Practice Areas
Clerkships
- Law Clerk to Honorable John A. Field, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1977-1979)
Education
J.D., West Virginia University College of Law (1977)
- National Moot Court Team
B.A., Michigan State University (1973)
- With High Honor
Admissions
- Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
Howard E. Seufer, Jr.
Having advised and represented all 55 of West Virginia’s county boards of education over the last 40 years, Howard Seufer brings a wealth of experience to a range of legal matters for school districts. His work in public education has made a lasting impact in the areas of school board governance, board/superintendent relations, business and finance, human resources and student rights and responsibilities.
Howard is the senior member of the Bowles Rice Education Law Practice. The firm’s Education Law Practice has been ranked #1 in West Virginia Education Law by Best Lawyers in America and designated at Tier 1 in the practice of education law by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms.
Leading peer-review organizations Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America both recognize Howard for his education law skills. He is a longtime member of the National School Board Association’s Council of School Attorneys and is West Virginia’s liaison to the Council. Since 1983 he has been legal counsel to the West Virginia School Board Association.
A trained facilitator, Howard is frequently engaged as a presenter, panelist and writer on school law issues, emphasizing practical preventive advice for education leaders and administrators. Policymakers at the state and local levels regularly request his input. On occasion, he addresses legislative committees on bills affecting public education.
Howard is co-founder of the Bowles Rice invitation-only Signature Series Workshops. Over the past two decades, the more than 200 Signature Series workshops have provided hundreds of public school administrators with focused, full-day legal instruction in interactive, small group settings.
In 2018, West Virginia Executive magazine inducted Howard into its class of “Sharp Shooters” – state leaders who have a record of active participation in community service and philanthropy. In the education arena, those efforts include his active service as emeritus director and past chair of the nation’s first statewide education fund, the Education Alliance, and his prior tenure as board member and chair of SW Resources Inc., a nonprofit focused on the vocational needs of adults with disabilities. Howard previously chaired and belonged to the Board of Governors of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College and served West Virginia University on Visiting Committees for the College of Law and the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion. To this day, Howard continues a longstanding tradition serving as a volunteer reader with Read Aloud West Virginia at the Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary School in Charleston.
Professional Highlights
- Leader, Bowles Rice Education Law Practice Group (1991-2019)
- Counsel since 1983 to the West Virginia School Board Association
- Co-founder, Signature Series Workshops
Representative Cases
- Berkeley County Council v. Government Properties Income Trust, LLC, No. 20-1019 (W.Va. Sup. Ct. of App., 2022) (assessments for taxation purposes)
- Gonzales v. The Board of Education of Cabell County, No. 2022 WL 123710 (W.Va. Sup. Ct. of App., 2022) (administrator insubordination)
- Redd v. McDowell County Board of Education, 2022 WL 1506071 (W.Va. Sup. Ct. of App., 2022) (teacher evaluations)
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Miller v. Marion County Board of Education, 2020 WL 7231114 (2020) (untimeliness of grievance complaint)
- Mayle v. Barbour County Board of Education, 2018 WL 317375 (2018) (filling aide/ECCAT vacancies).
