citigroup; NiSource Corporation; West Virginia University; Abbott Laboratories; Capitol Beverage Company;Verizon; AMP Ohio.
Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only
Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation

Other Office Locations of Goodwin & Goodwin, LLP
Parkersburg, West Virginia, U.S.A.
Ripley, West Virginia, U.S.A.
Robert B. Goodwin (1909-1955).
C. E. Goodwin (1910-2002).
MEMBERS OF FIRM
Thomas R. Goodwin (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, March 7, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (A.B., 1966; J.D., 1969); Harvard University (LL.M., 1970). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Editor-in-Chief, West Virginia Law Review, 1968-1969. Author: "Blue Sky Law in West Virginia," West Virginia Law Review, 1980. West Virginia State Tax Commissioner, 1977. Executive Assistant to Governor John D. Rockefeller IV, 1977-1981. Member: The West Virginia State and American Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Appellate Practice; Complex Litigation. Email: Thomas R. Goodwin
Michael I. Spiker (Member) born Clarksburg, West Virginia, December 22, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.A., 1969; J.D., 1975). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, West Virginia Law Review, 1974-1975. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Jackson County, Kanawha County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1980-1983; Chairman, Mandatory CLE Commission, 1986-1990); American Academy of Hospital Attorneys. [With U.S. Army, 1970-1972]. Practice Areas: Health and Hospital Law; Property Law; Mediation. Email: Michael I. Spiker
Susan C. Wittemeier (Member) born Bay Shore, New York, November 15, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Ohio; 1982, West Virginia. Education: College of William and Mary (B.B.A., 1978) Beta Gamma Sigma; The Ohio State University (J.D., 1981). Order of the Coif. Member: Kanawha County, Ohio State and West Virginia Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Public Utility Law. Email: Susan C. Wittemeier
Richard D. Owen (Member) born Austin, Minnesota, December 5, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, West Virginia. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1981); Hamline University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1984). Member: Silver Gavel Honor Society; Hamline University Law Review, 1982-1984. Member: West Virginia and American Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Richard D. Owen
Tammy J. Owen (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, June 10, 1959; admitted to bar, 1990, West Virginia; 1991, District of Columbia. Education: Morris Harvey College (B.A., 1980); George Washington University (J.D., with highest honors, 1990). Order of the Coif. Member, George Washington University Law Review, 1988-1990. Author: "Energy Regulation: Limitations on the Authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission," George Washington Law Review, Vol. 57, No. 5, May 1989; "Selected Legal Issues Concerning the Transfer of Operatorship of Oil and Gas Properties," 14 Eastern Min. L. Inst., 1993. Member: West Virginia and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar; District of Columbia Bar; Eastern Mineral Law Foundation. Practice Areas: Corporate; Contract Law; Property Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financing Transactions. Email: Tammy J. Owen
J. David Fenwick (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, September 11, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, West Virginia. Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.A., English, with high honors, 1989); West Virginia University (J.D., 1992). Order of the Barristers. Moot Court Board. Member: Kanawha County and West Virginia Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Labor and Employment; Telecommunications Law; Government Relations. Email: J. David Fenwick
Carrie Goodwin Fenwick (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, June 29, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, West Virginia. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1993); Washington and Lee University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Omicron Delta Kappa. Managing Editor, Washington & Lee Review, 1995-1996. Law Clerk for Honorable M. Blane Michael, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1996-1997. Author: "Central Bank v. First Interstate Bank: Not Just The End of Aiding and Abetting," Under Section (10)B, S2 Washington Lee L. Rev. 1387 (1995). Member: West Virginia State and American Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Commercial Litigation. Email: Carrie Goodwin Fenwick
