Prosperity, West Virginia Business Lawyers

Colleen Michelle Brown Esq
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Beckley, WV Business Law Attorney with 18 years experience
(304) 254-8572 810 New River Dr
 Beckley, WV 25801
Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Estate Planning and Insurance Defense
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Mr. Paul O. Clay Jr
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Fayetteville, WV Business Law Attorney with 42 years experience
(304) 574-2182 101 West Maple Ave.
 Fayetteville, WV 25840
Business, Consumer, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Washington and Lee University School of Law
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John Rist III
Beckley, WV Business Law Attorney with 44 years experience
(304) 255-1400 1800 Harper Rd
 Beckley, WV 25801
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Edward Payne III
Beckley, WV Business Law Attorney with 56 years experience
(304) 253-3358 130 Main St
 Beckley, WV 25801
Business and Real Estate
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John Hutchison
Beckley, WV Business Law Attorney with 38 years experience
(304) 255-9132 215 Main St
 Beckley, WV 25801
Business and Tax
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Pat Clinton Fragile Esq
Beckley, WV Business Law Attorney with 41 years experience
(304) 253-1000 412 S Kanawha St
 Beckley, WV 25801
Business, Divorce, Employment and Estate Planning
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James Billings Esq
Oak Hill, WV Business Law Lawyer with 35 years experience
(304) 469-9600 228 Maple Ave
 Oak Hill, WV 25901
Business and Estate Planning
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Sean McGinley Esq.
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Charleston, WV Business Law Attorney with 27 years experience
(304) 342-0133 604 Virginia Street East
 Charleston, WV 25301
Free ConsultationBusiness, Antitrust, Appeals and Securities
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Sean McGinley is a trial and appellate attorney. His statewide West Virginia law practice includes personal injury and accident cases, medical malpractice, coal mine injury and accidents, serious workplace accidents, commercial and business litigation, and class actions. During his twenty years practicing law, Mr. McGinley has helped his clients recover tens of millions of dollars. He is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. McGinley was raised in Morgantown, West Virginia, and attended college at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, receiving an A.B. degree in 1987. He studied law at Oxford University (Keble College) in Oxford, England, where he obtained...
Christopher Sears
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CHARLESTON, WV Business Law Attorney with 19 years experience
(304) 341-0500 500 Lee Street
Suite 900
 CHARLESTON, WV 25311
Free ConsultationBusiness, Consumer, Insurance Defense and Personal Injury
West Virginia University College of Law
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Christopher J. Sears is a partner in the firm's Charleston office. Since 1999, he has been representing individuals, businesses, and insurance companies in both West Virginia and Ohio in a wide range of matters. He has gathered a vast wealth of experience at every stage of the litigation and appellate process in both state and federal courts and has appeared before numerous state agencies and boards. From pre-litigation activity to the final step of the appellate process, Mr. Sears has both the knowledge and tenacity to be the zealous advocate you are seeking.

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George E. Chamberlain
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Charleston, WV Business Law Attorney
Jackson Kelly PLLC
P.O. Box 553
 Charleston, WV 25322
Business, Education, Employment and Insurance Defense
University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Mr. Chamberlain has extensive civil litigation experience and focuses his practice on commercial litigation, insurance litigation, and labor and employment litigation at state and federal levels. Mr. Chamberlain received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 2012. While in law school, he served as a Senior Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Journal of International law. He also worked as a member of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic where he counseled and advised corporate clients on a variety of legal issues. He also holds a Certificate in Trial Skills from the National Institute for Trial...
Natalie Nicolette Hager Esq
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Princeton, WV Business Law Lawyer with 13 years experience
(304) 487-3788 1605 Honaker Avenue
 Princeton, WV 24740
Business, Appeals, Criminal and Energy
West Virginia University
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Charles Johnstone II
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Charleston, WV Business Law Attorney with 30 years experience
(304) 343-7100 1125 Virginia St E
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business, Personal Injury and Real Estate
University of Kentucky College of Law
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Charles M. Johnstone, II (“Sonny”) has been practicing law in the states of West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky since graduating from the University of Kentucky in 1988. Sonny has helped thousands of individuals and businesses with their legal needs. His personal injury practice has covered a wide range of case types including, but not limited to, automobile accidents, trucking accidents, logging accidents, mining accident, medical malpractice, industrial accidents and slip and fall accidents. He has successfully tried and settled cases valued in the tens of millions of dollars.
