Jessica Alsop
Senior Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, WVU Health System By Dawn Nolan Practicing health care law was never part of Jessica Alsop’s career plan. In fact, neither was being an attorney. “I thought I would be an accountant and didn’t stray too far from that plan until I went to law school,” she says. […]
Charles R. “Chuck” Bailey
Co-Managing Member, Bailey & Wyant, PLLC By Kenzie Dye For Chuck Bailey, co-managing member of Bailey & Wyant, PLLC, the path to a distinguished legal career began in the small town of Montgomery, WV. Growing up in a diverse, close-knit community where neighbors looked out for one another, Bailey learned the values of hard work, […]
Ashley M. Batten
Public Defender for Youth Clients, Public Defender Corporation for the 27th Judicial Circuit By McKenzie Stalnaker Ashley Batten, a passionate advocate for vulnerable youth in the legal system, grew up in the mountains of Harpers Ferry, WV, and took a different path from most to get where she is today. Batten is the daughter of […]
Haley Bunn
Justice, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia By Kristen Uppercue Haley Bunn’s love of the Mountain State and its sense of community began while she was being raised in a Southern West Virginia coal mining family and homeschooled by her mother. “Some of my fondest memories are gardening with my grandad, enjoying the spoils […]
Melissa Giggenbach
Teaching Associate Professor & Program Director, West Virginia Innocence Project Clinic By Kristen Uppercue Melissa Giggenbach was raised in a farming community in Roanoke, WV, a town mostly located under Stonewall Jackson Lake. The Stonewall Jackson Dam was created as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood-control project in the 1980s, which formed […]
Imad Matini
Partner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP By Paige Udermann Imad Matini, partner at Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, is no stranger to the hard work and discipline that comes with a career in the legal field. He grew up in Fredericksburg, VA, with parents who poured everything into raising him. “They inspire me […]