Managing Partner, Bowles Rice LLP By Samantha Cart As the managing partner of Bowles Rice LLP, Tom Heywood is dedicated to ensuring the success of his firm, his employees and his community. His desire to use his talents to better the lives of others has deep roots. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1982,…
Attorney at Law, The Dooley Law Firm, PLLC By Samantha Cart Growing up in Fairmont, WV, Kitty Dooley was surrounded by adults who led by example and taught her to prioritize improving her community. Her father, a coal miner, and her mother, a housewife, led faith-centered lives that left an indelible mark on their daughter.…
Senior Corporate Counsel II, FirstEnergy By Lori Kersey Growing up, Gary Jack’s dream was to become an attorney just like his father, a sole practitioner in their hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Now in his adopted home of Fairmont, WV, Jack is living out that career goal as senior corporate counsel II for FirstEnergy, where he…
Director of Rural Outreach and Development,Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine By Amanda Larch While attending Washington & Lee University School of Law, Debbie Curry fell in love with teaching, and that’s when she knew she wanted to be involved in higher education. Now the director of rural outreach and development at Marshall…
Member, Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC By Amanda Larch When Mike Bonasso began law school at the West Virginia University (WVU) College of Law in 1975, it was like entering another world for him—unfamiliar yet amazing. While he did not have any lawyers to mentor him growing up, he graduated with Order of the Coif honors…
Senior Assistant Prosecuting Attorney,Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office By Amanda Larch An interest in law seems to be part of the fabric that makes up Maryclaire Akers’ family. Her father has practiced as a lawyer for more than 50 years, her brother is an administrative law judge, and her husband, JB, owns his own law…