Lenna Chambers, Evan Kime, Melissa Rounds and Kristin Shaffer are associates in the firm’s Charleston office.  Joshua Nester and Christine Riley are associates in the firm’s Martinsburg office.

Lenna Chambers is a graduate of The George Washington University Law School and received her B.S. degree in Biological Sciences, cum laude, from Marshall University.  She was a member of the Moot Court Board and Vaccine Injury Clinic.  A native of Huntington, West Virginia, Lenna is admitted to practice in West Virginia and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

Evan Kime, a native of Fairmont, West Virginia, graduated from West Virginia University College of Law.  He was Editor of the West Virginia Law Review, a Legal Research and Writing Teaching Assistant and was selected for the Judicial Externship Program with the Honorable Judge Goodwin, United States Southern District of West Virginia.  Evan received his B.S. in Computer Science, cum laude, from Alderson-Broaddus.

Melissa Rounds is a graduate of West Virginia University College of Law, where she was the recipient of the Frank Deem Law Review Scholarship and the CALI Award for Trial Advocacy.  She was the Senior Managing Editor, as well as an Associate Editor for the West Virginia Law review.  Melissa received her B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude, from Mount Union College.  She is a native of Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Kristin Shaffer is a native of Huntington, West Virginia and a graduate of West Virginia University, where she received both her J.D. and her B.S. in Child Development, summa cum laude.  Kristin is an associate in the Commercial and Financial Services practice area and is admitted to practice in West Virginia and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

Joshua Nester is an associate in the Martinsburg office in the Commercial and Financial Services practice area.  He is a native of Danville, West Virginia.  Joshua is a graduate of West Virginia University College of Law, where he received the Robert L. Griffin Law Scholarship, was a Legal Research and Writing Teaching Assistant and a Public Interest Advocates Member.  He received his B.S. in Business Administration and Computer Information Systems and his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Charleston.

Christine Riley, a native of Sterling, Virginia, is an associate in the litigation practice in the Martinsburg office.  Christine graduated Order of the Coif from West Virginia University College of Law, where she was an editor of the West Virginia Law Review.  She received her B.A. in History, cum laude, from The College of William & Mary.  Christine is admitted to practice in West Virginia and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

In addition, Kristin West, an associate in the Martinsburg office, is now admitted to practice in the State of West Virginia and before the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.  Ms. West is also a member of the Virginia State Bar.

Bowles Rice is a regional law firm with offices in Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown, and Parkersburg, West Virginia; Lexington, Kentucky; and Winchester, Virginia.