- Monongalia County Board of Education v. American Federation of Teachers – West Virginia, AFL-CIO, 238 W.Va. 146, 792 S.E.2d 645 (2016) (RESA interventionists in the schools)
- Yatauro v. Calhoun County Board of Education, 2016 WL 5030280 (2016) (state-ordered contract reductions without hearings)
- Lemasters v. Jackson County Board of Education, 2016 WL 2977336 (2016) (teacher duty outside the school day)
- Adkins v. Cabell County Board of Education, 2016 WL 3435749 (2016) (accused felon’s suspension)
- Sayre v. Mason County Board of Education, 2016 WL 143435 (2016) (lengthening the workday)
- Williams v. Raleigh County Board of Education, 2015 WL 6181485 (2015) (service employee reclassification)
- Smith v. Berkeley County Board of Education, 2015 WL 7628692 (2015) (administrative fact finding)
- Staats v. Jackson County Board of Education, 2015 WL 6181438 (2015) (hours worked)
- Smith v. Berkeley County Board of Education, 2015 WL 2364292 (2015) (unemployment compensation and "other gross conduct")
- Eisentrout v. Preston County Board of Education, 2013 WL 3242868 (2013) (summer service positions)
- Patterson v. Board of Education of the County of Raleigh, 231 W.Va. 129, 744 S.E.2d 239 (2013) (uniformity of pay and benefits)
- Anderson v. Board of Education of the County of Gilmer, 2012 WL 5834898 (2012) (student attendance areas)
- Boards of Education v. Public Employees Insurance Agency, 2011 WL 9373981 (2011) (OPEB)
- Alderman v. Pocahontas County Board of Education, 223 W.Va. 431, 675 S.E.2d 907 (2009) (employee speech)
- State ex rel. Board of Education of County of Putnam v. Beane, 224 W. Va. 31, 680 S.E.2d 46 (2009) (circuit court jurisdiction)
- Wines v. Jefferson County Board of Education, 213 W.Va. 379, 582 S.E.2d 826 (2003) (discharging substitutes)
- Baker v. Hancock County Board of Education, 207 W.Va. 513, 534 S.E.2d 378 (2000) (continuing versus probationary contracts)
- Flint v. Harrison County Board of Education, 207 W.Va. 251, 531 S.E.2d 76 (1999) (uniformity of employee benefits)
- Pendleton Citizens for Community Schools v. Marockie, 203 W.Va. 310, 507 S.E.2d 673 (1998) (rural school consolidation)
- Boner v. Kanawha County Board of Education, 197 W.Va. 176, 475 S.E.2d 176 (1996) (independent contractors)
- Byrd v. Mercer County Board of Education, 196 W.Va. 1, 467 S.E.2d 142 (1995) (excess levies)
- Board of Education of County of Wood v. Enoch, 186 W.Va. 712, 414 S.E.2d 630 (1992) (extended year employment)
- State ex rel. Melchiori v. Board of Education of County of Marshall, 188 W.Va. 575, 425 S.E.2d 251 (1992) (professional RIF “bumping”)
- Lincoln County Board of Education v. Adkins, 188 W.Va. 430, 424 S.E.2d 775 (1992) (teacher planning periods)
- Winkler v. State School Building Authority, 189 W.Va. 748, 434 S.E.2d 420 (1990) (School Building Authority bonds)
- Brown v. Wood County Board of Education, 184 W.Va. 205, 400 S.E.2d 213 (1990) (teacher evaluations)
- Keith D. v. Ball, 177 W.Va. 93, 350 S.E.2d 720 (1986) (student discipline)
- Thomas v. Staats, 633 F.Supp. 797 (1985) (statute of limitations in special education)
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell® Overall Peer Rating: AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5.0
- Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for Education Law in Charleston, West Virginia (2024, 2016). Only a single lawyer in each practice area and community is honored with a "Lawyer of the Year" award from Best Lawyers.
