W. Eric Gadd

Overseeing and conducting foreclosure sales of commercial and industrial properties throughout the State of West Virginia on behalf of various local, regional and national financial institutions and government agencies, including commercial office buildings, an apartment complex, gasoline station and convenience store, saw mill, and manufacturing facility
Overseeing and conducting foreclosure sales of single-family residences
Conducting of judicial foreclosures in non-power-of-sale jurisdictions
Representation of lenders in civil actions related to foreclosures - collection and enforcement, ejectment, deficiency
Drafting of various instruments pertaining to real estate, such as deeds, private deeds of trust, commercial lease agreements, memoranda of trust, memoranda of right of first refusal, memoranda of lease, rights-of-way and easement agreements, and natural gas storage lease agreements
Drafting and Negotiation of Real Estate Sale and Purchase Agreements
Examining title to real property
Conducting closing of real estate transactions

Representing and advising clients in the creation of various tax exempt entities, including the establishment of an ecumenical, faith-based student housing development at a college in North Central West Virginia, a private operating foundation providing scholarships and advancing economic development in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, and an organization which aims to establish an Ohio River heritage museum in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia
Negotiating and closing of real estate exchange agreement under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code by and between local governmental agency and commercial automobile dealership
Representing international religious organization in action challenging the taxation of real property owned by the organization
Representing taxpayers in federal tax collection litigation, offers in compromise and requests for innocent spouse relief

Drafting of Wills, Durable Powers of Attorney, Medical Powers of Attorney/Living Wills and various Trust instruments
Advising clients in long-term care planning
Representing clients in guardianship and conservatorship proceedings
Administration of large and small estates throughout West Virginia
Representing trust and estate beneficiaries in fiduciary litigation, will construction and trust reformation actions

Preparing documents for commercial transactions entailing the creation and dissolution of corporations and limited liability companies
Preparing documents for business entities including employment, buy/sell, confidentiality, asset purchase and stock purchase agreements

West Virginia State Bar
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
United States Tax Court

Gadd, W. Eric