COMMITTEE NAME CHAIRPERSON PHONE  EMAIL ADDRESS
Abuse and Neglect Committee Kristen Antolini 304-296-0123 kantolini@lyonsphillips.com
ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION Debra Scudiere 304-282-2462 debrascudiere@gmail.com
– ADR Education Sub-Committee Thomas G. Steele 304-624-4004 tgs@steelemcmunn.com
ANIMAL LAW Blair E. Wessels 304-340-1219 blair.wessels@jacksonkelly.com
APPELLATE LAW COMMITTEE



Carte Goodwin

 

304-348-2422
                       

cgoodwin@fbtlaw.com

 

BANKRUPTCY

 Emmett Pepper
Co-Chair

Aaron Amore
Co-Chair

917-617-8208
304-885-4117
emmett.pepper@peppernason.com
aaron@amorelaw.com
COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE * Elliot G. Hicks  304-400-4955 elliot@hicksresolutions.com
CLE COMMISSION * Elizabeth Stryker  304-476-4998 estryker@baileyglasser.com
CRIMINAL LAW COMMITTEE  John Carr 304-344-4822 jcarr@jcarrlaw.com
EDUCATION LAW COMMITTEE Richard Boothby 304-420-5535 rboothby@bowlesrice.com
ELDER LAW Doreen Seamon 304-554-2900 doreen@seamonlawoffices.com
ELECTIONS COMMITTEE Lera VanMeter  304-357-7450 lera.vanmeter@courtswv.gov
EMPLOYMENT LAW

Wendy Adkins
Co-Chair

Kristina Whiteaker
Co-Chair

304-284-4136

304-345-3356

wgadkins@jacksonkelly.com

kwhiteaker@grubblawgroup.com

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Brian Swiger
Co-Chair

Whitney Kerns
Co-Chair

304-414-3653 x1318

304-285-
2560

bswiger@baileyglasser.com

wkerns@bowlesrice.com

FAMILY LAW R. Lyne Ranson 304-344-2121 lyne@lyneranson.com
GOVERNMENT LAWYERS Martha J. Hill 304-744-5149 mhill1975@hotmail.com
GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE * Evan Kime 304-340-1383   evan.kime@jacksonkelly.com
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Mikal-Ellen Bennett

910-473-5479

lellen@ratlifflaw.net

IOLTA ADVISORY COMMITTEE *  Harry Deitzler 304-345-5667 hgdeitzler@hpcbd.com
LAW AND MEDICINE

Timothy Houston
Co-Chair
Candice Harlow
Co-Chair

304-681-8924
304-340-1384

thouston@cldlaw.com
charlow@jacksonkelly.com

LAWYERS FUND FOR CLIENT PROTECTION * Charles F. Bagley III 304-633-2391 redmp@me.com
LEGAL OUTREACH COMMITTEE Evan R. Kime 304-340-1383 evan.kime@jacksonkelly.com

LGBTQ+ COMMITTEE

Gerald Langan
Co-Chair

Kaitlyn Samuelson
Co-Chair

304-530-6500

330-675-9838

glangan@langanlawpllc.com

kaitlynsamuelson@gmail.com

MULTI-CULTURAL LAWYERS

Olubunmi Temitayo Kusimo
Co-Chair

Nicholas Gordon
Co-Chair

304-340-2951

304-545-1376

okusimofrazier@tcspllc.com

nickgordonesq@gmail.com

PROBATE LAW Christopher Winton 304-342-1141 chriswinton@rwk-law.com
REAL ESTATE Staci Thornsbury 304-293-4390 staci.thornsbury@mail.wvu.edu
RURAL PRACTICE Timothy Haught 304-455-8220 thaught@wetzelpa.com
SOCIAL SECURITY David Pence 304-345-2728 david@zerbepence.com
SOLO PRACTITIONER AND SMALL FIRM Kevin B. Burgess 304-574-2727 kevin@hamiltonburgess.com
STATE AND FEDERAL TAXATION Paul G. Papadopoulos 304-720-3409 PPapadopoulos@spilmanlaw.com
SUCCESSION PLANNING E. William Harvit 304-343-4100 bharvit@hartleylawgrp.com
UNLAWFUL PRACTICE OF LAW COMMITTEE * J. Zak Ritchie
Co-Chair
P. Nathan Bowles, Jr.
Co-Chair

681-265-3802
304-343-5236

zritchie@hfdrlaw.com
nbowles@nbowleslaw.com

VETERANS AND MILITARY AFFAIRS   Gene Bailey, II
Co-Chair
James Dodrill
Co-Chair
304-346-5500
304-634-0103

gbailey@handl.com

herdflyer82@gmail.com

WOMEN IN THE PROFESSION

Jami Cooper
Co-Chair
Jennifer Keadle Mason
Co-Chair

304-842-0505
304-645-5360

 

jami.cooper@cooperlawwv.com

jennifer.mason@dinsmore.com

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION Robert L. Stultz 304-269-1311 rstultz@baileystultz.com

  • Committees with (*) are only by appointment of the State Bar President. Please contact Mary Jane Pickens at pickensmj@wvbar.org for more information.
  • Committees without (*) can be joined by any member of the Bar. Please contact the Chairperson for more information