Volume 11 Number 5 December 1997

Researching Public Records: Your Legal Assistant's Role
By Tanya Hall, CLA and Angela Smith, CLA

The Commission on the Future of the West Virginia Judicial System was formed in October of this year with a mandate to examine the trends that are affecting the role of the court as an institution and the delivery of its services; assess the performance of the court system; identify the strengths and weaknesses of the court system; make recommendations as to structural, organizational and procedural changes to improve the system; and develop a plan to implement the Commission's recommendations.

The judicial system of the state has not been subject to a thorough, critical review since the Judicial Reorganization Amendment of 1974. In fact, there have been relatively few changes in the organization of our judiciary since 1 863. Initially, our Supreme Court had only fourjustices. The first courts of limited jurisdiction were based on a township system which was later abolished in favor of the justice of the peace and county court systems. In 1880, a constitutional amendment removed most of the county courts' judicial functions. In 1904, a fifth justice was added to the Supreme Court of Appeals. The Judicial Reorganization Amendment of 1974 brought the most drastic changes in our history. The Amendment unified the State's lower courts under the administrative supervision of the Supreme Court of Appeals; collapsed intermediate statutory courts of record into the circuit courts, abolished the justice of the peace courts; created the county commissions.

Our judicial system costs the citizens of the State approximately 50 million dollars per year. In addition to the five justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals, the State supports 62 circuit judges, 27 family law masters, 55 mental hygiene commissioners, two juvenile referees, and 157 magistrates. The State's 122 municipal courts are administered locally and are not under the umbrella of the Supreme Court. In 1996, a total of 59,843 cases were filed in the circuit courts of West Virginia. Of that total, approximately 35% were divorce, adoption or other domestic cases, 25% were general civil cases, and 25% were criminal orjuvenile proceedings. While the number of filings of most types of cases has remained relatively steady over the decade, domestic relations cases have increased over 40% since 1990, rising from 14,582 in 1990 to more than 20,000 in 1996.

A total of 345,746 cases were filed in the magistrate courts in 1996. Most of these cases were traffic misdemeanors but a significant portion were petitions for domestic violence protective orders. Domestic violence petitions have risen dramatically during the decade, from 5,000 cases in 1990 to more than 14,000 in 1996.

The Commission is chaired by David C. Hardesty, Jr., an attorney and President of West Virginia University. The Commission is made up of 37 members, including the President of the State Senate, Speaker of the House of Delegates, chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, as well as individuals representing the interests of the State Bar and voluntary bar organizations, labor and management, judges, family law masters and magistrates, county clerks, county commissions, prosecuting attorneys, public defenders, the Governor's Office, the League of Women Voters, the College of Law and the West Virginia Department of Education.

The Commission is to make its final report with recommendations to the Supreme Court in December, 1998, just before the 1999 Legislativesession. The Commission will initially concentrate on data collection through public hearings, public filings, focus groups, surveys and other forms of issue identification. One area likely to be examined by the Commission is whether the State needs an intermediate court of appeals and if so, whether the court should have limited jurisdiction, such as over workers' compensation appeals. Some feel that the State needs a special domestic relations court, operating on the same level as the circuit courts, to handle the explosion in domestic relations cases and the Commission will certainly study this issue. The Commission will also likely take a close look at the magistrate court system, including the minimum qualifications and training requirements for magistrates.

As President of the State Bar, I am a member of the Commission, as is Tom Tinder, our Executive Director. Tom and I have our own personal feelings and biases about the issues to be considered by the Commission, but we are on the Commission to reflect the concerns of the attorneys who make up the State Bar and to make sure that those concerns are understood by the members of the Commission and the Court. Each of you can, and should, have personal input in the Commission's efforts to collect information. You can do this by participating in one of the public hearings to be held around the state or by filing a letter of memo with the Commission. You can also have input through one or more of the voluntary bars to which you belong. If you use a computer, you can leave suggestions or comments with the Commission at the Supreme Court web site located at www.state.wv.us/wvsca  Tom and I encourage you to send us any comments and suggestions which affect the Bar as a whole and pertain to the administration of justice such as the intermediate appellate court and domestic relations court issues. Your input will be helpful to us in representing the Bar on this important Commission. Your comments and suggestions should be mailed to the State Bar Center or e-mail at dcoffutt@earthlink.net or offuttd@wvbar.org  The work of the Commission may eventually have the most significant impact on the practice of law in this State during your professional career.  Don't pass up the opportunity to participate in this important process, for you, the Bar and the citizens of this State.

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The undaunted efforts of these volunteer lawyers have helped West Virginia citizens for approximately fifteen years.

Attorneys who have operated the service since the last reporting in the West Virginia Lawyer are:

Recently, Caton Hill, representing the Barbour County Bar Association, presented the contribution to John McClaugherty of Charleston, the President of the Bar Foundation's Board of Directors. Standing behind Mr. Hill and Mr. McClaugherty are other members of the Foundation's Board of Directors, from left to right: Howard Persinger of Williamson, Rob Fisher of Ripley, Mike Chaney of Charleston, Nick Casey of Charleston, Cheryl Henderson of Huntington and Moat Thompson of Ashland, Kentucky.

The Barbour County Bar Association has now joined the Harrison and Cabell County Bar Associations in making contributions to the important work of the Bar Foundation. Tax deductable contibutions can be made by groups or individuals to the West Virginia Bar Foundation, Inc. In addition, individual annual memberships are available for $50 with lifetime memberships attainable at the rate $500 per person.  The West Virginia Bar Foundation needs your support. Please consider making a contribution with your check made payable to the West Virginia Bar Foundation and mailed to: The West Virginia Bar Foundation, 2006 Kanawha Blvd., E., Charleston, WV 25311.

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The Rules were adopted to set forth a coherent and uniform procedural approach, as well as to embodyrecent case law in the area of abuse and neglect. It had become excruciatingly clear that abuse and neglect cases were languishing for far too long without any real resolution or permanent placement for abused and neglected children. The problems included a lack of coordinated deliveryof services to children and families, gaps in service and case reviews, and failure to follow through on investigations and referrals.

Furthermore, the response of the court system has for too long been grossly inadequate. -Me legal system often fails to accord equal rights to children, especially in abuse and neglect cases. It is always traumatic forachildtobe removedfrom his or her home - even if there is abuse and the removal is well-waffanted. However, it is even more traumatic when the case languishes interminably on the docket, where improvement periods are not meaningfully focused, or where it takes years for the system to bring a permanent resolution to a child's life. For a long time, this situation was the rule, not the exception.

The protection of children was further hampered by the fact that nobody knew how many children in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Resources were "lost" in the foster care system. Cases were improvidently removed from the docket because many in the legal system believed their role was over once an improvement period was granted, parental rights terminated or the children otherwise placed in the care of the Department.

In recognition of these problems, the Court appointed a statewide advisory committee. The committee's charge, in part, was also to develop comprehensive and workable sexual abuse guidelines, evaluate the foster care system, and facilitate permanency planning. The committee drafted the Rules and also submitted a Model Protocol for Multidisciplinary Teams which has been revised and reissued by the Department.

The cornerstone of the new Rules is that a child's safety, stability and security is of primary importance. Moreover, the Rules are undergirded by an understanding that a child is not safe unless he or she is in a permanent home. Maintaining children in a legal limbo is a form of abuse and neglect that cannot be sanctioned by the legal system. Thus, the primary goals of the Rules are to provide fair, timely and efficient disposition of cases; to provide active judicial management and oversight; and to promote the involvement of all affected parties, agencies and resource personnel. The Supreme Court Administrative office also now requires quarterly reports by circuitjudges on the status of all pending abuse and neglect cases.

The new Rules, and indeed the whole tenor of recent case law, reflect that child abuse and neglect is a community problem that requires community solutions. In that regard, the Rules require that a child be permanently placed before the matter is removed from the court's docket, that multidisciplinary teams participate throughout the process, that Court-Appointed Special Advocates be appointed where available, and that continuances not be granted by agreement. The Rules reflect a demand for judicial involvement in monitoring the process and assuring safety and permanency within eighteen months of the final dispositional order.

Most significantly, the new Rules require that the Supreme Court shall have priority to appeals of abuse and/or neglect proceedings and termination of parental rights cases. In that regard, upon filing, petitions are being immediately provided to Court law clerks for review and analysis. The petitions are expedited by having law clerks orally present the matters at the Court's regularly scheduled writ conferences. Likewise, when a petition is granted, the Court will advance it on the argument docket and, in appropriate cases, schedule the matter for submission on briefs.

In In Re Carlita B., 408 S.E.2d 365, 185 W. Va. 613 (199 1), the Supreme Court held that child abuse and neglect cases occupy the very highest priority in the courts. These Rules embody that principle and will go far in ensuring the safety of the weakest, most voiceless segment of our society abused and neglected children.

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This year the theme for the Dean's Partners Dinner was The Legacy of Your Gifts. Our hope was to provide those in attendance an appreciation of both the depth and the breadth of the qualitative difference that private dollars have made to our College of Law. Threee students and one faculty member spoke as representatives of the Law School community. I believe it is important to share excerpts from their remarks with all members of the bar because they provide some understanding of how the private funds that have been entrusted to the Law School have made a significant difference. For space reasons, the comments of one of the students will be shared at a later time.

