Gretchen L. Roos

Assistant General Counsel of Global Ethics and Compliance, PPG By Jean Hardiman As Gretchen Roos was finishing up high school in Pittsburgh and deciding where to attend college, her parents gave her one guideline. They drew a circle with a 90-mile radius around Pittsburgh and told her to choose a college within that circle. She […]
Cathryn A. Nogay

Guardian ad litem, Cathryn A. Nogay By Katie Light When Starting her legal career, Cathryn Nogay had no idea that civil child neglect and abuse cases would be the catalyst for her outstanding career. Today, her work as guardian ad litem at her own law firm reflects 38 years of assisting families and children in […]
Jena Martin

Professor, WVU College of Law By Jamie Null West Virginia University (WVU) College of Law Professor Jena Martin took the long way to get to her dream career and to the city of Morgantown, a place she now calls home. As a child, Martin moved around a lot and became what she calls a city […]
Irene M. Keeley

U.S. District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia By Ken Magill Keenly intellectual. Always prepared. Trailblazer. Willing to listen to both sides. Fair and consistent. A judge’s judge. These are the acclamations colleagues use to describe Irene Keeley, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia. Keeley, who […]
Susan S. Brewer

Member, Steptoe & Johnson PLLC By Kristen Uppercue Susan Brewer, a member at Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, has always known she wanted to be in the courtroom. Brewer’s mother was a homemaker and her dad a trial attorney. Throughout high school and college summer breaks, she would fill in to help around her dad’s office […]
Benjamin L. Bailey

Partner & Chairman, Bailey & Glasser, LLP By Brittany McClung “I’m more focused on doing well tomorrow than fretting about what I could have done better yesterday.” Ben Bailey is no stranger to a challenge. From dealing with a serious injury following a car accident to leaving an established law firm to begin his own […]