Twenty-three attorneys with the law firm of Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP have been selected for inclusion in the 2009 West Virginia and Kentucky editions of Super Lawyers magazine, published by Law & Politics Magazine. Lawyers from Bowles Rice offices in Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown and Parkersburg, West Virginia and Lexington, Kentucky were recognized.
J. Thomas Lane, a partner in the firm’s Charleston office, was listed among the “Top 10 West Virginia Super Lawyers 2009,” comprised of lawyers who received the highest point totals in the state’s nomination process.
Two of those listed were among Super Lawyers’ “Rising Stars” in West Virginia. They are Corey L. Palumbo, in the area of Business Litigation, and Melissa M. Rounds, Energy and Natural Resources. Both practice in the firm’s Charleston, West Virginia office.
The Bowles Rice lawyers selected for inclusion in Kentucky Super Lawyers 2009 are: Bernard F. Lovely, Jr., Business/Corporate and Real Estate; and Richard M. Wehrle, Estate Planning & Probate, Tax and Business/Corporate.
The Bowles Rice lawyers selected for inclusion in West Virginia Super Lawyers 2009 are: Carl D. Andrews, Real Estate Law; Ricklin Brown, Employment and Labor Law; Michael E. Caryl, Tax Law; Julia A. Chincheck, Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights Law; David DeJarnett, Estate Planning and Probate; Mark H. Dellinger, Employment and Labor Law; Robert W. Dinsmore, Real Estate Law; Thomas A. Heywood, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Richard A. Hudson, Business/Corporate Law; Michael B. Keller, Real Estate Law; Leonard B. Knee, Environmental Law; J. Thomas Lane, Energy and Natural Resources Law; Charles M. Love III, Business Litigation; Marc A. Monteleone, Business/Corporate Law; Sandra M. Murphy, Banking Law; George A. Patterson, Business/Corporate Law; Charles F. Printz, Jr, Business Litigation; Gerard R. Stowers, Business Litigation; and Elizabeth D. Walker, Employment and Labor Law.
Hudson practices in the firm’s Parkersburg office and Dinsmore practices in one of the firm’s two Morgantown offices. Caryl, DeJarnett, Keller and Printz practice in Martinsburg. The remaining attorneys are located in the Charleston office.
Only five percent of the lawyers in any state are selected as Super Lawyers, through polling and peer assessment and a research process that evaluates each candidate based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Bowles Rice is a regional law firm with 120 attorneys and offices in Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown and Parkersburg, West Virginia; Lexington, Kentucky; and Winchester, Virginia. Contact: Barbara G. Joseph