I'd like to begin by explaining that this is a very special year for the Law Review. We are currently in the midst of publishing our centennial volume. Our Law Review has the distinction of being the fourth oldest Law Review, behind Harvard, Yaie an(i Penn. Needless to say, we are very excited about the Law Review's I 00th year.

In the spirit of the new centennial volume, we have made some much neecie(i improvements to the Law Review's office equipment. First, the Law Review was in desperate need of new computer equipment. As you all may know, the Law Review does a lot of desk-top publishing, and it was critical that we have the computer equipment necessary to efficiently carry out our publication needs. As a result, with this year's budget, we purchased new computers, software and printers. As an indicator of how far behind the times we were, until this year, the Law Review was using only Word Perfect 5. 1, the very first word processing program developed by Word Perfect! ...

The Law Review has been fortunate to have such loyal supporters of its programs. Your generosity has allowed the Law Review to make much needed renovations and continue important existing programs. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the Law Review, but I would especially like to individually recognize the Bean family for their generous contributions. We plan to dedicate Volume I 00 to the Bean family, in recognition of their continuing support and valuable contributions to the Law Review. We hope that the importance of the contributions from all of our generous supporters is reflected in the centennial volume of the West Virginia Law Review.

Moot court provides a valuable service to its members - the pursuit of effective oral advocacy. Thanks to the generosity of the Armistead family and the English family, the yearly competition for the Moot Court and the Baker Cup has provided the Moot Court members with an excellent arena to test their oral skills. The Baker Cup is consistently a huge success, and this is due in iarge part to the contributions of the English and Armistead families.

Steptoe & Johnson has also made significant contributions to West Virizinia's oot Court. Every year Steptoe & Johnson sponsors the National teams for the Moot Court competition. The law school and Moot Court are thankful for their continued support, without which, the students could not effectively compete in the National competition.

Students also have Internet access through these computers which not only afford students the opportunity to do on-line research for free, but they can also produce their documents in one convenient location. I can certainly attest to the convenience of having these luxuries and I know my peers are equally grateful.

The Career Services Center is another invaluable resource for the students at WVU. Students have access to al I national directories, manuals, newsletters and listings at any time during the day, and the staff works above and beyond to ensure that each and every student is placed in the position of their choice. Because of the Dean's Partners' contributions to Career Services, WVU boasts over a 90% job placement rate in the legal field. This number amazes me as well as my friends at law schools around the nation because it is truly rare to find this kind of personal service and placement success.

Remarks by Professor Joyce McConnell This is a special night because we are here to do two things: to thank you for the faith you place in us when you contribute to the law school, and to tell you how your belief in the College of Law makes a difference..

First let me put your contributions into perspective - the perspective that comes from teaching in several law schools. None of the other law schools benefitted from the loyalty of so many. These schools were impoverished, not by the lack of public funding, but by the lack of loyalty and pride of its alumni and friends that, in contrast, is so evident here tonight.

We know that West Virginia is not almost heaven," it is heaven, but sometimes we find it difficult to persuade others from different states that this is true. This weekend, because of private funds, we were able to host a conference for women

law teachers from the eastern states. We lured them to West Virginia by promising an excellent program, leaves in peak color, and the beautiful Appalachians in the fall. We were blessed - the weather cooperated with our plans ... Your generosity made it possible for the College of Law to show itself as a serious player in the intellectual, practical and technological competition in legal education.

Do not underestimate the significance of the higher profile of the College of Law for our students. Our students may want to practice in the best state in the union - in West Virginia - but with the onset of greater national and international investment in the state, the practice of law for our students is apt to be quite different than what is has been in the past and the practice of law will reach the far comers of this county and others.

Private funds assist the faculty directly; permitting us to attend conferences, complete scholarly research to shape state and national law and policy, and to present our research to colleagues at other institutions. All of this helps us bring renewed vigor and knowledge to our students and to the state.

Private funds have also allowed us to increase the range of opportunities we offer to students to explore what it means to be a lawyer and to acquire the skills required to be an excellent one. One of the courses I teach, Interviewing, Counseling, Negotiating and Leading, is an excellent example of your faith in what we do here makes such a difference. For without your tangible commitment to improving legal education here at the College of Law, we would not have the technological equipment to videotape the students, to review the tapes or to give students the face-to-face feedback that helps them to become the best lawyers they can be ...

You make your faith and your leadership felt in so many ways. Let us continue to work together to envision and create a future of innovation, excellence and values. I add values here because one aspect of the College of Law and of West Virginia that is so important and marks both as special is the extent to which you care about just laws, excellent and available legal representation to all who need it, and a fairjustice system. Your contributions and faith in the College of Law permit us to take these values and put them into action. In this way you are truly leaders because leaders understand that they have a moral responsibility to make things better.

My parting wish is that you place your faith - develop your vision - to see the College of Law and West Virginia not only as it is - but as it can be with your continued support.

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Personally, I find my Christmas List now consists of gifts that cannot be bought with money, but instead are pleasures resulting from patience, love and respect. I think I'm getting old. I thought I would share with you my Top Three Wishes for Christmas.

Number Three: One day in which my children would be able to agree on every issue;

Number Two: My whole house to be clean from one end to the other, at the same time, including my daughter's bedroom and the refrigerator.

Number One: A two hour bath with lots of bubbles, candlelight, and here's the important part . . . No interruptions by two children and their friends, who have to have an answer right now, to the most important question of the day such as "When are we leaving to go to the Mail'?" "Are you ready to drop me off at the gym'?" or "Are you just about done'?"

Now these might sound like ridiculous wishes but if you were a single mother with two teenage children, you would know that these simple joys of life are never quite reachable in our normal world of everyday.

Please don't get me wrong. My children are not the only reasons for my Christmas wishes but are also so the sources of my Christmas Blessings. Every year I can count on three special events to occur Christmas Eve and Mom to make my Christmas wonderful. They are:

Number Three: The family getting together on Christmas Eve, having a great meal and visiting with neighbors and friends who enter the house being guided with the light of candles that line the driveway and sidewalk, only to have to relight the candles again, and again, and again.

Number Two: Watching my children with their cousins and aunts and uncles, opening gifts Christmas Eve, only to lay them all aside and go to the armchair of their Grandfather to talk about the more important things in life like sleigh riding tomorrow morning, how it was back in the good OLE days when he was a kid, and talking about real reasons for the celebration of Christmas: and

Number One: After putting all the gifts under the tree, losing my mind because I forgot batteries for at least one gift; second guessing whether it was really a good idea to purchase Courtney the newest fad; and then climbing into a hot bath with lots of bubbles and candlelight with the intent to stay for a good two hours, only to be disturbed by two anxious children and one instigating Grandfather who just can't wait until morning to open the gifts. So I climb right back out of the tub and we open presents at 2:30 a.m.

Sometimes I think people who come into a lawyer's office are carrying a Christmas Wish List expecting a quick fix that will fulfill each and every want based upon a bogus and somewhat ephemeral facutal basis. We as Lawyers need to make sure we don't give the public the impression that this is ourjob. Not every bad deed or unfortunate mishap can or should lead the way to a Courtroom for criminal or civil prosecution.

Lawyers need to make sure we don't misuse our own wonderful adversarial system just to make a wish list come true but to make sure a wronged and unjustly deserved action is remedied as best as can be, whether it be in the criminal or civil areana. Lawsuit abuse starts with lawyers and only lawyers can control the misappropriation of our system. If indeed

lawyers stop injustice from occurring in our courtrooms, no rational need shal I or should ever arise for other legislative and/or judicial reform measures. These reforms only serve to limit the ability of lawyers to pursue the right and just remedy for each and every case that should be thoroughly and fully prosecuted.

So here's hoping your Christmas is merry and your wish list is granted. I would ask that each of you join me by adding to your wish list:

A wish that all lawyers should have a longing and desire to know the limitations of our system, the wisdom to distinguish the difference between the facts which constitute the need for legal intervention and one where the course of action should result in the person seeking legal representation being advised to go home, take a hot bath, relax, forgive and forget, and the courage to make the right choice. And here's hoping I FINALLY get to take a two hour bath with lots of bubbles and candlelight and no interruptions . . . NOT. I wouldn't have it any other way. Thank God for unanswered wishes, sometimes, they are truly his greatest blessings.

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The West Virginia Lawyer has published various articles concerning the new Standards of Professional Conduct adopted by the Supreme Court effective January 1, 1997. Itis a sad commentary on our profession that such Standards had to be adopted. Some lawyers need a code established before they can act in a civil manner towards opposing counsel. One of the new standards states that "a I awyer should agree to reasonable requests for extensions of time and for waiver of procedural formalities, provided the clients' legitimate rights will not be materially or adversely affected." See Conduct as to Discovery and Other Legal Matters at ¶ 8.

