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Address
101 South Queen Street, P.O. Drawer 1419
Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401 (Berkeley Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.5
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Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP is a client-focused law firm committed to providing high-quality, effective, and efficient legal services. This commitment has contributed to the firm's development since its founding in 1920. Through expansions and mergers, we have grown into a major regional firm with seven offices and 120 attorneys. We are proud to represent individuals, professionals, organizations, small businesses, and Fortune 500 companies throughout West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio and the surrounding region. We are deeply committed to our communities, and are actively involved in business, civic, philanthropic, educational, and political endeavors, recognizing that our success as a service organization is tied to the success of our clients, communities, and the region as a whole. Through our firm intranet and shared technology capabilities, including video conferencing, we can provide the combined experience and knowledge of our entire team to serve our clients regionally or worldwide from any of our office locations. Statement of PracticeAntitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Black Lung, Business Counseling and Corporate Law, Civil/Human Rights, Commercial, Creditor's Rights, Economic Development, Education, Employment Law Energy (Coal, Oil and Gas), Environmental, ERISA, Estate Planning, Exporting, Financial Institutions, Gaming Law, Governmental Relations, Government Ethics and Election Law, Government Contracts, Health Care and Financing, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International Law and Transactions, Labor and Employment Law, Land Use and Development, Litigation (State and Federal, Trial and Appellate), Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Law and Financing, Patents, Probate, Public Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation (Local, State and Federal), Technology Law and Consulting, Toxic Torts, Tourism Law, Trademarks, Trusts, White-Collar Criminal Defense and Workers' Compensation. Firm Size: 120
Former Names(Formerly Rice, Douglas & Shingleton)
Address101 South Queen Street P.O. Drawer 1419
Martinsburg, WV 25401, (Berkeley Co.)
PhonePhone: 304-263-0836
Fax: 304-267-3822
Websitehttp://www.bowlesrice.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesCharleston, West Virginia: (Main Office) 600 Quarrier Street P.O. Box 1386. Telephone: 304-347-1100. Fax: 304-343-2867.
Lexington, Kentucky: 333 West Vine Street Suite 1700. Telephone: 859-252-2202. Fax: 859-225-8418.
Winchester, Virginia: 480 West Jubal Early Drive Suite 130. Telephone: 540-723-8877. Fax: 540-450-1535.
Morgantown, West Virginia: 7000 Hampton Center. Telephone: 304-285-2500. Fax: 304-599-1308.
Morgantown, West Virginia: 2400 Cranberry Square. Telephone: 304-594-1000. Fax: 304-594-1181.
Parkersburg, West Virginia: 501 Avery Street Fifth Floor P.O. Box 48. Telephone: 304-485-7973. Fax: 304-420-5587.
(For Biographical Data of other Firm Personnel, See Listings under Charleston, Fairmont, Morgantown and Parkersburg, West Virginia and Lexington, Kentucky for Professional Biographies)
PARTNERSJoseph L. Caltrider (Partner) born Parkersburg, West Virginia, October 13, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, West Virginia. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., 1992); West Virginia University (J.D., 1995). Member, National Order of Barristers, 1995. Recipient: Thomas B. McCabe Scholarship for Leadership and Service, 1988-1992. Member: West Virginia State Bar (Education Law Committee). Reported Cases: Potomac Edison Co. v. Jefferson County Planning & Zoning Comm'n, 204 W.Va. 319, 512 S.E.2d 576 (1998); State ex rel. United Asphalt Suppliers v. Sanders, 204 W.Va. 23, 511 S.E.2d 134 (1998). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Estates; Wills; Education Law.Email: Joseph L. Caltrider
Michael E. Caryl (Partner) born 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, West Virginia; 1977, District of Columbia; 1978, U.S. Tax Court; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., with high honors, 1968); Yale University (J.D., 1974). Adjunct Lecturer of Law, West Virginia University College of Law, 1991, 1992. Chairman, Taxation of Business Committee, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 1994. Member, Governor's Commission on Taxation, 1997. Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1985, 1989-1993 and President, 1992-1993, West Virginia Tax Institute, Inc. President, South Eastern Association of Tax Administrators, 1987-1988. State Tax Commissioner, West Virginia, 1985-1988. Vice Chairman, Governor's Commission on FAIR Taxation, 1997. Fellow: American College of Tax Counsel. Practice Areas: Federal, State and Local Taxation Law; Estate and Trust Law.Email: Michael E. Caryl
David A. DeJarnett (Partner) born 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, West Virginia, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1986; J.D., 1989); Georgetown University (LL.M., 1992). Recipient, West Virginia Tax Institute's 1989 Thomas N. Chambers Tax Award. (Resident). Practice Areas: Federal and State Tax Law; Estate Planning; Administration; Corporate; Partnership; Limited Liability Company Law.Email: David A. DeJarnett
