Thirty attorneys with the law firm of Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP have been selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2009 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward & White.
Bowles Rice also has more listed lawyers in the fields of Corporate Law, Construction Law, Banking Law, Education Law, Tax Law, Administrative Law, Elder Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law, Securities Law and Trusts and Estates than any other firm in the state of West Virginia. The firm’s Martinsburg, West Virginia office also received a #1 ranking, having more recognized lawyers than any other firm in the 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 & Acquisitions Law, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
Julia A. Chincheck - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Mark D'Antoni - Corporate Law and Real Estate Law
David A. DeJarnett - Trusts and Estates
Robert W. Dinsmore - Natural Resources Law and Real Estate Law
Richard M. Francis - Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law and Government Relations Law
F. Thomas Graff, Jr. - Administrative Law, Corporate Law, Energy Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Natural Resources Law and 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
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 III - Oil & Gas Law
Phyllis M. Potterfield - Workers' Compensation Law
Charles F. Printz, Jr. - Commercial Litigation
Lesley A. Russo - Employee Benefits Law and Non-Profit/Charities Law
Howard E. Seufer, Jr. - Education Law
Camden P. Siegrist - Corporate Law
Sally Smith - Workers' Compensation Law
Gerard R. Stowers - Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation
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.
Bowles Rice is a regional law firm with offices in Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown and Parkersburg, West Virginia; Lexington, Kentucky; and Winchester, Virginia.
Contact: Barbara Joseph (304) 347-2138
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30 Bowles Rice attorneys named Best Lawyers 2009. To read more, click here.
Best Lawyers 2009 ranks Bowles Rice first in West Virginia in 12 practice areas including Corporate Law, Education Law, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates and Banking Law. To read more, click here.
Bowles Rice's Martinsburg Office Ranked #1 by Best Lawyers. To read more, click here.
Sixteen Bowles Rice attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2008 edition of West Virginia Super Lawyers. To see the names of those selected and read more, click here.
Bowles Rice attorney Ricklin Brown was selected as one of the "Top 10" attorneys in West Virginia in the 2008 edition of West Virginia Super Lawyers. To read more, click here.
Berkshire Hathaway has named Bowles Rice a Go-To Law Firm in litigation, according to the publishers of General Counsel magazine. Bowles RIce will be listed in the publication's annual reference guide, called In-House Law Departments at the Leading Financial Services Companies.
The 2008 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business has recognized Bowles Rice as a "Top Ranked" firm in all five categories measured in West Virginia: corporate/commercial, labor & employment; litigation; natural resources and real estate. The respected peer ranking organization also recognized 12 Bowles Rice attorneys as leading lawyers in their respective fields. To read more, click here.
