Representative Experience
- More than 39 years of experience working with tax and revenue laws of West Virginia, many of which Steager has written or helped to amend
- Extensive experience drafting tax and tax-related legislation and shepherding bills through the legislative process
- Considerable experience appearing before legislative committees to testify on tax and tax-related matters and representing clients in contested tax matters
- Extensive experience advising the West Virginia State Tax Commissioner on complex issues involving laws applicable to the State Tax Department or laws administered by the State Tax Department
- Extensive experience advising the West Virginia Secretary of Revenue on complex issues involving laws applicable to, or administered by, agencies, commissions and offices within the Department of Revenue
- Considerable experience working with the Governor's Office, the Attorney General's Office and other offices on complex legal matters
- Extensive legal research and writing experience involving complex issues
Government Experience
- General Counsel, West Virginia Department of Revenue, January 1997 to October 2005 (a will and pleasure position)
- General Counsel, West Virginia State Tax Department/Department of Tax and Revenue, May 1985 to January 1997 (a will and pleasure position)
- Director of Legal Division, West Virginia State Tax Department, December 1977 to May 1985
- Director of Inheritance and Transfer, West Virginia State Tax Department, April 1976 to December 1977
- Tax Analyst I and II, June 15, 1971 to April 1976 (except for March 1972 to July 1972 when Steager was on active duty with the United States Army)
Education
- West Virginia University, B.A., 1968
- West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1971
Admissions
- West Virginia State Bar
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Awards & Distinctons
- Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for Tax Law
Publications
- Author, West Virginia chapters of the American Bar Association deskbooks on property taxes and sales and use taxes
- Editor, 2011 Guidebook to West Virginia Taxes, published by the West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Author, severance tax and unclaimed property chapters of the 2011 Guidebook to West Virginia Taxes
Other
- Chairman, Tax Committee, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce (current)
- Special advisor to Governor Underwood's Commission of Fair Taxation (1997 - 2000)
- President, West Virginia Tax Institute (1987 - 1988), Member of Board of Directors (1984 - 1988), frequent speaker
- Chairman, Charleston Area Tax Group (1988 - 1989), Program Chairman (1987 - 1988), Current Developments Reporter (1986 - 1987 and 1996 - present)
- Representative, Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (2000 - present)
- "Distinguished West Virginian Award" (2005)