Representative Experience
- Represent numerous business clients in state and local governmental relations matters
- Draft and promote legislation and administrative rules before the West Virginia Legislature and Executive Branch
- Experience in drafting motions, memoranda of law and appellate briefs in federal and state courts resulting in published opinions
- Provide testimony before various legislative committees
- Negotiate business locations and expansion involving incentive application, property acquisition, tax and law use planning issues
- Evaluate client-specific needs and forming limited liability companies, corporations and partnerships
- Experience in public-private project financings (including the use of multiple governmental funding sources in conjunction with private funding sources)
Government Experience
- Deputy Secretary and General Counsel, West Virginia Department of Commerce, May 2005 - July 2006
- Counsel to Committee on Government Organization, West Virginia House of Delegates, 2003
Education
- West Virginia University, B.S. in Resource Management, 1994
- West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 2001
Admissions
- West Virginia State Bar
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Awards & Distinctions
- Listed by Super Lawyers/ West Virginia for Government Relations
Affiliations
- West Virginia Economic Development Authority, Chair, 2005 - 2006
- Public Land Corporation, Board of Directors, 2005
- Governor Joe Manchin III's Transition Team, Tourism Development Committee, 2004 - 2005
Other
- Order of the Coif, West Virginia University College of Law
- Executive Editor of Articles, West Virginia Law Review