- Best Lawyers in America® since 2003 (Education Law)
- 2021 Mentor of the Year Award, West Virginia State Bar Young Lawyers Section
- West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow
- West Virginia University College of Law Order of the Coif, Order of Barristers
- Recognized by Super Lawyers (Schools & Education), 2018-present
- Recognized by West Virginia Executive as a 2018 Sharp Shooter
Howard E. Seufer, Jr.Rated by Super Lawyers
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News
- August 28, 2024
- August 17, 2023
- August 18, 2022
- May 6, 2021
- February 11, 2021
- Best Lawyers in America®, August 20, 2020
- August 15, 2019
- April 17, 2019
- West Virginia Executive, Spring 2018
- December 26, 2016
- April 16, 2013
Presentations & Events
- Presentation: Legal Insights Unveiled: Interactive Question and Answer Session Addressing Your Burning Questions by Richard S. Boothby, Kimberly S. Croyle, Trey Morrone, and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Winter ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, February 9, 2024
- Presentation: An Important Legal Update with an Emphasis on “Personnel Season” by Kayla Cook, Kimberly S. Croyle, Trey Morrone, Howard Seufer, Jr., and Leigh Anne WilsonWest Virginia Executive Secretaries Association: Winter ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, February 9, 2024
- Presentation: Navigating the Federal Funding Cliff through Personnel Season by Kimberly S. Croyle and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Administrators: Winter ConferenceRobert H. Mollohan Research Center, Fairmont, West Virginia, January 26, 2024
- Presentation: Legal and Legislative Updates and Review by Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Human Resources OfficialsPipestem Resort State Park, Stonewall Resort, Pipestem, West Virginia, November 17, 2023
- Presentation: Legal Insights Unveiled: Interactive Q&A Session Addressing Your Burning Questions by Richard S. Boothby, Joshua A. Cottle, Kimberly S. Croyle, Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Fall ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, September 9, 2023
- Presentation: Intricacies of Planning for an Effective Board of Education Meeting and An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure – Did You Know by Kimberly S. Croyle and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association Meeting of Incoming Superintendents and Their Board PresidentsStonewall Resort & Conference Center, Roanoke, West Virginia, July 10, 2023
- Presentation: Highlights of New Legislation and Legal Developments Impacting Public Education by Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association Regional MeetingBeckley-Raleigh Convention Center, Beckley, West Virginia, May 13, 2023
- Presentation: Highlights of New Legislation and Legal Developments Impacting Public Education; Fiduciary Duties of School Board Members by Richard S. Boothby and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association Regional MeetingFour Points by Sheraton, Charleston, West Virginia, May 6, 2023
- Presentation: Legal Updates for the School District's Business Office by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Business Officials: Spring ConferenceEmbassy Suites, Charleston, West Virginia, May 5, 2023
- Presentation: Legal and Legislative Updates by Kimberly S. Croyle and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Human Resource Officials Regional MeetingBerkeley County Board of Education, Martinsburg, West Virginia, April 24, 2023
- Presentation: Meeting the Challenge: Legal Issues and Updates for the Assistant Principal by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals: 2023 WV Assistant Principals ConferenceStonewall Resort & Conference Center, Roanoke, West Virginia, February 27, 2023
- Presentation: 10 Professional Development Resolutions to Keep in 2023 by Kimberly S. Croyle and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board of Association: Winter ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, February 17, 2023
- Presentation: Say What? Everything You Want to Know About Delegations and Maybe Some Things You Don't by Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Winter ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, February 17, 2023
- Presentation: An Important Legal Update with a Focus on West Virginia's Freedom of Information Act by Richard S. Boothby, Trey Morrone, and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Executive Secretaries Association: Winter ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, February 17, 2023
- Presentation: Investigating and Responding to Suspected Employee Misconduct and Inappropriate Use of Social Media by Employees and Students by Kimberly S. Croyle, Trey Morrone, and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association School Administrators: Winter ConferenceWV High Tech Consortium, Fairmont, West Virginia, January 27, 2023
- Presentation: Legal Developments and Current Legal Issues for the School Business Office by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Business Officials: Fall ConferenceCamp Dawson Event Center, Kingwood, West Virginia, October 21, 2022
- Presentation: The Gresham County Board of Education Confronts School District Stagnation: A Mock County Board Meeting Exercise by Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Fall ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, September 9, 2022
