Counsel
Wheeling, WV
office 304.230.6961
mobile 304.951.3270
Mr. McGlaughlin’s primary areas of practice include wills, trusts, charitable gifts, estate planning, estate administration, and trust and estate litigation.

Education

  • Ithaca College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2007
  • Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D., 2010

Experience

  • Counseling and advising clients regarding estate planning matters
  • Preparing estate planning documents including wills, living wills, medical powers of attorney, durable powers of attorney and various trust instruments
  • Counseling and advising clients regarding estate administration matters
  • Administrating large and small estates in West Virginia
  • Representing trust and estate beneficiaries and fiduciaries in litigation actions
  • Assisting in preparing appeals before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
  • Clerk for the Honorable James E. Seibert, United States Magistrate Judge, May 2008-January 2009

Distinctions

  • Listed by West Virginia Super Lawyers as a Rising Star

Admissions

  • West Virginia State Bar
  • Ohio State Bar
  • United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia

Memberships

  • Ohio County Bar Association, 2010 - present
  • Belmont County Bar Association, 2019 - present
  • Estate Planning Council of the Upper Ohio Valley
  • Leadership Wheeling Program, Wheeling Chamber of Commerce, 2011

Publications & Presentations

  • Practical Law – Power of Attorney (WV) Standard Document

Community Involvement

  • Upper Ohio Valley Wellness Coalition Board of Directors, 2022 – present
  • West Virginia Northern Community College Board of Governors, 2023 – present
  • Upper Ohio Valley Sexual Assault Help Center Board of Directors, 2013 – 2018; past president