Recently, after the Standards of Professional Conduct became effective but before I and probably various other lawyers had actually read them, I was faced with a request for an extension on a response to a summary judgment motion. This request for an extension was not made to me personally, but came in the form of two e-mail phone messages I received. I hope that regardless of the new Standards, no lawyer with a sense of humor and/or creativity would deny the request of an extension set out below:

Message one: [Opposing counsel]

will be going to the dentist today @ 12:30 p.m. for a crown and will be returning to the office later this afternoon. He will fax the Memo to you tomorrow and wil be overnighting the same to you. You should receive it on Friday, May 2, 1997. He wanted me to explain to you that his receptionist is pregnant and has been ordered to stop work by her doctor; therefore, his secretary has to help with the receptionist's duties. Also, his secretary has five staples in her head from being hit in the head with an attic door. Due to the above circumstances, the Memo will not be ready today.

Message two: He will be in the office for the rest of the afternoon. His tongue and lip are swollen from the novocaine.

Upon receiving these two messages I told my secretary to call opposing counsel and advise him that the extension would be granted.

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By:  Tanya Hall, CLA
and Angela Smith, CLA

Whether you are representing the plaintiff or the defendant, one of the first challenges you must face is to compile and analyze the facts of your case. These are tasks that are often tedious and timeconsuming but are critical and should not be overlooked. Your legal assistant can assist you in locating expert and fact witnesses, investigating parties and/or jurors, researching business records, and uncovering many other types of information simply by researching public records. Furthermore, as the Court held in Taylor v. Chubb, 874 P.2d 806 (Okla. 1994), a legal assistant can bill for his or her time spent in conducting this type of research.

Technology has made researching public records easier through the use of the Internet and other on-line services. The task of locating missing or unidentified people and/ or facilities used to take hours to complete but now it can be performed in minutes or even seconds!

One of the leaders in on-line research is WESTLAW. By subscribing to WESTLAW's Information America service, researchers now have the opportunity to search a variety of databases to obtain public records information regarding businesses, corporations, deeds, liens, judgments, criminal and civil suits, and the whereabouts of millions of people - alive and dead!

Your legal assistant can also obtain information about active and recently closed cases from the dockets of the United States District Court, United States Court of Appeals, and the United States Bankruptcy Courts, day or night, by using PACER - Public Access to Court Electronic Records.

Information such as Articles of Incorporation, information about debtors, and information regarding charitable organizations is filed in and can be obtained from the Secretary of State's office. However, if you are a subscriber to the West Virginia State Bar's on-line service, Technet, this information, as well as Supreme Court opinions dating back to 199 1, is at your fingertips.

Although using a computer is the most convenient and quickest way to gather factual information and conduct research, not every firm has access to the Internet, WESTLAW, PACER, and/or Technet. Also, not every computer search reveals the information you need'. Sometimes, in order to find the really juicy information, your legal assistant has to be a sleuth and use his or her creativity. After all, it doesn't really matter how your legal assistant gets the information, just so he or she gets it!

There are several resources your legal assistant can use to locate information if online research is not an option. First, information from state and federal agencies can be obtained with a Freedom of Information Act Request. Secondly, a call to the West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles can reveal a person's address, social security number, date of birth, and any other personal information usually found on an individual's drivers license.

Several other public records that can be searched by your legal assistant include newspapers, directories, phone books, libraries, credit bureaus, and post offices. These may sound like obvious places to begin a search, but they are often overlooked.

registration. Additionally, the circuit clerk's office should be visited if you need information on potential jurors, and/or a plaintiff's or defendant's background.

Obtaining information through public records is not only a very practical method of research but is economical as well. Your legal assistant will be limited only by his or her imagination and can find valuable information for your case. So remember, the next time you need information, ask your legal assistant to give you the facts.

Legal Assistants of West Virginia, Inc. (LAWV) is a state-wide organization for legal assistants which has five regions within the state of West Virginia(Wheeling, Charleston, Clarksburg, Martinsburg, and Huntington). For more information regarding Legal Assistants of West Virginia, please contact President Pamela Woodruff at (304) 262-9300.

Tanya L. Hall is a Certified Legal Assistant who graduated from Marshall University and is currentlv working at the law firm of Offutt, Eifert, Fisher, & Nord located in Huntington, WV.

Angela Smith is a Certified Legal Assistant who also graduated from Marshall University and she is currently working at the law firm Baker, Lancianese & Smith located in Huntington, WV.

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David B. McMahon, Charleston - Chairperson

Ned Rose, Charleston

Karen Green Watson, Charleston - Vice Chairperson

Joseph A. Altizer, Barboursville

G. Thomas Battle, Charleston

Henry C. Bowen, Charleston

Lewis G. Brewer, Charleston

Michael E Caryl, Martinsburg

Stephen N. Chambers, Charleston

Susan Conner, Charleston

Thomas R. Cox, Jr., Charleston

Lee R Feinberg, Charleston

Richard M. Francis, Charleston

F. Thomas Graff, Charleston

James P. Holland, Charleston

Patrick D. Kelly, Charleston

John R. Lukens, Charleston

Harry Bell, Charleston

M. Ann Bradley, Charleston

G. Nicholas Casey, Jr., Charleston

James R. Christie, Charleston

Gil DeLoiura, Charleston

Susan M. Harman, Charleston

P. Scott Icard, Charleston

Leonard Knee, Charleston

John A. Mairs, Charleston

David A. Barnette, Charleston

Thomas Bennett, Charleston

George E. Carenhauer, Charleston

James M. Casey, Pt. Pleasant

Thomas L. Clarke, Charleston

David M. Flannery, Charleston

Brian Gallagher, Morgantown

Thomas R. Goodwin, Charleston

Marc Halbritter, Clarksburg

Jacqueline A. Hallinan, Charleston

Heather Heiskell Jones, Charleston

Anne Weruin Lanibright, Charleston

John C. Lobert, Washington, D.C.