- Presentation: Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Meeting Agendas, But Were Afraid to Ask by Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Executive Secretaries Association: Fall ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, September 9, 2022
- Presentation: Welcome to the World of West Virginia School Law! by Kimberly Croyle and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: 2022 New Board Member OrientationCanaan Valley Resort & Conference Center, Davis, West Virginia, June 24, 2022
- Presentation: West Virginia Legal Update by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Business OfficialsEmbassy Suites, Charleston, West Virginia, May 20, 2022
- Presentation: West Virginia Legislative Update by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School AdministratorsWV High Tech Consortium, Fairmont, West Virginia, May 13, 2022
- Presentation: First Look: How Legislation from the 2022 Regular Session May Affect You and Your School District by Rick Boothby and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Regional MeetingCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, March 31, 2022
- Presentation: First Look: How Legislation from the 2022 Regular Session May Affect You and Your School District by Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Regional MeetingOglebay Resort, Wheeling, West Virginia, March 24, 2022
- Presentation: Meeting the Challenge: Legal Issues and Updates for the Assistant Principals by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of Secondary School PrincipalsStonewall Resort & Conference Center, Roanoke, West Virginia, February 27, 2022
- Presentation: Annual Legal Update by Richard S. Boothby, Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Winter ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, February 19, 2022
- Presentation: Time is So Precious: Legal Update and Deadlines by Richard S. Boothby, Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Executive Secretaries Association: Winter ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, February 18, 2022
- Panel Facilitator: County Board Economic Development Checklist, Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Winter ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, February 18, 2022
- Presentation: Everything You Need to Know About Difficult Board Meetings, You Already Learned in Kindergarten by Kayla Cook, Kim Croyle, Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Administrators: Mid-Year ConferenceWV High Tech Consortium, Fairmont, West Virginia, January 28, 2022
- December 20, 2021
- Presentation: What a Difference 2 Years Makes! Legal Update for School Human Resource Officers by Kimberly S. Croyle, Trey Morrone, and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Human Resource OfficersNew River Technical and Community College, Greenbrier Valley Campus, Lewisburg, West Virginia, December 8, 2021
- Presentation: Legal Update, Vendor Contracts, COVID Leave, and Independent Contractors by Joshua A. Cottle, Kimberly S. Croyle, Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Business Officials: Fall ConferenceCabell County Board of Education Transportation Complex, Lesage, West Virginia, October 22, 2021
- Presentation: Contributing to Your Excellence: Legal Issues and Best Practices for Executive Secretaries in School Year 2021-2022 by Kayla Cook, Kimberly S. Croyle, Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Executive Secretaries Association: Fall ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, September 10, 2021
- Presentation: Crisis, Controversy and Communication: A Guide to Keeping the Board and its Members Afloat When Navigating the Stormy C’s by Kayla Cook, Kimberly S. Croyle, Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Fall ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, September 10, 2021
- September 1, 2021
- Presentation: West Virginia’s Open Governmental Proceedings Act by Howard Seufer, Jr.State Auditor’s Annual In-Service Training and Annual Meeting of the County Commissioners Association of West VirginiaCanaan Valley Resort and Conference Center, Davis, West Virginia, July 26, 2021
- Presentation: 2021 School Legislation: Legal Issues and Answers by Howard Seufer, JrWest Virginia Association of School Administrators: Summer ConferenceGlade Springs Resort in Daniels, West Virginia, June 25, 2021
- Presentation: 2021 Highlights of Education Related Legislation by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Regional MeetingComfort Suites, Mineral Wells, West Virginia, May 18, 2021
- Presentation: 2021 Highlights of Education Related Legislation by Joshua A. Cottle, Kimberly S. Croyle, Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Business Officials: Spring ConferenceConference Tracker, Virtual Meeting, May 13, 2021
- Presentation: State Equity (WV Code §18A-4-5) by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Business Officials: Spring ConferenceConference Tracker, Virtual Meeting, May 13, 2021
- Presentation: 2021 Highlights of Education Related Legislation by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Regional MeetingSummersville Arena & Conference Center, Summersville, West Virginia, May 12, 2021