Michael B. Keller (Partner) born 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, West Virginia; 1998, Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1966; J.D., 1973). Order of the Coif.. (Resident). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Real Estate Law.Email: Michael B. Keller
Michael D. Lorensen (Partner) born 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 1998, Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.J., 1981; J.D., 1984). Order of the Coif.. Phi Kappa Phi; Kappa Tau Alpha. Law Clerk to Honorable Charles H. Haden, II, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, 1984-1987. Member, West Virginia Board of Law Examiners, 1995. Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Law.Email: Michael D. Lorensen
Stephen McDowell Mathias (Partner) born 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.A., 1978; J.D., 1982). Assistant Attorney General, State of West Virginia, 1983-1985. (Resident). Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Real Estate Law; Workers Compensation.Email: Stephen McDowell Mathias
Brian M. Peterson (Partner) born 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1995; J.D., 1998). Editor-in-Chief, West Virginia Journal of Law & Technology, Vol.2; Associate Editor for Student Works, West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 100. Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Brian M. Peterson
Charles F. Printz, Jr. (Partner) born 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1972); West Virginia University (J.D., 1975). (Resident). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Employer Liability; Defense Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Land Annexation; Condemnation; Eminent Domain; Employment Law.Email: Charles F. Printz, Jr.
Tracey A. Rohrbaugh (Partner) admitted to bar, 1994, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990; J.D., 1994). Member, National Moot Court Team. Member: Berkeley County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense.Email: Tracey A. Rohrbaugh
Floyd McKinley Sayre, III (Partner) born Salisbury, North Carolina, 1962; admitted to bar, 1986, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.A., 1982); University of Arkansas (J.D., 1986); West Virginia University (M.B.A., 1997). Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Local Taxation; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Property Tax; Local Government Law; Municipal Government Law.Email: Floyd McKinley Sayre, III
ASSOCIATESJared M. Adams (Associate) born Cross Lanes, Wet Virginia, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2009, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia Wesleyan College (B.S., Biology, 2005); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: West Virginia State Bar; Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.Email: Jared M. Adams
Julie R. Shank Prezioso (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, West Virginia. Education: Seton Hall University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2004); West Virginia University, College of Law (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Litigation.Email: Julie R. Shank Prezioso
SPECIAL COUNSELAmy R. Lamp Leonard (Special Counsel) born 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.A., cum laude, 1987); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1990). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Commercial Law; Estate Planning.Email: Amy R. Lamp Leonard
OF COUNSELPhilip B. Hill (Of Counsel) born Charleston, West Virginia, May 1, 1931; admitted to bar, 1957, West Virginia; 1965, Iowa. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1952); West Virginia University (LL.B., 1957). Phi Delta Phi. Member of Staff, West Virginia Law Review, 1955-1957. Author: "UsuryNew Statutes, Cases and Problems," Vol. 20, Association of Life Insurance Counsel Proceedings 739, 1968. Member: Iowa House of Representatives, 1971-1975; Iowa Senate, 1975-1979. Member: Iowa State, West Virginia and American (Member, Executive Council, Young Lawyers Section, 1966-1967; President-Elect, 1997-1998) Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar (Chairman, Junior Bar Section, 1961-1962; Member, Board of Governors, 1989-1992); Association of Life Insurance Counsel; American Land Title Association; American Judicature Society. [Lt., U.S. Naval Reserve, 1952-1954]. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Banking Law; Probate Law; Estate Planning; Corporate Law.Email: Philip B. Hill
Jeffrey K. Matherly (Of Counsel) born 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, West Virginia, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1978; J.D., 1981). Member: West Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care.Email: Jeffrey K. Matherly
Lacy I. Rice, Jr. (Of Counsel) born 1931; admitted to bar, 1956, West Virginia; 1957, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1953); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1957). Practice Areas: Labor Law; Banking Law; Administrative Law.Email: Lacy I. Rice, Jr.
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