Wood County Lawyers

Nationally recognized attorney and author Sharon Eubanks joined the Bordas & Bordas team in July 2015. She focuses on complex civil litigation. In 2000, Eubanks served as lead counsel on behalf of the United States in United States v. Phillip Morris USA, et al., - the federal tobacco litigation. This was the largest civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) enforcement action ever filed. Following the nine-month trial, it was determined by the federal district court that the major U.S. cigarette companies violated the civil provisions of RICO and committed fraud. The Court ordered the companies to change their...

Sean McGinley is a trial and appellate attorney. His statewide West Virginia law practice includes personal injury and accident cases, medical malpractice, coal mine injury and accidents, serious workplace accidents, commercial and business litigation, and class actions. During his twenty years practicing law, Mr. McGinley has helped his clients recover tens of millions of dollars. He is rated AV-Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. McGinley was raised in Morgantown, West Virginia, and attended college at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, receiving an A.B. degree in 1987. He studied law at Oxford University (Keble College) in Oxford, England, where he obtained...

Drew Capuder has been practicing law for 30 years, Mr. Capuder focuses on employment litigation and consulting, mediation, medical industry license and litigation issues, commercial litigation, and business litigation. Mr. Capuder has extensive trial and appellate experience in both state and federal courts in West Virginia and formerly Texas.

As co-founder of Antion McGee Law Group, Scott concentrates on representing victims and their families injured by exposure to asbestos. Antion McGee helps those who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other asbestos diseases. We also actively participate in various community service projects in Morgantown and throughout West Virginia.

Tyler K. Cottrill founded TKC Law Firm, a Morgantown-based criminal defense and personal injury law firm. We believe every person should have the best representation possible. TKC Law Firm is here to help you, from our personal service to our knowledgeable and aggressive representation. TKC Law Firm represents clients facing serious charges, such as DUI, assault, and drug crimes, or for injured people following an accident. We have built our business practice on referrals and client satisfaction. There are many lawyers available to help anyone with legal issues. Not all lawyers are created equally. TKC Legal Firm prides itself on providing...

Born in a small Central Kentucky town, my family moved to West Virginia chasing the dream of self-employment. I went to college at Marshall University where I graduated cum laude, and then attended the University of Kentucky College of Law. Country roads brought me home to WV with a fresh law degree and a job at a respected regional defense firm. There I handled a wide variety of cases, including: car accidents, commercial truck accidents, wrongful death, property damage, workers' compensation, deliberate intent, asbestos litigation, insurance coverage, debt collection, and appellate work. I was able to learn from some of...

Mark Everett is a practicing attorney and owner of Mark Everett, Attorney at Law, PLLC. While running the day to day operations of the law firm, Mark practices in the area of residential and commercial real estate, personal injury, criminal law, general civil litigation, contract law, business law, and family law.

Mark obtained his undergraduate degree from West Virginia University School of Business and his doctorate of jurisprudence from West Virginia College of Law. He is married to Dr. Amy Everett, a practicing dentist in Morgantown, West Virginia. They have three children, Justin, Alex, and Taylor Everett.

Mark has previously been active...

Over 40 years experience. Licensed in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Representing the victims of attorney negligence. Commercial litigation, construction litigation and business transactional matters. Representing mineral owners including: Coal, oil and gas lease and sales negotiation. Production royalty disputes. Quiet title and partition actions. Marketing, purchase and sale of mineral interests.

Andrew (A.J.) Thomas graduated from West Virginia University in 2011 with a B.A. in Political Science and minors in Sociology and Philosophy. He received his J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law in 2014, where he graduated in the top one-third of his class. While in law school, A.J. served as a student-attorney for the WVU College of Law Clinical Law Program and received a CALI award for outstanding achievement in the study of Elder Law. A.J. is from Wellsburg, WV, and graduated from Brooke High School in 2007. A.J. currently serves as Fiduciary Commissioner for Brooke County,...

Attorney Clayton Fitzsimmons concentrates his practices on representing workers injured on the job and family members of workers who have been killed in a workplace injury. He has experience in litigating "deliberate intention" claims against employers, as well as coal mining accidents, oil and gas accidents and explosions, construction accidents, industrial accidents, and workplace accidents.