John L. McClaugherty, Charleston

Jack C. McClung, Charleston

Thomas N. McJuiikiii, Charleston

Philip A. Reale, Charleston

Walton S. Shepherd, 111, Sissotiville

Robert R. Winter, Fairmont

Richard R. Boyle, Charleston

Anthony Halkias, Charleston

Hon. Darrell McGraw, Charleston

Will Steele, Charleston

Hon. Andrew A. Richardson, Charleston

Perry D. McDaniel, Charleston

Deborah Lewis Rodecker, Charleston

J. Robert Rogers, Charleston

Louis S. Southworth, Charleston

Michael 1. Spiker, Charleston

Dale W. Steager, So. Charleston

Michael Basile, Hurricane

Diana Stout, Charleston

John A. Rogers, Charleston

Jack 0. Friedman, Charleston

Edward D. McDevitt, Charleston

Thomas E. Potter, Charleston

Don R. Sensabaugh, Charleston

Wendel B. Turner, Charleston

John H. Johnston, Charleston

Roberg Hoffman, Charleston

Daniel Huck, Charleston

Thomas J. Gillooly, Charleston

Ann Spaner, Charleston

Robert J. Smith, Charleston

Lydia McKee, Charleston

Glen Murphy, Charleston

Melissa K. Marland, Charleston

Priscilla Gay, St. Albans

Cheryle Hall, Charleston

Samuel F. Hanna, Charleston

Jennifer N. Taylor, Charleston

Martha Hill, Charleston

Robert P. Rodak, Charleston

Lisa Tackett, Maimi

Richard E. Hitt, So. Charleston

Alison Patient, Charleston

Jon R. Homberg, Charleston

John Canfield, Dunbar

Marianne K. Stonestreet, Charleston

B. Keith Huffman, Liberty

William Toussaint, Charleston

Michael Crane, Charleston

Mike Mowery, Charleston

Debra Graham, Dunbar

Michael P. McThoinas, Charleston

Jacqueline A. Hallman, Charleston

Christopher B. Power, Charleston

Robert R. Rodecker, Charleston

James W. Thomas, Charleston

Lt. Christopher R. McDowell, Korea

Robert Pollitt, Charleston

Doug Miller, Dunbar

Cynthia Evans, Charleston

Christopher Quasebarth, Charleston

Rita Pauley, Charleston

Joseph Altizer, Charleston

ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION COMMITTEE

Priscilla Gay, Charleston - Chairperson

James E. West, Jr., Clarksburg - Vice Chairperson

A. L. Emch, Charleston

Tarek Abdelia, Pittsburgh, PA

Michael J. Aloi, Fairmont

Jon Amores, Charleston

Webster J. Arceneaux, III, Charleston

Norwood Bentley, III, Martinsburg

Blake 0. Brewer, Charleston

James M. Brown, Beckley

Michael A. Buchanan, Morgantown

Vincent Cardi, Morgantown

Sandra M. Chapman, Wheeling

John Charonko, Charleston

Paul C. Cline, Harrisonburg, VA

Susan Conner, Charleston

David Core, Elkins

Charles W. Covert, St. Albans

Charles F. Donnelly, Charleston

Carl L. Fletcher, Charleston

Diane Fornari, Huntington

Mike Frasher, Moorefield

Priscilla H. Gay, St. Albans

Tom Gillooly, Charleston

Lieselotte Heil, Lewisburg

R. Edison Hill, Charleston

Barbara J. Keefer, Charleston

David Lambert, Charleston

James A. Liotta, Fairmont

Clarence E. Martin, III, Martinsburg

Rebecca Mathews, Charleston

Mary Anne Maul, Charleston

Edward McDevitt, Charleston

Tom McQuain, Charleston

Wesley W. Metheney, Morgantown

Rhonda Miller, Morgantown

Mark Moreland, Charleston

Robert K. Parsons, Charleston

Thomas 0. Patrick, Morgantown

Geraldine Roberts, Elkins

Daniel Schuda, Charleston

Debra Scudiei-e, Morgantown

Fazal A. Shei-e, Charleston

Sydney Siet,,i-ist, Charleston

Hamilton D. Skeens, Daniels

Jaiiies R. Snyder. Charleston

Robert G. Steele, Clarksburg

Merille J. Steager, Charleston

Ward (Jerry) Stoiie, Morgantown

David Stuart, Charleston

Thomas S. Sweeney, Charleston

John Tinney, Charleston

Philip J. Tissue, Oak Hill

Jonathan Toinbliiisoil, Moundsville

William A. Trainer, Vienna

Deborah Y. ViinDcvort, Charleston

Joseph A. Wallace, Elkins

Benita Whitin@in, Elkview

William David Wilnioth, Wheeling

C. Ronald Wright, Charleston

BANKRUPTCY COMMITTEE

Ellen Capellanti, Charleston - Chairperson

Andrew Niison, Charleston - Vice Chairperson

John W. Alderman, 111, Charleston

Daniel I Baker, Clarksburg

Nelson Bickley, Charleston

Thomas A. Brown, Charleston

Susan Caiinon-Ryan, Charleston

Ellen S. Cappellaiiti, Charleston

Robert H. Carlton, Williamson

Joyce Chernenko, Wellsburg

Brian Conaty, Huntington

Charles Covert, St. Albans

Douglas L. Davis, Charleston

William F. Dobbs, Charleston

Raymond G. Dodson, Charleston

Donald Epperly, Mt. Clare

Edwin F. Flowers, Morgantown

Thomas H. Fluharty, Clarksburg

Richard Francis, Charleston

Kirk L. Frankel, Honolulu, Hi

Jane Garland, Glenville

Thomas H. Gilpin, Huntington

Stephen M. Glass, Clarksburg

Thomas M. Hazlett, Wheeling

Nanette Claire Heide, Charleston

Paul D. Heironimus, Morgantown

William T. Holmes, Fairmont

Ralph Hoyer, Charleston

Bruce Jacobs, Charleston

Charles 1. Jones, Jr., Charleston

J. Patrick Jones, Huntington

John Kamlowsky, Wheeling

Evans L. King, Clarksburg

George L. Lemon, Lewisburg

Randall C. Light, Clarksburg

James W. Martin, Clarksburg

Kathy M. McCarty, Martinsburg

Frances W. McCoy, Charleston

Kermit J. Moore, Bluefield

Helen M. Morris, Huntington

John J. Nesius, Charleston

George A. Patterson, III, Charleston

William Pepper, Charleston

P. Michael Pleska, Charleston

Lynn B. Polizii-d, Oak Hill

Deborah E. Reed, Charleston

Arch Riley, Jr., Wheeling

Carl J. Ronc@iglione, Jr., Charleston

John A. Rollins, Charleston

Harold F. S@ilshery, Jr., Charleston

James R. Sheatsley, Beckley

John Shott, Bluefield

Christopher Smith, Charleston

George M. Smith, Charleston

Marshall C. Spradling, Charleston

Arthur M. Standish, Charleston

Scott Stapleton, Huntington

Sarah G. Sullivan, Charleston

Steven L. Thomas, Charleston

Stephen L. Thompson, Charleston

Suzanne Trowbridge, Charleston

Robert Weinberger, Charleston

BUDGET COMMITTEE

D.C. OfFutt, Jr., Huntington

Elliot . Hicks, Charleston

Darrell Ritiger, Morgintown

Jodie M. Boyleii, Parkersburg

Kay Bayless, Princeton

Norwood Bentley, Martinsburg

Professor Chuck I)iS@ilvo, Morgantown

CI.IENT PROTECTION FUND

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

G. Nicholas C@iscy, Jr. - Charleston Chairperson

J@iiiics Boggs, Fairmont

THE WEST VIR(',INIA I.AWYI@IR

Charles F. Bagley, III - Huntington

James Companion - Wheeling

Mary Ellen Griffith - Princeton

Sister Marguerite St. Amand, Clendenin

Sandy Zando, Charleston

COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND THE LAW

Brenda Waugh, Chairperson - Martinsburg

Greg Bailey, Charleston

Robert Baker, Beckley

Barbara Baxter, Charleston

Janice Binder, Charleston

Jane Blalock, New Martinsville

Larry Bonham, Charleston

George Castelle, Charleston

Penny Crandall, So. Charleston

Thomas V. Flaherty, Charleston

Richard E. Ford, Jr., Lewisburg

Mary Ellen Griffith, Princeton

Cheryl Henderson, Huntington

Martha Hill, Charleston

Virginia Hopkins, Kingwood

Jessica Justice, Morgantown

Patricia Keller, Huntington

Lisa Kelly, Morgantown

Thomis Kirk, Winfield

Heidi Kossuth, Culloden

Gretchen Lewis, Charleston

Beth Longo, Philippi

Richard Lorensen, Lewisburg

Robin Loudei-back, Charleston

Beth Marquart, Charleston

The Honorable Daniel L. McCarthy, Bridgeport

Marilyn McClure, Charleston

Teresa McCune, Williamson

Randy Minor, Morgantown

Jane Moran, Williamson

Cathryn A. Nogay, Weirton

Robert T. Noone, Logan

Margaret J. Rash, Elkview

The Honorable Lyne Ranson, Charleston

Darlene Ratliff, Charleston

Robert Richardson, Clarksburg

William Richardson, Jr., Parkersburg

Alexander Ross, Hurricane

Beverly Selby, Charleston

Judge O.C. Spaulding, Pt. Pleasant

Ilene Schnall, Charleston

Homer Speaker, Martinsburg

The Honorable Larry V. Starcher, Charleston

Jennifer Bailey Walker, Charleston

Zelda Wesley, Wheeling

Robert Wilkinson, Barboursville

Judge Ronald Wilson, Weirton

Justice Margaret L. Workman. Charleston

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

COMMITTEE

Susan McLaughlin, Fairmont - Chairperson

Frank T. Litton Jr.. Charleston - Vice Chairperson

R. Russell Alexandei-, Huntington

Forest J. Bownian, Morgantown

Stephen R. Brooks, Fairmont

James M. Brown, Beckley

Ellen Cappellanti, Charleston

Patrick S. Casey, Wheeling

Russell M. Clawges, Jr., Morgantown

The Honorable Frank Cleckley, Charleston

Laura Coltelli, Martinsburg

Stephen R. Crislip, Charleston

Robert H. Davis, Jr., Harrisburg, VA

R. Carter Elkins, Huntington

Lee Forb, Charleston

Kimberly Fragale, Morgantown

Fredric George. Charleston

James D. Gray, Clarksburg

Bert M. Grimm, Jr., Huntington

Philip B. Hill, Sistersville

Thomas Hurney, Jr., Charleston

Becky L. Jacobs, Clarksburg

David D. Johnson, 111, Charleston

William Johnson, Fairmont

John J. Nesius, Charleston

Ann Maxey, Morgantown

C. David Morrison, Clarksburg

Karen M. Raby, Charleston

Camille Riley, Morgantown

David J. Romano, Clarksburg

James Rowe. Lewisburg

Daniel A. Ruley, Jr., Parkersburg

Ann E. Snyder, Kingwood

Gloria M. Stephens, Welch

Bruce Stout, Huntington

Stephen L. Thompson, Charleston

Dwayne L. Tinsley, Charleston

Wade Watson, Bluefield

CORPORATIONS, BANKING &

BUSINESS LAW

R. Terrance Rodgers, Charleston - Chairperson

Michael A. Albert, Charleston

George J. Aiietzikis, Weirton

James S. Arnold, Charleston

Charles R. Bailey, Ch@ii-lestoil

Jack C. Bari-, Keyser

William W. Bookei-, Charleston

Mark W. Browning, Charleston

Patricia A. Bunnei-, Fairview

Teresa Rieman Cainilletti, Wheeling

Ellen Cappellaiiti, Charleston

Colleen A. Coyiie, Dallas, TX

K. Paul Davis, Charleston

Pat Deein, Clarksburg

Donald R. Donell, Weirton

Charles D, DLinbai-, Charleston

Louis E. Endei-le, Jr., Clii-ksbLil-g

Mary Clare Eros, M,11-tillSbLIl-@,-'

