Deputy Judge Advocate General, U.S. Air Force By Samantha Cart. “Integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do.” These are the core values of the U.S. Air Force and the tenants by which Major General Jeffrey Rockwell lives his life. A member of the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps, Rockwell…
Member and Owner, Preston & Salango, PLLC By Kevin Duvall. Ben Salango, owner and member of Preston & Salango, PLLC, has amassed a large collection of legal and civic awards in a short time. Since 2012, he has been named one of The State Journal’s 40 Under 40, the Kanawha County Democratic Executive Committee’s Democrat…
Advocacy Support Counsel, Legal Aid of West Virginia By Jean Hardiman. As a student at the Washington & Lee University School of Law, Bruce Perrone interviewed with corporate law firms in big cities, which was typical for students with good grades, but he didn’t have much to say to those folks. He found that his…
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…