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Committees > Boards > Board of Governors 2025 – 2026

Board of Governors 2025 – 2026

Officers

President

DAVID D. AMSBARY
401 Tenth Street, Suite 500 Huntington, WV 25701
Phone: 304-697-4700
E-Mail

President-Elect

ROBBY J. ALIFF
500 Lee Street, E., Suite 1600,
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-340-1286
E-Mail

Vice-President

KIMBERLEY D. CROCKETT
217 W. King Street,
Martinsburg, WV 25401
Phone: 304-262-0590
E-Mail

Immediate Past President

SHANNON P. SMITH
101 Law School Drive
Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone: 304-293-7400

Bar Governors

DISTRICT 1

(Brooke, Hancock and Ohio Counties)

Dean G. Makricostas
Post Office Box 2827
Weirton, WV 26062
P: 304-723-9670

DISTRICT 2

(Marshall, Pleasants, Tyler and Wetzel Counties)

Joseph R. Canestraro
600 7th Street
Moundsville, WV 26041
P: 304-845-3580

DISTRICT 3

(Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, Wirt and Wood Counties)

Angela N. Brunicardi-Doss
320 Juliana Street – Suite 101
Parkersburg, WV 26101
P: 304-699-3810

DISTRICT 4

(Clay, Jackson, Mason, Putnam and Roane)

Thomas H. Peyton
2801 First Avenue
Nitro, WV 25143
P: 304-755-5556

DISTRICT 5

(Cabell and Wayne Counties)

Abraham J. Saad
320 9th Street – Suite B
Huntington, WV 25701
P: 304-522-4149

DISTRICT 6

(McDowell and Mingo Counties)

Stacey M. Kohari
Post Office Box 1799, Williamson, WV 25661
Phone: 304-235-2221 

DISTRICT 7

(Boone, Lincoln and Logan Counties)

J. Alexander Meade
330 State Street, Madison, WV 25130
Phone: 304-369-0511 

DISTRICT 8

(Kanawha County)

Angela L. Beblo
500 Lee Street, E. – Suite 1600, Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-340-1377

DISTRICT 8

(Kanawha County)

Ashton Bias
4700 MacCorkle Avenue, SE – Suite 700B – Charleston, WV 25304
Phone: 304-558-7815 

DISTRICT 8

(Kanawha County)

Joseph M. Ward
500 Virginia Street, E – Suite 1100, Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-348-2423

DISTRICT 8

(Kanawha County)

Charlotte Lane
201 Brooks Street, Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-340-0306 

DISTRICT 9

(Raleigh & Wyoming Counties)

MORGAN D. SPOLARICH
106 S. Herber Street, Beckley, WV 25801
Phone: 304-923-9504

DISTRICT 10

(Mercer, Monroe and Summers Counties)

DAVID A. PFEIFER
120 Scott Street – Suite 200, Princeton, WV 25840
Phone: 304-487-8445

DISTRICT 11

(Fayette, Greenbrier, and Nicholas Counties)

SARAH F. SMITH
108 E. Maple Avenue, Fayetteville, WV 25840
Phone: 304-574-4230

DISTRICT 12

(Braxton, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur and Webster Counties)

MICHAEL W. PARKER
1 Randolph Avenue, Elkins, WV 26241
Phone: 304-636-2053

African American Representative

NICOLE A. COFER
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, E., Charleston, WV 25305
Phone: 304-558-014

DISTRICT 13

(Doddridge, Harrison and Lewis Counties)

JAMISON H. COOPER
240 W Main St
Bridgeport, WV 26330
Phone: 304-842-0505

DISTRICT 14

(Marion and Monongalia Counties)

CHELSEA V. BROWN
125 GRANVILLE SQ STE 400
MORGANTOWN, WV 26501
Phone: 304-285-2505

DISTRICT 15

(Barbour, Preston, Taylor and Tucker Counties)

Olivia Harris DeVall
Post Office Box 516
Kingwood, WV 26537
Phone: (304) 329-0421

DISTRICT 16

(Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and Morgan Counties)

JOSEPH R. KINSER
380 W South St Ste 1100
Martinsburg, WV 25401
Phone: (304) 264-1971

YOUNG LAWYERS BOARD CHAIR

Taylor P. Coplin
614 Market Street, Parkersburg, WV 26101
P: 304-348-7798

DEAN OF THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW

Amelia Rinehart
101 Law School Drive
Morgantown, WV 26506
Phone: 304-293-3199
E-Mail

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