Johnny M. Knisely, II (Member) born Fairmont, West Virginia, June 5, 1964; admitted to bar, 1988, West Virginia. Education: Fairmont State College (B.A., cum laude, 1985); West Virginia University (J.D., 1988). Order of the Coif. Member, West Virginia Law Review, 1987-1988. Law Clerk to the Honorable K.K. Hall, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1990-1999. Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1998—. Member: Kanawha County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Civil Trial Practice; Antitrust Law. Email: Johnny M. Knisely, II
Richard E. Rowe (Member) born Mt. Vernon, Ohio, July 24, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, West Virginia; 2001, North Carolina. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.A., 1966); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 1969). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Coif. Member, West Virginia Law Review, 1967-1969. Instructor, Practicum, West Virginia University College of Law, 1975. Author: "Applying Strict Liability to Defective Products Litigation in West Virginia," West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 1, 1979. Member: The West Virginia Bar Association; The West Virginia State Bar. (Also at Ripley Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Insurance Defense Law; Civil Trial Practice. Email: Richard E. Rowe
Joseph J. Starsick, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1984, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.M.E., 1981; J.D., 1984). Practice Areas: Telecommunications Law; Regulatory Law; Civil Trial Practice. Email: Joseph J. Starsick, Jr.
W. Jeffrey Vollmer (Member) admitted to bar, 2005, Maryland; 2006, District of Columbia and West Virginia. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., English, 2001); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 2004). Order of the Coif. Recipient, Roy L. Steinheimer Award for Best Student Notes. Senior Articles Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review. Author, "Pretext in Employment Discrimination Litigation: Mandatory Instruction for Permissible Inferences?" 61 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 407, 2004. Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate; Regulatory. Email: W. Jeffrey Vollmer
ASSOCIATES
Suzanne Jett Trowbridge (Associate) born Marlinton, West Virginia, April 11, 1946; admitted to bar, 1986, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1968; J.D., 1986). Order of The Coif. Recipient, William Randolph Hearst National Writing Competition Award, 1967-1968. Member: West Virginia University Law Review, 1985-1986; Journal of College and University Law, 1985-1986. Author: "Survey of Developments in W. Va. Law, Evidence: 1984," 87 W. Va. Law R. 494, 1984-1985. Member: West Virginia and American Bar Association; The West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Estate Planning. Email: Suzanne Jett Trowbridge
Joseph M. Ward (Associate) born Worcester, Massachusetts, July 1, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Maryland; 2003, District of Columbia; 2004, West Virginia. Education: Georgetown University (B.A., 1997); Columbus School of Law of The Catholic University of America (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Formerly with: Jackson Kelly PLLC; Wiley Rein LLP. Deputy General Counsel, Office of the General, State of West Virginia, 2005-2007. Reference for Publication: 10 ComLaw 103 Secondary Markets in Spectrum: Making Spectrum Policy As Flexible As the Spectrum Market It Must Foster. Member: Maryland Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(25%); Personal Injury(25%); Business Transactions(25%); Regulatory Law(25%). Email: Joseph M. Ward
William K. Bragg, Jr. (Associate) born Waynesboro, Virginia, November 1, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1980). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Kanawha County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Bond Law. Email: William K. Bragg, Jr.
Kristin A. Boggs (Associate) born Alma, Michigan; admitted to bar, 2005, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: Ohio University (B.A., 2001); West Virginia University (J.D., 2005). Email: Kristin A. Boggs
Victoria L. Wilson (Associate) born Charleston, West Virginia, October 21, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, West Virginia. Education: Spelman College (B.A., 2004); West Virginia University (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation; Regulatory Law; Estate Planning. Email: Victoria L. Wilson
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Jack E. Harrison (Director of Government Relations) born Charleston, West Virginia, February 6, 1948; Education: West Virginia University (B.S.J., 1970; M.P.A., 1971). Chairman, Underground Storage Tank Advisory Committee, 1988-2000. Practice Areas: Government Relations; Lobbying. Email: Jack E. Harrison
Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices


Ripley, West Virginia Office: 500 Church Street, P.O. Box 349. Telephone: 304-372-2651.

Parkersburg, West Virginia Office: 201 Third Street, Town Square. Telephone: 304-485-2345. Fax: 304-485-3459.

Maintains an office in more than one location.


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