Attorney Isla earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the Franciscan University of Steubenville in 1989, followed by his J.D. from the Duquesne University School of Law in 1992. Attorney Isla has completed an 8-day program in trial and hearing skills with the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Attorney Isla is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, as well as the U.S. District Courts of the Western District of Pennsylvania, the Northern & Southern Districts of West Virginia, and the Southern District of Ohio. As a member of the Jefferson County Bar Association, the Ohio Bar Association,...

Since 1999, he has been representing individuals, businesses, and insurance companies in both West Virginia and Ohio in a wide range of matters. He has gathered a vast wealth of experience at every stage of the litigation and appellate process in both state and federal courts and has appeared before numerous state agencies and boards. From pre-litigation activity to the final step of the appellate process, Mr. Sears has both the knowledge and tenacity to be the zealous advocate you are seeking.

What Mr. Sears loves most about the practice of law is both the written and oral advocacy....

I have been a trial lawyer since 1981, with a very broad practice mix. I have tried cases to verdict in many of the counties in West Virginia, and I have handled cases in nearly all of the counties in the state. My practice is now comprised of mediation and designing creative early dispute resolution programs tailored for my clients, all under the name Hicks Resolutions, PLLC. My mediation practice serves all of our region and beyond.

Ben Salango is the founder of Salango Law, PLLC. He has over two decades of experience in personal injury litigation and has tried approximately 50 civil jury trials in West Virginia. Mr. Salango has argued numerous cases in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He has proudly recovered tens of millions of dollars for victims of medical malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death. His cases have been featured nationally on CNN, Headline News, Fox News, ABC News, ESPN, USA Today, People Magazine, Becker’s Hospital Review, National Verdict Reporter,...

Are you dealing with the painful retributions or a serious personal injury? Are you unsure where to turn now that you have garnered catastrophic injuries at the fault of another? If so, then you can't wait any longer to bring your situation to the keen eyes of a quality Morgantown personal injury lawyer. The team at Cranston & Edwards has more than 43 years of combined experience, as well as an honest care and concern for those in need. You don't want to watch as your future falls apart due to the financial heartache of medical bills. Rather, allow Cranston...

Abigail Benjamin has a focused practice in Energy Law, Oil & Gas Law, Environmental Law and Real Estate Law in Central West Virginia. She has won a large settlement against a Fortune 500 Company and an environmental concession against a natural gas company with a state monopoly. Abigail Benjamin is an Instructor of Environmental Law and Policy at West Virginia Wesleyan College.

Vanessa Lynn Rodriguez has deep family roots in Marion County and has not only the experience needed to assist you in family law matters (divorce, paternity, child custody, and mediations), adoptions, and personal injury cases, but also, Vanessa has a vast working knowledge of the West Virginia court system. Prior to attending law school, Vanessa pursued an education degree with English and journalism specializations at Fairmont State. Then she went on to West Virginia University to get her master's degree in English. Vanessa then decided to attend law school after two people from her graduate school...

Frank Walker is one of the most sought-after criminal defense attorneys in Western Pennsylvania. He stands by his motto of delivering real talk, real experience, and real results. Fearless in the courtroom and tenacious when fighting for his clients, Attorney Walker is highly regarded in criminal defense circles. He has handled many high-profile crimes and serious offenses, developing a proven track record of victories. In addition to criminal defense, Attorney Walker also focuses his practice on civil litigation. Attorney Walker is active in the community and frequently gives talks on education, leadership, and legal matters.

For over ten years, my office has been defending West Virginia citizens accused of driving under the influence and assisting disabled individuals secure the Social Security Disability Benefits they deserve.

I have practiced law for over 22 years in the State of West Virginia and have appeared in at least one court in every county in the state representing private clients and their interests. My practice is devoted to defending citizens accused of criminal violations, particularly those accused of impaired driving. It has been a privilege to serve great people and get them great results over the years.

Chris Regan's practice focuses on complex litigation, jury trials, and appellate work. He has obtained substantial jury verdicts, including multi-million dollar results, in cases of workplace injury, insurance bad faith, trucking wrecks, negligence, wrongful death, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and professional negligence. Several of his cases have resulted in awards of punitive damages, attorney's fees and litigation sanctions against the defendants. Chris focuses his attention on the worst corporate actors, involved in intentional wrongdoing toward citizens both in and out of the courtroom. Notable jury verdicts in Chris' cases include Kilgore v. Bedi ($890,000.00, Medical Malpractice, 2013), Doe...

