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| | Address | | 7000 Hampton Center, Suite K | | Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 | | (Monongalia Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 304-285-2500 | | Fax: 304-599-1308 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.bowlesrice.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Antitrust, 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 Profile:
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 six offices and nearly 100 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. | | Firm Size: 120 |
Other Office Locations of Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Winchester, Virginia, U.S.A.
Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S.A.
Parkersburg, West Virginia, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Robert W. Dinsmore (Partner) born 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1962; J.D., 1966). Practice Areas: Mineral Law; Real Estate and Commercial Law. Email: Robert W. Dinsmore | | Kimberly S. Croyle (Partner) born 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1989; J.D., 1992). Order of the Barristers.. Practice Areas: Education Law; Special Education; School Board Defense; School District Liability; School Law; Litigation. Email: Kimberly S. Croyle | | Charles C. Wise, III (Partner) born 1950; admitted to bar, 1987, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1988, Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1972; M.S., 1979; LL.B., 1987). Order of the Coif.. Order of the Coif. Member, Student Board of Editors, West Virginia Law Review, 1986-1987. Law Clerk, Honorable K.K. Hall, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1987-1988. Member: Virginia and West Virginia State Bars. Practice Areas: Banking; Commercial Litigation; Corporate Law. Email: Charles C. Wise, III | | Charles T. Berry (Partner) born 1951; admitted to bar, 1996, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia Institute of Technology (M.E., 1971; E.E., 1971); West Virginia University (J.D., 1996). Member, West Virginia University Law Review. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Charles T. Berry | | Gregory W. Bailey (Partner) born Charleston, West Virginia, June 17, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, West Virginia; 2000, Kentucky; 2004, Virginia. Education: Concord College (B.A., 1974); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 1977). Assistant Attorney General, West Virginia, 1977-1980. Deputy Attorney General, West Virginia, 1980. General Counsel, Kanawha County Schools, 1985-1998. Member: West Virginia State Bar (Education Law Committee); Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Education. Email: Gregory W. Bailey | | Rebecca J. Oblak (Partner) born Wheeling, West Virginia; admitted to bar, 1988, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, Pennsylvania and District of Columbia. Education: Ohio University (B.S., cum laude, 1976; M.Ed., 1979); Capital University (J.D., 1986). Monongalia County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar; District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Mine Safety and Health Law (Federal and State)(70%); Workers' Compensation(20%); Corporate and Business Law(10%). Email: Rebecca J. Oblak | | Billy Atkins (Member) born Madison, West Virginia, February 16, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, West Virginia. Education: University of Charleston (B.A., 1967); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 1970). Member: West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia Bar Association; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; West Virginia Bar Foundation; West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation; Commercial Law. Email: Billy Atkins | | Charles S. Wilson (Partner) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Pennsylvania; 2002, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1997; J.D., 2001). Practice Areas: Taxation; Estates and Trusts; Commercial Business; Real Estate. Email: Charles S. Wilson | | Paul E. Parker, III (Partner) born Fairmont, West Virginia, June 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, West Virginia, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fourth Circuits; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England; West Virginia University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1977; J.D., 1980). Vice President, 1999-2007 and General Counsel, 1999-2006, Institute for Scientific Research, Inc. General Counsel, 1995-1996 and Associate General Counsel, 2007, West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation. Commissioner, City of Fairmont, West Virginia, Parks Commission. Campaign Chair, United Way of Marion County, 1998-1999. Member, Marion County Schools Facilities Planning Committee. Former Director and Vice President for Education, Marion County Chamber of Commerce. Former President and Commissioner, City of Fairmont Police Chief Civil Service Commission. Member: Marion County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial; Domestic Relations. Email: Paul E. Parker, III | | RESIDENT ASSOCIATE | | Ashley P. Hardesty (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 2000; J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Litigation(33%); Employment Law(34%); Education Law(33%). Email: Ashley P. Hardesty | | SPECIAL COUNSEL | | Joseph M. Dawley (Special Counsel) born Winfield, Illinois, November 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1998, Oregon; 1999, West Virginia; 2006, Pennsylvania. Education: Syracuse University (B.S., Ch.E., 1986); Lewis and Clark College School of Law (J.D., 1997). Professional Engineer, West Virginia, Virginia and Oregon. Co-Author, "West Virginia's Antidegradation Policy for State Waters: From Theoretical Construct to Implementation Procedures," 103 W.Va. L.Rev. 331, 2001. General Counsel, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, 2002-2005. Member: West Virginia State Bar; Oregon State Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Environment, Energy and Resources Law; Law Practice Management; Vice-Chair, Committee on Innovation, Managements Systems and Trading and Mining Committee). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Natural Resources; Energy; Alternative Energy; Government Relations. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Charleston, West Virginia Office: 600 Quarrier Street, P.O. Box 1386. Telephone: 304-347-1100. Fax: 304-343-2867.
Martinsburg, West Virginia Office: (Serves Berkeley Springs and Charles Town, West Virginia). 101 South Queen Street, P.O. Drawer 1419. Telephone: 304-263-0836. Fax: 304-267-3822.
Parkersburg, West Virginia Office: 501 Avery Street, Fifth Floor, P.O. Box 48. Telephone: 304-485-7973. Fax: 304-420-5587.
Lexington, Kentucky Office: 333 West Vine Street, Suite 1700. Telephone: 859-252-2202. Fax: 859-225-8418.
Winchester, Virginia Office: 480 West Jubal Early Drive, Suite 130. Telephone: 540-723-8877. Fax: 540-450-1535.
| | (For Biographical data on other Firm Personnel, see Listings under Charleston, Fairmont, Martinsburg and Parkersburg, West Virginia and Lexington, Kentucky for Professional Biographies) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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