(866) 228-4692 Charleston, WV 25301
Christopher Thomas Nace
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Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer with 14 years experience
(304) 741-8079 3501 MacCorkle Avenue SE
 Charleston, WV 25304
Business, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
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Madeline G. George
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Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer
(304) 553-0830 1125 Virginia Street East
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business, Construction, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
West Virginia University College of Law
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Madeline “Maddie” George joined Johnstone & Gabhart, LLP in August of 2013. In 2008, Maddie graduated from Rhodes College, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. While at Rhodes, Maddie was a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority and also a senior representative of the Panhellenic counsel. Following graduation from Rhodes College, Maddie moved to Washington, D.C. where she worked for a lobbying firm for two years. Maddie received her Juris Doctorate degree from the West Virginia University College of Law 2013. As an Associate at Johnstone & Gabhart, Maddie focuses...
Kevin Duffy Esq
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Clay, WV Business Law Attorney with 22 years experience
(304) 587-2750 436 Main Street
PO Box 186
 Clay, WV 25043
Business and Real Estate
West Virginia University
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Harry Bell Jr
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Charleston, WV Business Law Attorney with 38 years experience
(800) 342-1701 30 Capitol St
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Products Liability
West Virginia University College of Law
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John G. Byrd CPA, Esq.
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Charleston, WV Business Law Attorney with 27 years experience
(304) 414-0646 P.O. Box 40360
 Charleston, WV 25364
Business and Estate Planning
Washington & Lee University
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John Joseph Meadows Esq
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CHARLESTON, WV Business Law Attorney with 15 years experience
(304) 353-8154 PO Box 1588
 CHARLESTON, WV 25326
Business and Energy
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John F. Leaberry Esq
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Lewisburg, WV Business Law Attorney with 37 years experience
(304) 645-2025 106 Patrick St
 Lewisburg, WV 24901
Business, Bankruptcy and Tax
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Monika Hussell Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer with 24 years experience
(304) 357-9924 900 Lee St E
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business, IP and Patents
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Terrance Rodgers Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer with 37 years experience
(304) 345-7250 500 Lee St E
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business and Bankruptcy
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Carl James Roncaglione Jr
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer
(304) 342-3945 1018 Kanawha Blvd E
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business and Real Estate
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John Rollins Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer with 40 years experience
(304) 345-2000 300 Summers St
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business and Bankruptcy
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Matthew Scott Criswell Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer with 17 years experience
(304) 720-6220 405 Capitol St
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business
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Richard Gottlieb Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer with 41 years experience
(304) 345-2000 300 Summers St
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business
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Ann Starcher Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Attorney with 24 years experience
(304) 345-2000 300 Summers St
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business, Bankruptcy and Collections
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Stephen Davis Esq
Summersville, WV Business Law Attorney with 44 years experience
(304) 872-2271 509 Church St
 Summersville, WV 26651
Business, Health Care and Real Estate
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Christopher Sax Smith
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer with 36 years experience
(304) 344-9821 22 Capitol St
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business, Bankruptcy and Personal Injury
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Barry Weese Esq
Lewisburg, WV Business Law Attorney with 30 years experience
(304) 645-2762 111 N Jefferson St
 Lewisburg, WV 24901
Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
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Stephen Gaylock Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Attorney with 30 years experience
(304) 346-9999 205 Capitol St
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business and Real Estate
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Charles Johnson Jr
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer with 32 years experience
(304) 357-0925 900 Lee St E
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business, Health Care and Real Estate
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Spencer Elliott
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer
(304) 345-2000 300 Summers St
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business and Bankruptcy
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David Hoyer Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer with 26 years experience
(304) 344-9821 22 Capitol St
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business, Bankruptcy and Personal Injury
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Richard Ford Esq
Lewisburg, WV Business Law Lawyer with 64 years experience
(304) 645-1858 203 W Randolph St
 Lewisburg, WV 24901
Business, Estate Planning, Insurance Defense and Personal Injury
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Mark Kelley Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer with 27 years experience
(304) 342-1141 109 Capitol Street
Suite 700
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business and Personal Injury
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Elizabeth Elmore Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Attorney with 26 years experience
(304) 344-2232 121 Summers St
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business and Estate Planning
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James Lane Jr
Charleston, WV Business Law Attorney with 24 years experience
(304) 342-0081 205 Capitol St
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business and Bankruptcy
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John David Fenwick Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Lawyer with 26 years experience
(304) 346-7000 300 Summers Street
Suite 1500
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business and Employment
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Adam Maynard Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Attorney with 14 years experience
(304) 357-9918 900 Lee St E
 Charleston, WV 25301
Business and Employment
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Joseph Michael Ward Esq
Charleston, WV Business Law Attorney with 14 years experience
(304) 346-7000 300 Summers Street
Suite 1500
 Charleston, WV 25301
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