W. Michael Ft-aziei-. HLintiii,,toii

David P. Ferretti, Charleston

Bobbie J. Giiiiiei-, Parkei-sbLiri,

Sainiiie Lynn Gee, Charleston

Larry W. George, Charleston

Thomas H. Gilpin, Huntington

Steven M. Glass, Clarksburg

Stephen B. Go@id, Charlotte, NC

Frank Thomas Graff, Charleston

Oweii R. Griffith, Princeton

Bert M. Grimm, Jr., Huntington, WV

Dwight Hall, Elkins

Braun A. Hamstead, Charles Town

Judd Hartman, Charleston

Richard Harvey, Morgantown

Donald D. Hodson, Daniels

J. Steven Hunter, Lewisburg

Roger Hunter, Charleston

J. Cecil Jarvis, Clarksburg

J. Patrick Jones, Huntington

Charles M. Johnson, Jr., Charleston

Charles M. Johnstone, 11, Charleston

William R. Kiefer, Weirton

M. Todd Kiger, Clarksburg

Evans L. King, Jr., Clarksburg

M. Timothy Koontz, Williamson

David L. Kyger, Free Union, VA

Pamela A. Lambert, Gilbert

David A. LaRue, Steubenville, OH

Charles W. Loeb, Jr., Charleston

Elizabeth Lord, Charleston

John R. Lukens, Charleston

Melissa Kaye Mariand, Charleston

Edward D. McDevitt, Charleston

Alan G. McGonigal, Wheeling

J. Grant McGuire, Huntington

Michael Myers, Charleston

Thomas J. Murray, Huntington

Joyce E Of@,,a, Charleston

Leon K. Oxley, Huntington

David M. Pancake, Huntington

Elizabeth S. Power, Charleston

Larry Rector, Clarksburg

James A. Russell, Morgantown

David B. Shapiro, Charleston

Harry Smith, 111, Elkins

William Stover, Beckley

Randall T. Trautwein, Huntington

Lew G. Tyree, Charleston

Dennis R. Vaughan, Jr., Charleston

J. Robert Weaver, Charleston

Cynthia Wegley-Barnette, So. Charleston Anne R. Williams, Clarksburg

CORPORATIONS, BANKING & BUSINESS LAW SUB COMMITTEE

Mary Clare Eros, Martinsburg - Chairperson

William W. Booker, Charleston

Vincent A. Collins, Clarksburg

Patrick D. Deem, Clarksburg

James C. Gardill, Wheeling

Thomas H. Gilpin, Huntington

Michael L. Keller, Martinsburg

Charles W. Loeb, Charleston

Joyce F. Ofsa, Charleston

Carl L. Harris, Fayetteville - Chairperson

Barbara Allen, Charleston

Darrell M. Allen, Fairfax, VA

Robert B. Allen, Charleston

Jack Alsop, Webster Springs

Charles E. Anderson, Fairmont

Steven M. Askin, Martinsburg

Ben Bailey, Charleston

Paul Blake, Fayetteville

Robert N. Bland, Charleston

Timothy Bradford, Charleston

Blake 0. Brewer, Charleston

Jay Montgomery Brown, Washington

Gregory J. Campbell - Charleston

John Carrico, Charleston

George Castelle, Charleston

Arthur T. Ciccarello,'Charleston

Tim Cogan, Wheeling

James W. Davis, Jr., Weirton

Harry Deitzler, Parkersburg

William C. Forbes, Charleston

Martin J. Gaughan, Weirton

Dan Guida, Weirton

Terence M. Gurley, Wheeling

Joseph C. Hash, Jr., Ravenswood

McGinnis E. Hatfield, Jr., Princeton

Joan G. Hill, Logan

Virginia J. Hopkins, Kingwood

Daniel R. James, Keyser

H. Marshall Jarrett, Falls Church, VA

Diana L. Johnson, Pt. Pleasant

Scott E. Johnson, Charleston

Lisa Grimes Johnston, Wheeling

Stephen G. Jory, Elkins

Jack Kaull, Clarksburg

Richard D. Kennedy, Ironton, OH

Mary Beth Kershner, Charleston

Steven J. Knopp, Charleston

Kim Ladewig, Charleston

James Lees, Jr., Charleston

Dennis R. Lewis, Parkersburg

Robert P. Martin, Charleston

Teresa McCune, Williamson

James B. McIntyre, Charleston

Kevin Mills, Martinsburg

John R. Mitchell, Jr., Charleston

Dina M. Mohler, Charleston

Sherry L. Muncy, Elkins

Mark M. Neil, Beckley

J. C. Powell, Parkersburg

Hugh Rogers, Kerens

Frederick M. Dean Rohrig, Middlebourne

Alexander M. Ross, Buckhannon

Teresa L. Sage, Bluefield

H. F. Salsbery, Jr., Charleston

Robert W. Schulenberg, Charleston

Alvin J. Savinell, Steubenville, OH

Michael J. Sharley, Westover

G. Ernest Skaggs, Fayetteville

Clinton W. Smith, Charleston

Gregory V. Smith, Huntington

D. Mark Snyder, Summerville

Cynthia A. Stanton, Summersville

John W. Swisher, Charleston

C. William Ullrich, Charleston

W. Warren Uptog, Charleston

Kevin A. Wade, Welch

K. K. Warner, Woodbridge, VA

Reagan E. Whitmyer, Charleston

James B. Zimarowski, Morgantown

James D. McQueen, Charleston - Chairperson

Michael Bonasso, Charleston

Michael Cline, Charleston

Paula Cunningham, Gassaway

William R. DeHaven, Martinsburg

Bruce L. Freeman, Charleston

Mark L. Garren, Huntington

Johnson W. Gubhart, Charleston

David W. Hart, Elkins

E. William Harvit, Charleston

Larry G. Kopelman, Charleston

J. Franklin Long, Bluefield

Richard Mills, Huntington

Carrie Newton, Charleston

John H. Reed, III, Hurricane

James St. Clair, Huntington

J. Scott Tharp, Fairmont

Gerald W. Townsend, Parkersburg

Charles W. Wilson, Weston

Claudia West Bentley, Martinsburg - Chairperson

Jeffrey Molenda, Beckley - Vice Chairperson

Jerry D. Alford, Alum Creek

Sarah Anderson, Pittsburgh, PA

Gene W. Bailey, 11, Charleston

Greg Bailey, Charleston

Kathryn R. Bayless, Princeton

Robert E. Blair, Welch

Jodie M. Boylen, Parkersburg

Mary Roberta Brandt, Charleston

Nancy Westmoreland Brown, Clarksburg

George C. Cameon, Institute

Dean A. Furner, Williamstown

Susan Hewman, Lewisburg

Rosemary Humway, Wheeling

Jessica Justice, Morgantown

Basil R. Legg, Jr., Clarksburg

Kimberly Levy, Ripley

Deborah L. McHenry, Charleston

Jeff Molenda, Charleston

Harry Morris Rubenstein, Morgantown

Robert J. O'Brien, Buckhannon

Julia K. Schreve, Charleston

Howard E. Seufer, Jr., Parkersburg

Brentz H. Thompson, Lewisburg

John H. Tinney, Jr., Charleston

Mark Browning, Charleston - Chairperson

Donald Stennett, Charleston - Vice Chairperson

Timothy Paul Armstead, Elkview

Nelson Bickley, Charleston

Michael R. Cline, Charleston

Jim Cooper, Charleston

Scott A. Damron, Huntington

Cheryle Hall, Charleston

Stephen M. Horn, Charleston

William C. Porth, Charleston

Robert E. Wilkinson, Proctorville, OH

EMPLOYMENT LAW COMMITTEE

Roger A. Wolfe, Charleston - Chairperson

Barbara Fleischauer, Morgantown - Vice Chairperson

Kathleen Abate, Fairmont

Webster J. Arceneaux, Charleston

Wait Auvil, Parkersburg

Charles R. Bailey, Charleston

Gene W. Bailey, 11, Charleston

Kathryn R. Bayless, Princeton

Larry W. Blalock, New Martinsville

Henry C. Bowen, Charleston

Mary C. Buchmelter, Charleston

Joseph W. Caldwell, Charleston

Kevin L. Carr, Charleston

C. Patrick Carrick, Fairmont

Patrick S. Cassidy, Wheeling

J. David Cecil, Hurricane

Regina L. Charon, Morgantown

Bryan R. Cokeley, Charleston

Virginia Conley, Parkersburg

William H. Courtney, Charleston

Grant F. Crandall, Charleston

Anna Dailey, Charleston

James H. Dissen, Charleston

Charles F. Donnelly, Charleston

Norman Farley, Clarksburg

Jan Fox, Charleston

Richard W, Gallagher, Clarksburg

James Gerl, Lewisburg

Scott R. Gordon, Columbus, Ohio

Nancy Grossman, Morgantown

Sandra Henson, Charleston

Larry Harless, Charleston

Mark E. Heath, Charleston

Fred Holroyd, Charleston

Eric W. Iskra, Charleston

Allan N, Karlin, Morgantown

Mark W. Kelley, Charleston

Edward M. Kowa], Jr., Huntington

David McMahon, Charleston

Joan Arbogast Mooney, Clarksburg

Jane Mainella Myers, Clarksburg

Karen S. Miller, Charleston

Nancy Milliron, Morgantown

David D. Molgaard, Charleston

Larry E. Morhous, Bluefield

C. David Morrison, Clarksburg

Deborah Ross Mulhall, Chester

Carrie Newton, Charleston

Niall A. Paul, Charleston

Joseph M. Price, Charleston

Tom Regan, Elkins

Larry Rector, Clarksburg

Peter R. Rich, Weirton

William E. Robinson, Charleston

Forest H. Roles, Charleston

Thomas D. Schneid, Richmond, Kentucky

Robert J. Schiavoni, Martinsburg

Carole L. Scotti, Lewisburg

Albert Sebok, Charleston

Scott K. Sheets, Huntington

Sydney Siegrist, Charleston

Robert J. Smith, Charleston

Charles M. Surber, Jr., Charleston

Kelli D. Talbott, Charleston

Carolyn Wade, Bridgeport

Molly Kettler Wade, Charleston

Charles Woody, Charleston

Brian Yost, Charleston

Richard Yurko, Jr., Clarksburg

NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL LAW COMMITTEE

Anthony P. Tokarz, Charleston - Chairperson

Robert Pollitt, Charleston - Vice Chairperson

William E. Adams, Jr. - Nitro

Stephen D. Armand, Charleston

Webster J. Arceneaux, Charleston

Charles F. Bagley, 111, Huntington

Kathy G. Beckett, Charleston

Britt Anne Bernheim, Charleston

Richard J. Bolen, Huntington

Linda S. Bouvette, Huntington

M. Ann Bradley, Charleston

S. Benjamin Bryant, Charleston

Robert L. Burns, Jr., Charleston

Michael 0. Callaghan, Charleston

James V. Cann, Clarksburg

James Cargas, Washington, D.C.