- Presentation: 2021 Highlights of Education Related Legislation by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Regional MeetingCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, May 4, 2021
- Presentation: Interviewing Prospective Employees by Kimberly S. Croyle, Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Administrators: Mid-Year ConferenceWV High Tech Consortium, Fairmont, West Virginia, April 15, 2021
- Presentation: West Virginia’s New Student Religious Liberties Act. By Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: On-Line Training ModuleVideo Recording, December 4, 2020
- Presentation: Other Leave Rights of West Virginia School Employees by Josh Cottle and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Business OfficialsGoToWebinar, October 29, 2020
- Presentation: Legislative Update/Important Legal Developments by Richard S. Boothby and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Business OfficialsGoToWebinar, October 29, 2020
- Presentation: Rules of the Road: County Board Member Roles and Responsibilities by Kimberly Croyle and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association webinar for School Board MembersNetSolutions, September 25, 2020
- Presentation: COVID, But So Much More! Legal Issues for School Year 20-21 by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Administrators: Leadership ConferenceWV High Tech Consortium, Fairmont, September 24, 2020
- Presentation: Welcome to the World of West Virginia School Law! by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: 2020 New Board Member OrientationGoToWebinar, June 29, 2020
- Presentation: What Do You Think You Know & What Can We Clear Up, About Laws That Impact Executive Secretaries? by Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Executive Secretaries AssociationCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, February 21, 2020
- Presentation: It’s Dock Day Season! Hunting Down Dock Days & Other Misuses and Abuses of Leave Time by Richard S. Boothby, Kayla Cook, Josh Cottle, Kimberly Croyle, Trey Morrone and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Administrators – Winter ConferenceBridgeport Conference Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia, January 31, 2020
- Presentation: Personnel Updates by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Human Resources OfficialsStonewall Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia, October 25, 2019
- Presentation: The Public Charter School Provisions of House Bill 206 by Howard Seufer, Jr. and Joshua A. CottleWest Virginia School Board AssociationCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, September 13, 2019
- Presentation: County Board Policy Actions & Opportunities Under the 2019 Legislation Affecting Public Schools by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School AdministratorsCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, September 13, 2019
- Presentation: Legal Issues and Answers by Howard Seufer, Jr. and Joshua A. CottleWest Virginia Executive Secretaries AssociationCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, September 13, 2019
- Presentation: Legislation Affecting the Schools: Legal Issues and Answers by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Administrators: Summer ConferenceGlade Springs Resort, Daniels, West Virginia, June 21, 2019
- Presentation: Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Business Officials: Spring ConferenceEmbassy Suites, Charleston, West Virginia, May 17, 2019
- Presentation: Empowering West Virginia’s School Districts: Developments from the Legislature’s 2019 Regular Session by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Regional MeetingChief Logan Conference Center, Logan, West Virginia, May 15, 2019
- Presentation: Handling the Intersection between Employee Leave, FMLA and ADA by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Human Resource Officials: Spring ConferenceMercer County Technical Education Center, Princeton, West Virginia, April 25, 2019
- Presentation: Stay in Your Lane: Board Member Roles, Responsibilities & Best Practices by Rebecca M. Tinder and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: Winter ConferenceCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, February 15, 2019
- Presentation: School Board Meeting Issues by Rebecca M. Tinder and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Executive Secretaries AssociationBowles Rice LLP, Charleston, West Virginia, February 15, 2019
- Presentation: Board Conduct and Parliamentary Procedure by Howard Seufer, Jr.Multi-District Board of Education Member Training (Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Tyler, Wirt, Wood County Boards of Education)WVU-P, Parkersburg, West Virginia, December 4, 2018
- Presentation: A Focus on the School Board President by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: President’s RetreatCanaan Valley Resort, Canaan Valley, West Virginia, July 20, 2018
- Presentation: Welcome to the World of West Virginia School Law! by Canon B. Hill and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia School Board Association: 2018 New Board Member OrientationMorgantown Marriott at Waterfront Place, Morgantown, West Virginia, June 26, 2018
