54 Bowles Rice Attorneys Named to 2015 Best Lawyers® List
Bowles Rice is pleased to announce that 54 of the firm's lawyers have been named to the 2015 edition of Best Lawyers in America®, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
Underscoring the depth and full-service capabilities of the regional law firm, multiple Bowles Rice lawyers are recognized in more than two dozen areas of the law, including Energy Law, Oil and Gas Law, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Education Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Construction Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates Law and Litigation. In total, the Bowles Rice lawyers are listed in 50 different practice areas.
Best Lawyers recognition is compiled annually by geographic region and practice areas. Lawyers are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional experience and ability and undergo an authentication process to assure they are in current practice and in good standing.
The 54 Bowles Rice attorneys named to the 2015 Best Lawyers in America list represent six of the firm's offices in Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown and Parkersburg, West Virginia; Lexington, Kentucky; and Winchester, Virginia. They are:
J. Mark Adkins, Charleston
Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Banking and Finance; Litigation - Construction
Carl D. Andrews, Charleston
Real Estate Law
Gregory W. Bailey, Morgantown
Education Law
Robert L. Bays, Parkersburg
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Michael E. Caryl, Martinsburg
Corporate Law; Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Julia A. Chincheck, Charleston
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Litigation - Bankruptcy
Lynn S. Clarke, Charleston
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Kimberly S. Croyle, Morgantown
Education Law
Mark B. D'Antoni, Charleston
Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
David A. DeJarnett, Martinsburg
Corporate Law; Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Litigation and Controversy - Tax; Non-Profit / Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Mark H. Dellinger, Charleston
Employment Law - Management; Litigation - Labor and Employment
Robert W. Dinsmore, Morgantown
Natural Resources Law; Real Estate Law
Richard M. Francis, Charleston
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Government Relations Practice
Andrew G. Fusco, Morgantown
Commercial Litigation; Corporate Governance Law; Litigation - Antitrust; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
F. Thomas Graff, Jr., Charleston
Administrative / Regulatory Law; Corporate Law; Energy Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law
Kelly Little Guice, Parkersburg
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Jill E. Hall, Charleston
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Steven R. Hardman, Parkersburg
Real Estate Law
Ronda L. Harvey, Charleston
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Thomas A. Heywood, Charleston
Corporate Law; Health Care Law
Paul L. Hicks, Parkersburg
Elder Law; Litigation - Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Robert L. Hogan, Charleston
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Richard A. Hudson, Parkersburg
Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
Diana Leigh Johnson, Charleston
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Michael B. Keller, Martinsburg
Corporate Law
Leonard B. Knee, Charleston
Energy Law; Environmental Law; Litigation - Environmental
J. Thomas Lane, Charleston
Energy Law; Litigation - Real Estate; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law; Real Estate Law
Charles M. Love III, Charleston
Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Stephen M. Mathias, Martinsburg
Litigation - Real Estate; Real Estate Law
Ellen Maxwell-Hoffman, Charleston
Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
Stuart A. McMillan, Charleston
Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation - First Amendment; Media Law
David A. Mohler, Charleston
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Marc A. Monteleone, Charleston
Construction Law; Corporate Law; Oil and Gas Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
John S. Moore, Charleston
Health Care Law
Sandra M. Murphy, Charleston
Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law
George A. Patterson III, Charleston
Oil and Gas Law
Phyllis M. Potterfield, Charleston
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Curtis G. Power III, Winchester
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Charles F. Printz, Jr., Martinsburg
Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Construction; Labor and Employment
J. Thomas Rawlings, Lexington
Commercial Litigation
Marion E. Ray, Charleston
Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Tracey A. Rohrbaugh, Martinsburg
Litigation - Construction
Floyd McKinley Sayre, Martinsburg
Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Michael J. Schessler, Charleston
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Howard E. Seufer, Jr., Charleston
Education Law
Camden P. Siegrist, Charleston
Corporate Law; Public Finance Law
Melody A. Simpson, Charleston
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Non-Profit / Charities Law
Sarah E. Smith, Charleston
Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Gerard R. Stowers, Charleston
Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Real Estate; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Amy J. Tawney, Charleston
Corporate Law
Rebecca M. Tinder, Charleston
Education Law
Kenneth E. Webb, Jr., Charleston
Commercial Litigation; Litigation - Construction
Timothy C. Wills, Lexington
Construction Law; Employment Law - Management; Labor Law - Management; Litigation - Construction; Litigation - Labor and Employment; Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
C. Seth Wilson, Morgantown
Energy Law