Milton Cohen, Morgantown

I Randolph Cox, Charleston

Howard R. Crews, Huntington

Cheryl L. Davis, Charleston

Pat Deem, Clarksburg

Chud Dollison, Charleston

James Elliott, South Charleston

David P. Ferretti, Charleston

David M. Flannery, Charleston

Jack S. Francis, New Martinsville

Bridget D. Furbee, Clarksburg

Edward George, Charleston

Larry W. George, Charleston

Robert E. Gifford, Clarksburg

Scott Goldman, Charleston

Charles Goodin, Charleston

James D. Gray, Clarksburg

Lowell Greenwood, Charleston

Vaughan R. Groves, Charleston

W. Martin Harrell, Philadelphia, PA

M. Shane Harvey, Scott Depot

Logan Hassig, New Martinsville

William M. Herlihy, Charleston

James P. Holland, Charleston

Stephen M. Hopta, Bluefield

Roland Husson, Charleston

Donald R. Johnson, Roanoke, VA

John Johnson, Charleston

H. Gerald Kelley, Charleston

Raymond Kenner, 111, Charleston

Eric N. Kitzmiller, Charleston

Kenneth Komoroski, Pittsburgh, PA

James Kringlen, Charleston

Edward Kropp, Charleston

Pam Lambert, Gilbert

Robert Lannan, Charleston

W. Henry Lawrence, Clarksburg

Roy F. Layman, Huntington

Richard L. Lewis, 11, Charleston

Perry D. McDaniel, Charleston

J. Grant McGuire, Huntington

Robert G. McLusky, Charleston

Steven P. McGowan, Charleston

Jennifer Meeks, Nitro

David K. Moore, Bluefield

Patricia A. Morrison, Belleville

Roger J. Morgan, Clarksburg

William A. Morton, Charleston

Christopher Negley, Nitro

Gregory B. Null, New Martinsville

Nicholas J. Parrish, Pittsburgh, PA

Robert Parsons, Charleston

George Patterson, Charleston

Kim Brown Poland, Charleston

Jay M. Potter, Charleston

Christopher B. Power, Charleston

Richard M. Reddecliff, Buckhannon

Roy Rice, Charleston

Edwin Richards, San Francisco, CA

John F. Rist, 111, Beckley

Larry L. Roller, Chesapeake

Carl J. Roncaglione, Jr., Charleston

Phillip B. Scott, Charleston

Robert J. Shostak, Athen, OH

Michael J. Smith, St. Louis, MO

Randall B. Suter, Charleston

Jennifer Taylor, Charleston

Allyn Turner, Charleston

James Varner, Clarksburg

Michael B. Victorson, Charleston

Karen Watson, Charleston

Keith R. Whitten, Huntington

Jeff C. Woods, Charleston

Stephen G. Young, Pittsburgh, PA

Andrew Zettle, Huntington

FAMILY LAW COMMITTEE

James Wilson Douglas, Sutton - Chairperson

James M. Bradley, Jr., Parkersburg

Mary Jo Allen, Charleston

Anita Harold Ashley, Spencer

R. David Arrington, Marlinton

Marie Ashe, Morgantown

William Beckett, Huntington

Matthew E. Bieniek, Martinsburg

Donald K. Bischoff, Summersville

Debra Bowers, Morgantown

Richard A. Bush, Parkersburg

Paul T. Camilletti, Wheeling

John Charnock, Jr., Charleston

Maureen Conley, Charleston

Douglas Cornelius, Clarksburg

Penelope C. Crandall, So. Charleston

Frank Cuomo, Jr., Wellsburg

Jennifer Dickens, Huntington

Jane Garland, Glenville

Christine Hedges, Spencer

Robert Hicks, Sistersville

Lou Ann Holland, Morgantown

Loren B. Howley, Grantsville

Sally G. Jackson, Charles Town

Rosalee Juba-Plumley, Charleston

Norris Kantor, Bluefield

Patricia Keller, Huntington

Elizabeth Lawton, Charleston

David J. Lockwood, Huntington

Chester Lovett, Charleston

Nancy Matthews, Perryville, MD

Jeff Molenda, Charleston

Sharon M. Mullens, Charleston

Andrew S. Nason, Charleston

Professor Tom Patrick, Morgantown

Susan Perry, Logan

Lynn B. Pollard, Oak Hill

John Reed, 111, Hurricane

Cornelia Reep, Clarksburg

W. Dan Roll, Pt. Pleasant

Gary L. Rymer, Middlebourne

Amy Keys Shaw, Charleston

Susan Morton Smith, Huntington

Marcelle St.Germain, Logan

Beth McClung Suter, Charleston

Brenda Waugh, Charleston

Rich Wehner, Kingwood

Michael A. Woelfel, Huntington

Joseph Zak, Charleston

Jack Vital, Huntington - Chairperson

The Honorable Joseph P. Albright, Charleston

Stephen D. Annand, Charleston

John P. Bailey, Wheeling

David M. Baker, Huntington

Claudia West Bentley, Martinsburg

Karen L. Bleattler, Charleston

Robert Brandfass, Charleston

Susan S. Brewer, Morgantown

G. Richard Bunner, Fairmont

John E. Busch, Elkins

J. David Cecil, Charleston

Michael G. Clagett, Fairmont

Charles DiSalvo, Morgantown

Dana Franklin Eddy, Charleston

Alvin L. Emch, Charleston

Stephen M. Fowler, Charleston

Brian A. Glasser, Charleston

Robert Gorey, Fairmont

Debra Tedeschi Hall, Elkins

F. Richard Hall, Parkersburg

Christine M. Hedges, Spencer

R. Edison Hill, Charleston

Charles E. Hurt, Charleston

P. Rodney Jackson, Charleston

Daynus Jividen, Charleston

T. D. Kauffelt, Charleston

Tom Kirk, Winfield

H. Gerard Kelley, Charleston

Don C. Kingery, Pt. Pleasant

Robert C. Kota, Wheeling

G. W. Lavender, 11, Charleston

Trina L. Leone, Charleston

R. Scott Long, Charleston

Robert Losey, Huntington

James P. Martin, Charleston

Gary Martino, Fairmont

Stuart A. McMillan, Charleston

William L. Mundy, Huntington

Delby Pool, Clarksburg

Charles F. Printz, Jr., Martinsburg

Geraldine Roberts, Elkins

Harry G. Shaffer, 111, Madison

Dana Shay, Fairmont

Joseph E. Spradling, Charleston

David L. Stuart, Charleston

Terri Tarr, Charleston

E. F. Thaxton, Charleston

John H. Tinney, Charleston

Mort Titus, Charleston

Jeffrey M. Wakefield, Charleston

Joseph A. Wallace, Elkins

James 0. Watkins, Jr., Fairmont

J. Michael Weber, Parkersburg

Thomas H. Zerbe, Charleston

JUDICIAL SELECTION

Thomas V. Flaherty, Charleston - Chairperson

Billy Atkins, Morgantown

Charles F. Bagley, 111, Huntington

John P. Bailey, Wheeling

Barbara L. Baxter, Wheeling

Joseph Beeson, Charleston

Rebecca Betts, Charleston

Professor Forest Bowman, Morgantown

Al Emch, Charleston

Grant Crandall, Charleston

Dana Eddy, Charleston

The Honorable L.D. Egnor, Huntington

Philip B. Hill, New Martinsville

Jerald E. Jones, Clarksburg

Ted Kanner, Charleston

Tom Kirk, Winfield

John L. McClaugherty, Charleston

Charles McElwee, Charleston

The Honorable Thomas McHugh, Charleston

The Honorable Thomas Miller, Charleston

John Palmer, Charleston

Will Steele, South Charleston

The Honorable C. Reeves Taylor

Kevin Wade, Welch

Marc Williams, Huntington

LAW & MEDICINE COMMITTEE

Robert V. Berthold,'Charieston - Chairperson

Nora Antlake, Charleston

Anthony Bisaha, Princeton

Robert Brandfass, Charleston

Jean Buckley, St. George

David Campbell, Huntington

Stephen A. Davis, Summersville

Sherri DeFrank, Charleston

Gil DeLaura, Charleston

David N. Dittmar, Weirton

William Druckman, Charleston

Cheryl Eifert, Huntington

Janice Powell Epperly, Huntington

Sam Fox, Charleston

Steven Frankhauser, Wheeling

Pamela R. Folickman, Fairmont

William E. Galeota, Morgantown

Elba Gillenwater, Jr., Wheeling

Geri Guerin, Charleston

Sprague W. Hazard, Charleston

Pamela Hepp, Charleston

Barry M. Hill, Weirton

James F. Humphreys, Charleston

Thomas Hurney, Charleston

Eric M. James, Charleston

Janet James, Charleston

David Johnson, Charleston

Irene M. Keeley, Clarksburg

Patrick D. Kelly, Charleston

Leigh Kutchinsky, Charleston

Kim Ladewig, Charleston

David Lambert, Charleston

M. Cahterine McKay, Marietta, OH

Richard McCune, Martinsburg

Taunja Willia Miller, Charleston

George B. Morrone, 111, Kenova

Mark Moreland, Charleston

Dr. Alvin H. Moss, Morgantown

Michael Myers, Charleston

Steven K. Nord, Huntington

Robert J. O'Neil, Charleston

James C. Peterson, Charleston

Edgar A. Poe, Jr., Charleston

J. C. Powell, Charleston

Monty Preiser, Charleston

Sandra Anthony Price, Clarksburg

Charles F. Printz, Jr., Martinsburg

Michael Rice, Charleston

Geraldine S. Roberts, Elkins

Deborah Lewis Rodecker, Charleston

H. John Rogers, New Martinsville

Julie Romain, Grafton

Carl J. Roncaglione, Jr., Charleston

Laura L. Rose, Martinsburg

Daniel Schuda, Charleston

David E. Schumacher, Charleston

Ann Haight Seitz, Charleston

Don Sensabaugh, Charleston

David L. Shuman, Charleston

Richard L. Siemens, Huntington

Gray Silver, III, Martinsburg

David A. Sims, Elkins

Lee B. Smith, Morgantown

Terri Tarr, Charleston

Donald J. Tennant, Jr., Wheeling

Edward Tiffey, Charleston

James W. Thomas, Charleston

Mark Troy, Charleston

Lisa Vanston, Washington, D.C.

