Founding and Managing Member & Founding Member, Casey & Chapman, PLLC By Katlin Swisher Patrick Casey and Sandra Chapman were first-year law students at West Virginia University (WVU) College of Law in the early 1980s when they met “As Patrick tells it, he sat in the back of the classroom, and I sat in the…
Judge, U.S. District Court By Olivia Miller The youngest of nine children, Judge Irene Berger was raised in McDowell County, the southernmost county in West Virginia, where her father worked in the coal mines for nearly 41 years. Her mother was a housewife, and both were bright and well read despite not having a high…
Patent Counsel, Google LLC By Katlin Swisher Born and raised in Nigeria, Ola Adekunle came to West Virginia to further his education. The oldest of three children, he was the first person in his immediate family to attend college. Today, he is a patent lawyer for Google, LLC, where he uses his law and MBA…