Practice Details
- Representing clients in commercial real estate transactions
- Representing clients in commercial transactions, including stock and asset purchases and sales
- Representing clients in oil and gas transactions
- Counseling and assisting clients in business organization matters, including company formation, mergers, conversions, share exchanges, and related matters
- Representing clients in civil litigation in state and federal courts, including commercial disputes, predatory lending, creditor defense, and insurance coverage cases
Professional Affiliations
- West Virginia State Bar
- American Bar Association
Experience
- Internship with the Honorable Joseph R. Goodwin, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Court Admissions
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and all lower State Courts
Work History
- Executive Director for the West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 2003-2008
- Statewide Brownfields Coordinator, National Institute for Chemical Studies, 2002-2003
- Museum Director, Arthurdale Heritage, Inc., 1993-2000
Education
- B.A., summa cum laude in History, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, West Virginia
- J.D., West Virginia University College of Law, 2009; Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review; Recipient, Patrick Duffy Koontz Scholarship Award; Recipient, Henry S. Schrader Scholarship; Recipient, Arch Coal Scholarship.