Walter Williams, Clarksburg

Thomas Woodward, Nitro

LAWYER ADVERTISING COMMISSION

Elliot G. Hicks - Chairperson - Charleston

Dr. Hazo Carter - Vice Chairperson - Institute

Professor Gerald Ashdown - Morgantown

David Barnette - Charleston

Jodie M. Boyien - Parkersburg

James Casto - Huntington

Ronda Harvey - Charleston

R. Edison Hill - Charleston

Karen Lukens - Charleston

Sharon Mullens - Charleston

The Honorable Arthur Recht - Wheeling

E. Glenn Robinson - Charleston

Dr. Tom Potterfield - Lewisburg

Thomas Scarr - Huntington

Tom Wright - Charleston

Arch Riley, Sr. - Wheeling - Chairperson

Dan 0. Callaghan, Summersville - Vice Chairperson

Joe Caldwell - Charleston

Mike Froble - Beckley

Karen Kahle - Wheeling

Tom Lilly - Princeton

C.E. Martin, III - Martinsburg

Kevin Mills, Martinsburg

Joe Frankling Long - Bluefield

Richard Douglas - Martinsburg

Sue Core - Elkins

Thomas Flaherty - Charleston

Howard Persinger - Williamson

Grant Crandall - Charleston

Jay West - Clarksburg

Jack Morton - Webster Springs

Thomas N. Trent, St. Albans - Chairperson

Ann Haight Seitz, Charleston - Vice Chairperson

Erin Brewster, Beckley

Bill Harvit, Charleston

David Keenan, Charleston

Carl Levander, Charleston

Steven McGowan, Charleston

Richard Robb, South Charleston

Dan Schuda, Charleston

Lonnie Simmons, Charleston

Marc Williams, Huntington - Chairperson

Lynn Frye, Charleston - Vice Chairperson

Barbara Allen, Charleston

Henry C. Bowen, Charleston

Sandra M. Chapman, New Martinsville

Julia A. Chincheck, Charleston

Cheryl Given, Charleston

T. Elizabeth Blair-Hager, Madison

Mary Pat Hanson, Charleston

Roger D. Hunter, Charleston

V. Jane Lambert, Charleston

Chip Lavender, Charleston

Teresa A. Lewis, Charleston

Mary E. Lobert, Charleston

Perry D. McDaniel, Charleston

Kevin Mills, Martinsburg

C. Lynn Oliver, Charleston

Anna Patterson, New Martinsville

Andrea D. Rayfield, Huntington

Douglas A. Smoot, Charleston

Joyce Wilson, Charleston

Pam Woodruff, Martinsburg

THE WEST VIRGINIA LAWYER

Paul Friedberg, Charleston - Chairperson

John L. Allen, Wheeling

Frederick S. Byrer, Charles Town

E. Kent Hellems, Hinton

Dr. Connie Bradley Mann, White Sulphur

Springs

George L. Partain, Logan

Elaine Kessel Stone, Ripley

C. Blaine Myers, Parkersburg - Chairperson

Vivian Bumgardner - Bluefield

Claudia West-Bentley, Martinsburg

Donna Donathan, Huntington

Cheryl L. Henderson, Huntington

Nancy C. Hill, Charleston

Dr. Antonio Jones, Charleston

Alan N. Karlin, Morgantown

David J. Romano, Clarksburg

Ann E. Snyder, Kingwood

Debra K. Sullivan, Charleston

Timothy L. Sweeney, St. Marys

Robert Bastress, Morgantown - Chairperson

Robert Richardson, Clarksburg - Vice Chairperson

Robert S. Baker, Beckley

John J. Cowan, Charleston

Pam Dalton, Morgantown

Al Emch, Charleston

Gregory A. Gellner, Wheeling

Roger D. Forman, Charleston

Mary K. Hansen, Morgantown

Daniel F. Hedges, Charleston

Brough A. Jones, Clarksburg

Chester Lovett, Charleston

Michel Magann, Williamson

E. Danridge McDonald, Charleston

Deborah L. McHenry, Charleston

David McMahon, Charleston

Bruce G. Perrone, Charleston

Ray E. Ratliff, Jr., Charleston

David C. Ray, Huntington

Robert Sayre, Beckley

H.L. Snyder, Charleston

Kevin Wade, Welch

John W. Woods, Charleston

Charles F. Bagley, 111, Huntington - Chairperson

David Burton, Princeton - Vice Chairperson

Barbara Baxter, Wheeling

James K. Brown, Charleston

John E. Busch, Elkins

Dan 0. Callaghan, Summersville

Howard Caplan, Clarksburg

G. Nicholas Casey, Jr., Charleston

Grant E Crandall, Charleston

David H. Daughterty, Huntington

Richard L. Douglas, Martinsburg

Joseph M. Farrell, Jr., Huntington

George R. Farmer, Jr., Morgantown

Thomas V. Flaherty, Charleston

Richard E. Ford, Jr., Lewisburg

Richard E. Ford, Sr., Lewisburg

Richard A. Hayhurst, Parkersburg

Elliot G. Hicks, Charleston

Raymond A. Hinerman, Weirton

Jerald E. Jones, Clarksburg

T.D. Kauffelt, Charleston

Charlotte R. Lane, Charleston

James M. MacCallum, Madison

James G. McClure, Wheeling

Susan K. McLaughlin, Fairmont

R. Kemp Morton, Huntington

D.C. Offutt, Jr., Huntington

James 0. Porter, Hungtinton

Darrell W. Ringer, Morgantown

E. Glenn Robinson, Charleston

Harry G. Shaffer, Madison

Robert M. Steptoe, Jr., Clarksburg

Ernest C. Swiger, Clarksburg

Gary J. Triplett, South Charleston

Robert Wallace, Buckhannon

E. Glenn Robinson, Charleston - Chairperson

David Burton, Princeton

Grant F. Crandall, Charleston

T.D. Kauffelt, Charleston

Susan K. McLaughlin, Fairmont

Robert M. Steptoe, Jr., Clarksburg

Gary J. Triplett, So. Charleston

Melissa Flowers, Martinsburg

Yolanda D. Haley, Charleston

Dr. Olen Jones, Lewisburg

Patricia A. Keller, Huntington

Ellen L. Maxwell-Hoffman, Charleston

Charles S. Piccirillo, Madison

Donald J. Tennant, Jr., Wheeling

Edward P. Tiffey, Charleston

Patrick 1. Via, Lewisburg

Deborah M chenry, So. Charleston - Chairperson

Patrick Casey, Wheeling - Vice Chairperson

Pamela Berger, Charleston

Mary C. Buchmelter, Charleston

William Byrne, Morgantown

Joseph Caldwell, Charleston

E. Gail Falk, Charleston

Charlene Cooper Fulton, Charleston

Daniel E Hedges, Charleston

John M. Hedges, Charleston

Jessica Justice, Morgantown

Kyle G. Lusk, Beckley

Cynthia A. Nelson, Charleston

Arch W. Riley, Jr., Wheeling

James C. Reed, Jr., Charleston

Thomas W. Rodd, Morgantown

David Anthony Sade, Charleston

Michael J. Sharley, Westover

Bradley H. Thompson, Wheeling

Thomas N. Trent, Charleston

John Yeager, Jr., Weirton

MINORITY LAWYERS COMMITTEE

Katherine Dooley, Bluefield - Chairperson

Sharon Mullens, Charleston - Vice Chairperson

Meyishi Blair, Charleston

James Boggs, Fairmont

Landon Brown, Wheeling

The Honorable Franklin D. Cleckley, Charleston

Abishi Cunningham, Welch

Jerome Drummond, Morgantown

Ted Dues, Charleston

Sarah Nell Hall, Welch

Cheryl Henderson, Huntington

Herbert H. Henderson, Huntington

Gail Henderson-Staples, Huntington

Elliot Hicks, Charleston

