United States District Judge, Middle District of Florida By Kevin Duvall. “If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; if you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same . . . .” Carlos Mendoza, U.S. district judge for…
Member, Shaffer & Shaffer, PLLC By Maggie Matsko. For Todd Mount, a member at Shaffer & Shaffer, PLLC, it is the state of West Virginia that has shaped him into the person he is today, but he didn’t always have a clear admiration for the Mountain State. “As a young person, I don’t know that…
Attorney, Bailey & Glasser LLP By Samantha Cart. Even though Sandra Kinney, an attorney at Bailey & Glasser LLP, has been practicing law for more than 20 years, she will never forget her first day at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. “The first day of law school, the first class, and I was…
Woodrow A. Potesta Professor of Law, West Virginia University College of Law By Blair Dowler. Charles DiSalvo values the common good, which is evident in his law career—a career he has devoted to public interest and poverty law. Since 1979, the current Woodrow A. Potesta Professor of Law at the West Virginia University (WVU) College of…
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company By Blair Dowler. Marilyn McClure-Demers knew at a very early age she wanted to be a lawyer. When she graduated from the West Virginia University (WVU) College of Law in 1991, it was only the beginning of an energetic career solving complex disputes, promoting diversity and…
Judge, First Family Court Circuit of West Virginia By Katlin Swisher. Joyce Dumbaugh Chernenko was born and raised in Weirton, WV, at a time when the Northern Panhandle’s steel mills provided a good life for residents. Her hometown was a melting pot of backgrounds, with immigrants in search of the American dream from places as…