With nearly three decades of professional practice, I’ve assisted numerous clients throughout West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky obtain millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements. No matter how complicated the case, my goal is to provide high-quality, results-driven service. I am proud to hold an AV Distinguished® Rating by Martindale-Hubbell®, the most recognized attorney rating service in the country. This peer rating is based upon the comments of more than 20 attorneys and up to 4 judges in our community. I’ve also received Martindale-Hubbell’s® “Premier” Client Review Rating, which is the highest recognition given based upon the comments of my clients...

I take pride in doing a good job for the people i represent and being available to them when they need to speak with me. Just check out what my clients say on lawyers.com. For almost 35 years i have been handling social security disability cases, workers’ compensation claims, long term disability claims, and insurance and accident claims. I graduated from the West Virginia University College of Law, where I was a member of the Board of Editors of the West Virginia Law Review. My workers’ compensation practice covers all of West Virginia and my Social Security disability practice...

30+ years experience with Family Law and Social Security Disability claims and great consideration to each individual case and/or claim. Our goal is to ultimately assist our clients in reaching settlements and agreements that will be to their greatest benefit possible

Experienced trial attorney who has tried cases in state and federal courts throughout W.Va., and pursued appeals in the 4th Circuit and the Supreme Court of Appeals. Focused primarily upon representation of plaintiffs, but business litigation is another area of concentration. Recent cases: Currently engaged in 40 cases on behalf of people defrauded by a dealership which did not payoff liens against consumers' trade-in's. Currently engaged in the second round of 26 cases on behalf of people defrauded by a different dealership involving similar facts. In 2007, represented 21 former employees throughout W.Va. of a big-box retailer who asserted they were victims of age...

With an AV Preeminent® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®, an Avvo Clients’ Choice Award, and selection to the National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Top 10 Under 40, few Morgantown criminal defense lawyers have the reputation of Attorney Jared D. Moore. His understanding of West Virginia laws has helped him obtain favorable resolutions on behalf of his clients in cases of employment law, criminal defense, and personal injury. At the Moore Law Firm, PLLC, you can schedule a free consultation about what to do next and get started on your case. Don’t fight your legal battles alone. Call now.

In practice since 1978, Dan Ringer has represented thousands of clients in virtually every type of legal matter, simple and complex, including personal injury, property damage, business issues, estates, and state and federal criminal matters. Dan also produced and hosted the West Virginia Public Television program "The Law Works." A weekly television program which addressed legal issues.

Representing institutional oil and gas clients in complex mineral title examinations and certifications and government relations/lobbying, and serving the general public in residential, commercial and mineral real estate transactions, title certifications, document preparation, title insurance, closings, and alternative dispute resolution/mediation.

I received my Bachelors Degree in Political Science at Marshall University in 1983. I attended graduate school at Marshall University for the academic year 1983-1984. Beginning academic year 1984 I attended the Ohio Northern University School of Law. In the summer of 1985 I attended the University of Notre Dame’s London summer law program in London, England where I studied international law. While in London, I learned that I had been accepted for transfer to the West Virginia University College of Law, where I received my law degree in May of 1987. I have practiced...

Attorney Kelly Reed received her Bachelor of Arts degree summa cum laude in Political Science from West Virginia University in 1991, and her Juris Doctorate degree from West Virginia University College of Law in 1994. While she was in law school, Ms. Reed was a member and Associate Editor for Articles of the Law Review. Attorney Reed is admitted to practice law in the United States District Court Southern District of West Virginia, the United States District Court Northern District of West. She is a member of the West Virginia State Bar, the American Association for Justice, the West Virginia...

A formidable authority on U.S. Immigration laws with global clientele. An approachable attorney who is strategic and effective.

Charles "Chad" M. Love, IV, earned a Juris Doctorate from the West Virginia University College of Law. He graduated in economics and French, cum laude, from Denison University. Mr. Love has been acknowledged as being a “Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers Magazine in general plaintiffs litigation area for last seven years. He is a member of the West Virginia Bar Association and the West Virginia Association for Justice. He is right now an individual from the West Virginia Law Institute and also licensed as an Athletic Agent with the State of West...

Mr. Zimmerman provides quality representation to individuals and corporations in various civil matters, including personal injury, real estate transactions, bankruptcy matters, business buy and sell agreements, and civil litigation. Click on the links below for more information.