- Presentation: What Public School Leaders Ought to Know About Recent Legislation and Related Legal Developments by Howard Seufer, Jr. and Laura SuttonWest Virginia Association of School Administrators: Summer ConferenceStonewall Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia, June 22, 2018
- Presentation: A Quick Legal Update, and Legal Forecast, for the Personnel Office by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School Administrators: Summer ConferenceStonewall Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia, June 21, 2018
- Presentation: Ignorance of the Law Is No Excuse! by Howard Seufer, Jr. and Laura L. SuttonWest Virginia Association of School Business Officials: 2018 Spring ConferenceEmbassy Suites, Charleston, West Virginia, May 18, 2018
- Presentation: Solving the Mysteries of Service Employee Seniority and Experience: Multiclassified Jobs, Substitute Assignments & Other Head-Scratchers by Howard Seufer, Jr. and Rebecca M. TinderWest Virginia Association of School Business Officials: 2018 Spring ConferenceEmbassy Suites, Charleston, West Virginia, May 17, 2018
- Presentation: Meeting the Challenge: Legal Issues and Updates for the Assistant Principal by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of Secondary School PrincipalsThe Greenbrier Resort, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, March 20, 2018
- Presentation: Developments, Deadlines, Delays, Duties, Details, Disclosure by Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Executive Secretaries AssociationCharleston Marriott Town Center, Charleston, West Virginia, February 16, 2018
- Presentation: Educating, Speculating, Instigating by Kimberly S. Croyle and Howard Seufer, Jr.West Virginia Association of School AdministratorsBridgeport Conference Center, Bridgeport, West Virginia, January 26, 2018
- West Virginia University College of Education and Human ServicesWVU Coliseum, Morgantown, West Virginia, May 14, 2016
Articles & Alerts
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, November 2022
- Bowles Rice, May 20, 2022
- Bowles Rice, June 3, 2021
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, March 6, 2020
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, March 2, 2020
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, January 10, 2020
- Bowles Rice, July 19, 2019
- Bowles Rice, May 31, 2019
- Bowles Rice, May 9, 2018
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, March 9, 2018
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, March 2, 2018
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, December 15, 2017
- Bowles Rice, Summer 2017
- Bowles Rice, June 12, 2017
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, April 2017
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, February 2017
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, December 2016
- Bowles Rice, Summer 2016
- Bowles Rice, June 2016
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, March 2016
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, January 2016
- Bowles Rice, Summer 2015
- Education Law Alert, 2015
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, March 2015
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, August 2014
- Bowles Rice, Summer 2014
- Education Law Alert, 2014
- West Virginia State Bar Practice Handbook, April 2014
- Bowles Rice, Summer 2013
- Education Law Alert, 2013
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, April 2013
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, March 2013
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, September 2012
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, May 2012
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, February 2012
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, February 2011
- Legalities, West Virginia School Board Association, January 2011
Views & Visions
- The Class of 2025: How Will They Learn?Fall 2013
Professional Affiliations
- National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA)
- National School Boards Association - Council of School Attorneys (NSBA-COSA)
- U.S. Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
- West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow
- West Virginia State Bar (Education Law Committee)
Community/Civic Activities
Current
- The Education Alliance: Business and Community for Public Schools (Emeritus Director; Committee Chair)
- We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution (Judge)
- West Virginia Civic Education Foundation (Board Member; Vice President)
- West Virginia Mansion Preservation Foundation, Inc. (Board and Executive Committee Member; Treasurer)
- West Virginia Read Aloud Volunteer (Kanawha County Schools)
Past
- Blennerhassett Historical Foundation (Board Member; Secretary; Committee Chair)
- Blennerhassett Historical Park Commission (Commissioner)
- Parkersburg YMCA (Board of Directors)
- Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College Board of Governors (Member, Chair)
- St. Michaels Parish (Finance Council)
- S.W. Resources, Inc. (formerly the Sheltered Workshop of Wood County, West Virginia) (Board Member; Committee Chair; Board Chair)
- The Education Alliance: Business and Community for Public Schools (Committee Chair; Board Chair)
- Vision Shared (Education Committee)
- West Virginia University Social Justice Visiting Committee (Chair)
- WV eMentoring (eMentor to students in grades 8-12)