Nathan Hicks, Jr., Charleston

Barry Hill, Weirton

Gregory T. Hinton, Fairmont

Velma L. Jackson, Sewickley, PA

Helen Jackson-Gillison, Weirton

J. Franklin Long, Bluefield

Wilbert A. Payne, Beckley

Donald Pitts, Shady Springs

Darlene Ratliff, Charleston

Marion Ray, Cross Lanes

William Redd, Huntington

Dwight J. Staples, Huntington

Gloria Stephens, Welch

Dwane Tinsley, Dunbar

Todd Twymann, Charleston

Charlene A. Vaughan, Charleston

Kevin Wade, Welch

Keith Wheaton, Charleston

James Williams, Charleston

Jeff Woods, Charleston

Marye Wright, Charleston

PROBATE LAW COMMITTEE

Bruce L. Stout, Huntington - Chairperson

Marcia Allen, Clarksburg

William T. Belcher, Clarksburg

Richard E. Boyle, Jr., Charleston

John G. Byrd, Charleston

Thomas G. Byrum, Wheeling

Teresa Camilletti, Wheeling

Lewis A. Clark, Clarksburg

Lynn S. Clarke, Charleston

David Clovis, Clarksburg

Arden Cogar, Charleston

Thomas Freeman, Charleston

Joseph A. Freedman, Charleston

Ronald H. Hanian, Clarksburg

Milton T. Herndon, Charleston

D. Frank Hill, 111, Shepherdstown

Robert L. Holland, Jr., West Union

John Hussell, Charleston

Gordon Keyes, Newburg

Kenneth E. Kincaid, Morgantown

Gary A. King, St. Albans

Charles Loeb, Sr.; Charleston

Steven F. Luby, Charleston

William H. Martin, Charles Town

Deborah Miller, Morgantown

Michael Myers, Charleston

Betty Adkins Pullin, Charleston

Carol M. Clayton-Ruff, Columbia, SC

Gary A. Sacco, Wheeling

William H. Scharf, Charleston

Camden P. Siegrist, Charleston

Gerald W. Townsend, Parkersburg

James C. Turner, Clarksburg

J.E. White, Charleston

Christopher Winton, Charleston

E. Dandridge McDonald, Charleston Chairperson

Ellen Archibald, Charleston - Vice Chairperson

Jack Snyder, Charleston

David M. Goldenberg, Parkersburg

Sharon M. Mullens, Charleston

Paul T. Camilletti, Wheeling

John L. Marks, Clarksburg

G. David Brumfield, Welch

Tim Dent, Charleston

Carolyn S. Riffle, Charleston

Jim Martin, Charleston

Mary C. Eros, Charleston

C. Jane Moran, Williamson

George Zivkovich, Parkersburg

Richard L. Douglas, Martinsburg

Theodore R. Dues, Jr., Charleston

William Parsons, 11, Wheeling

Thomas L. Dudley, Charleston

Stephane Taylor, Charleston

Geraldine Roberts, Elkins

Thomas E. Potter, Charleston

Bradley J. Pyles, Logan

Dan Schuda, Charleston

Carl M. Selinger, Morgantown

W. Dean Delemater, Weirton

Gary Jarrett, Huntington

Milton Ogle, Charleston

Jean Audet, Charleston

Thelma McClure, Morgantown

The Honorable Thomas Miller - Wheeling - Chairperson

The Honorable Thomas McHugh - Charleston

The Honorable Arthur Recht - Charleston

The Honorable Charles Haden - Charleston

The Honorable Frederick Stamp - Wheeling

The Honorable Charles Lobban - Lewisburg

The Honorable Robert Stone - Morgantown

Anita Ashley - Spencer

Thomas Flaherty - Charleston

John McClaugherty - Charleston

Wesley Metheney - Morgantown

Kevin Wade - Welch

Marc Williams - Huntington

Richard Ford, Jr. - Lewisburg

Steven Jory - Elkins

Jack Bowman - Morgantown

Hazo Carter - Institute

James Casto - Huntington

Karen Lukens - Charleston

Mark Browning - Charleston

Katherine Dooley - Bluefield

Diana Everett - Parkersburg

Sue Seibert-Farnsworth - Wheeling

Sharon Frazier - Huntington

G.W. Lavender, III - Charleston

George Partain - Logan

Howard Persinger - Williamson

Craig Selby - Charleston

John Skinner - Charles Town

James West - Clarksburg

Tom Patrick, Morgantown - Chairperson

Mark Sadd, Charleston - Vice Chairperson

Laura R. Coltelli, Martinsburg

Katherine Dooley, Bluefield

Samme Gee, Charleston

Robert T. Goldenberg, Parkerburg

Charles M. Johnstone, 11, Charleston

Jeffrey T. Jones, Charleston

C. Dallas Kayser, Pt. Pleasant

Donna Colberg Kelly, Charleston

Helen Morris, Huntington

Robert T. Noone, Logan

Daniel Schuda, Charleston

Donald Stennett, Charleston

Donald Tennant, Wheeling

Mark Troy, Charleston

Todd Twyman, Charleston

John Yeager, Jr., Weirton

David Hammond, Charleston - Chairperson

M. Shannon Brown, Martinsburg - Vice Chairperson

Carl Andrews, Charleston

Dennis N. Broglio, Charleston

Anthony Cerrato, Jr., Jefferson Valley, NY

Raymond G. Dodson, Charleston

Ronald J. Flora, Milton

Johnson W. Gubhart, Charleston

Randall C. Light, Clarksburg

Thomas S. Lilly, Princeton

Michael V. Marlow, Charleston

Douglas McElwee, Charleston

Selden S. McNeer, Huntington

Thomas P. O'Brien, Jr., Cincinnati, OH

Joyce F. Ofsa, Charleston

Tom Potter, Charleston

Christopher B. Power, Charleston

Christopher J. Plybon, Huntington

Floyd M. Sayre, III, Beckley

Hoy Shingleton, Jr., Martinsburg

Harvey Siler, Charleston

Anthony P. Tokarz, Charleston

Steve Thompson, Charleston

Robert A. Wilson, Huntington

William S. Winfrey, 11, Princeton

Cindy Wilson, Charleston

Montie Van Nostrand, Webster Springs - Chairperson

Michael Miskowiec, Charleston - Vice Chairperson

Edward Atkins, Charleston

Harold Bailey, Weston

Frederick G. Barkus, Charleston

Lisa Blake, Harpers Ferry

Richard Cardot, Elkins

Rick Crews, Beaver

Michael A. Davenport, Charleston

John DePolo, Clarksburg

Gregory Evers, Charleston

Roger Forman, Charleston

Cheryl Fuller, Nokomis, FL

Christine Hedges, Spencer

Lidelia Wilson Hrutkay, Logan

Timothy Leach, Huntington

Cathryn N. Loucas

Nancy Kwan McCoy, Charleston

Belinda Morton, Fayetteville

Carrie Newton, Ripley

Jerome R. Novobilski, Clay

Mary Peterson, Charleston

Linda Rice, Huntington

Juliet Walker Rundle, Pineville

John Skaggs, Charleston

Rod Skeens, Beckley

Hazel Straub, Charleston

H. John Taylor, Rand

John Taylor, Huntington

Judge Harry Taylor, Charleston

Carter Zerbe, Charleston

Gregory W. Sproles, Summersville - Chairperson

John W. Bennett, Logan

Edgar E. Bibb, III, Beckley

James Bond, Welch

John Busch, Elkins

Richard Cardot, Elkins

Charles W. Covert, St. Albans

Brenda Craig Ellis, Charleston

Rob Fisher, Ripley

Diane Fornari, Huntington

W. Michael Frazier, Huntington

Sean Harter, Charleston

McGinnis E. Hatfield, Jr., Princeton