Thirty attorneys with the law firm of Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward & White. In addition to the 30 attorneys recognized in the publication, 11 of the firm's practice groups were given a statewide #1 ranking. The firm’s Martinsburg office also received a #1 ranking in its geographic area.
Published biennially since 1983, Best Lawyers is a highly regarded referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Top lawyers in the United States confidentially evaluate their professional peers in Washington, D.C. and all fifty states.
Bowles Rice lawyers selected (with law practice specialties indicated) are:
Carl D. Andrews - Real Estate Law
Gregory Bailey - Education Law
Ricklin Brown - Labor and Employment Law
Michael E. Caryl - Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates Law
Julia A. Chincheck - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
David A. DeJarnett - Trusts and Estates Law
Robert W. Dinsmore - Natural Resources Law
Richard M. Francis - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
F. Thomas Graff, Jr. - Administrative Law, Corporate Law, Energy Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law
Thomas A. Heywood - Corporate Law and Health Care Law
Paul L. Hicks - Elder Law
Michael B. Keller - Corporate Law
Robert S. Kiss - Tax Law and Trusts and Estates Law
Leonard B. Knee - Environmental Law
J. Thomas Lane - Energy Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law and Real Estate Law
Charles M. Love, III - Commercial Litigation
Edward D. McDevitt - International Arbitration and Securities Law
Marc A. Monteleone - Construction Law, Corporate Law and Tax Law
Sandra M. Murphy - Banking Law
George A. Patterson - Oil & Gas Law
Phyllis M. Potterfield - Workers’ Compensation Law
Charles F. Printz, Jr. - Commercial Litigation
Lesley A. Russo - Non-Profit/Charites Law
Howard E. Seufer, Jr. - Education Law
Camden P. Siegrist - Corporate Law
Sarah E. Smith - Workers' Compensation Law
Gerard R. Stowers - Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation
Anthony P. Tokarz - Intellectual Property Law
Elizabeth D. Walker - Labor and Employment Law
Tracy L. Webb - Workers’ Compensation Law
Five of the firm’s attorneys, F. Thomas Graff, Thomas A. Heywood, J. Thomas Lane, Charles M. Love III and Phyllis M. Potterfield have been recognized in Best Lawyers for more than 10 years.
Statewide, Bowles Rice received a #1 ranking in 11 different practice areas. They are:
Administrative Law
Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Construction Law
Education Law
Elder Law
Intellectual Property Law
International Arbitration
Non-Profit/Charities Law
Securities Law
Tax Law
Trusts and Estates
Bowles Rice is a regional law firm with offices in Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown and Parkersburg, West Virginia; Lexington, Kentucky; and Winchester, Virginia.
Printz Honored as Foundation Fellow
Chazz Printz, a Bowles Rice partner in the Martinsburg office, has been selected as a 2008 West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow. Foundation Fellows are lawyers whose professional, public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and honorable service to the legal profession.
Lovely Among Nominees for “Hero of the Year”
Bernie Lovely, a Bowles Rice partner in the firm’s Lexington office, was among the nominees honored on April 17 by the Bluegrass Chapter of the American Red Cross for its “Hero of the Year”Award.
McMillan Elected to State Bar Board of Governors
Stuart McMillan, a partner in the Charleston office of Bowles Rice, has been elected to the Board of Governors for the West Virginia State Bar. He will be representing Kanawha County in District 8 for a three-year term. This is his second term on the Board of Governors.
Bowles to Receive Star Award
Nate Bowles, a Bowles Rice partner and a member of the litigation practice group in the Charleston office of Bowles Rice, will receive the 2008 Star Award from Legal Aid of West Virginia during its annual Breakfast with the Stars event on May 1. The award recognizes Nate’s commitment, service and support to LAWV.
