Thirty-nine Bowles Rice attorneys from four of the firm’s offices in Morgantown, Charleston, Martinsburg and Parkersburg, West Virginia have been named to the Best Lawyers in America (2019 Edition).
Those recognized in Charleston include:
- Mark Adkins – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance; Litigation – Construction
- Julia A. Chincheck – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Lynn S. Clarke – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Mark B. D’Antoni – Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
- Thomas Graff Jr. – Administrative/Regulatory Law; Corporate Law; Energy Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law
- Ronda L. Harvey – Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Thomas A. Heywood – Corporate Law; Health Care Law
- Roger D. Hunter – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Diana Leigh Johnson – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Thomas Lane – Energy Law; Litigation – Real Estate; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law; Oil and Gas Law; Real Estate Law
- Charles M. Love III – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
- Ellen Maxwell-Hoffman – Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
- Stuart A. McMillan – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Litigation – First Amendment
- David A. Mohler – Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Marc A. Monteleone – Construction Law; Corporate Law; Oil and Gas Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Sandra M. Murphy – Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law
- George A. Patterson, III – Oil and Gas Law
- Marion E. Ray – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
- Howard E. Seufer Jr. – Education Law
- Camden P. Siegrist – Corporate Law; Public Finance Law
- Melody A. Simpson – Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Nonprofit/Charities Law
- Gerard R. Stowers – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Real Estate; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Amy J. Tawney – Corporate Law
- Rebecca M. Tinder – Education Law
- Kenneth E. Webb Jr. – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction
Those recognized in Martinsburg include:
- Michael E. Caryl – Corporate Law; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law; Trust and Estates
- David A. DeJarnett – Corporate Law; Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Litigation and Controversy – Tax; Nonprofit/Charities Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Stephen M. Mathias – Real Estate Law
- Charles F. Printz Jr. – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Labor and Employment
- Floyd McKinley Sayre – Litigation and Controversy – Tax
Those recognized in Morgantown include:
- Kimberly S. Croyle – Education Law
- Robert W. Dinsmore – Natural Resources Law; Real Estate Law
- Andrew G. Fusco – Commercial Litigation; Corporate Governance Law; Litigation – Antitrust; Litigation – Intellectual Property; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Seth Wilson – Energy Law
Those recognized in Parkersburg include:
- Robert L. Bays – Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Fred Earley – Health Care Law
- Steven R. Hardman – Real Estate Law
- Richard A. Hudson – Health Care Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
- Robert J. Kent – Litigation-Insurance; Litigation – Labor and Employment
Recognition in Best Lawyers 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.
