West Virginia Employment Lawyers Association
 West Virginia's Advocates for Employee Rights

Members of WVELA

All of our members represent employees in connection with legal issues. Here is a list of our current members, with contact information:

Kathleen Abate (lawyer)
Cohen, Abate & Cohen, L.C.
114 High Street
PO Box 846
Morgantown, West Virginia 26507-0846
Voice: 304-685-6693
Email: wvajustice@netscape.net

Jared Adams (lawyer)
Adams Law Firm PLLC
261 Aikens Center, Suite 302
Martinsburg, West Virginia 25402
Voice: 304-881-1152
Fax: 304-405-2128
Email: jared@adamslawfirmpllc.com
Web site: www.adamslawfirmpllc.com

J.B. Akers (lawyer)
Akers Law Offices
PO Box 11206
Charleston, West Virginia 25339
Voice: 304-720-1422
Fax: 304-720-6956
Email: jb@akerslawoffices.com
Web site: www.akerslawoffices.com
Bio page: www.akerslawoffices.com/CM/Custom/Attorneys.asp

Walt Auvil (lawyer)
The Employment Law Center, PLLC
1208 Market Street
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101
Voice: 304-485-3058
Fax: 304-485-6344
Email: auvil@theemploymentlawcenter.com
Web site: https://www.facebook.com/TheEmploymentLawCenter/

Kirk Auvil (lawyer)
The Employment Law Center, PLLC
1208 Market Street
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101
Voice: 304-485-3058
Fax: 304-485-6344
Email: theemploymentlawcenter@gmail.com
Web site: https://www.facebook.com/TheEmploymentLawCenter/

Todd S. Bailess (lawyer)
Bailess Law Firm PLLC
5312 MacCorkle Ave., SW #326
Charleston, West Virginia 25309
Voice: 304-413-1400
Fax: 304-413-1401
Email: todd@bailesslawfirm.com
Web site: www.bailesslawfirm.com
Bio page: www.bailesslawfirm.com/bio/attorney-todd-bailess.cfm

Kevin Baker (lawyer)
Baker & Brown, PLLC
120 Capitol Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-344-5400
Fax: 304-344-5401
Email: kevin@bakerandbrownlaw.com
Web site: bakerandbrownlaw.com
Bio page: bakerandbrownlaw.com/attorneys/kevin-baker

Mark Barney (lawyer)
Barney Law PLLC
3744 Teays Valley Road, Suite 204
Hurricane, West Virginia 25526
Voice: 304-932-8775
Fax: 304-907-0885
Email: mbarney@barneylawwv.com

John Barrett (lawyer)
Bailey & Glasser
209 Capitol Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-345-6555
Email: jbarrett@baileyglasser.com
Web site: www.baileyglasser.com
Bio page: www.baileyglasser.com/people/John-Barrett.htmx

Robert Bastress (lawyer)
WVU College of Law
PO Box 6130
Morgantown, West Virginia 26506
Voice: 304-293-5308
Fax: 304-293-6891
Email: bastress4j@yahoo.com
Law school page: law.wvu.edu
Bio page: www.law.wvu.edu/faculty-staff/full-time-faculty/robert-m-bastress

Robert M. Bastress III (lawyer)
DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero, PLLC
604 Virginia Street East
East Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-342-0133
Fax: 304-342-4605
Email: rbastress@dbdlaw1.com
Web site: www.dbdlawfirm.com
Bio page: www.dbdlawfirm.com/attorneys/robert-bastress-iii

Kathryn R. Bayless (lawyer)
The Bayless Law Firm PLLC
1607 W. Main St.
Princeton, West Virginia 24740
Voice: 304-487-8707
Fax: 304-487-8705
Email: kay@baylesslawfirm.com
Web site: www.baylesslawfirm.com
Bio page: Bio Page

Nathan D. Brown, Esq., MBA (lawyer)
Licensed in WV & KY
Ferrell & Brown, PLLC
West Virginia Office:
160 East 2nd Avenue
Post Office Box 401
Williamson, West Virginia 25661
Telephone: 304-235-5674
Facsimile: 304-235-5675
Email: nathan@ferrellandbrown.com
Web site: www.ferrellandbrown.com

Anthony Brunicardi (lawyer)
The Employment Law Center, PLLC
1208 Market Street
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101
Voice: 304-485-3058
Fax: 304-485-6344
Email: anthony@theemploymentlawcenter.com
Web site: https://www.facebook.com/TheEmploymentLawCenter/

Toby J. Buel (lawyer)
Buel Law Offices
112 Roane Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25302
Voice: 304-343-8100
Fax: 304-720-5198

Drew M. Capuder (lawyer)
Capuder Fantasia PLLC
1543 Fairmont Avenue, Suite 101
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
Voice: 304-333-5261
Fax: 681-404-6800
Email: dcapuder@capuderfantasia.com
Web site: http://capuderfantasia.com/
Bio page: http://capuderfantasia.com/drew-capuder/
Blog: http://www.dcemploymentlawblog.com/

Matthew Criswell (lawyer)
Criswell & French PLLC
405 Capitol Street, Suite 1007
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-720-6220
Fax: 304-720-6221
Email: mcriswell@cfc-law.com

Amy Crossan (lawyer)
Bouchillon, Crossan & Colburn, LC
731 Fifth Avenue
Huntington, West Virginia 25701
Voice: 304-523-8451
Fax: 304-523-0567
Email: acrossan@bcc-wv.com

Laura Davidson (lawyer)
Mountain State Justice
1029 University Avenue
Suite 101
Morgantown, WV 26505
(304) 326-0188
(304) 326-0189 (fax)
Email: laura@msjlaw.org

Katharine Davitian (lawyer)
Davitian & Davitian
420 Market Street
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101
Voice: 304-428-8207
Fax: 304-485-3825
Email: kathiedavitian@prodigy.net

Chirag B. Desai (lawyer)
Wagoner Desai, PLLC
265 High Street, 3rd Floor
Citizens Bank Building
Morgantown, WV 26505
Phone: 304-470-2056
Fax: 304-470-2057
Email: chirag@wagonerdesai.com
Website: https://wagonerdesai.com/
Bio page: https://wagonerdesai.com/chirag-desai/

Frank X. Duff (lawyer)
Schrader Byrd & Companion, LLC
The Maxwell Centre, Suite 500
32 - 20th Street
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
Voice: 304-233-3390
Email: fxd@schraderlaw.com
Website: www.schraderlaw.com
Bio page: www.schraderlaw.com/people/frankduff

John Einreinhofer (lawyer)
Law Offices of John Einreinhofer
405 Capitol Street, Suite 1012
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304.343.2343
Email: je@johnelaw.com
Web site: www.johnelaw.com
Bio Page: www.johnelaw.com/#!attorney-profile/galleryPage

Phillip Estep (lawyer)
Bailess Smith PLLC
120 Capitol Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: (304) 342-0550
Fax: (304) 344-5529
Email: pestep@bailesssmith.com
Website: www.bailesssmith.com

Lia DiTrapano Fairless (lawyer)
DiTrapano Law Firm, PC
604 Virginia Street, East 
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: (304) 414-0184
Fax: (304) 414-0185
Email: lia@ditrapanolawfirm.com
Web site: http://www.ditrapanolawfirm.com/

Barbara Fleischauer (lawyer)
WV House of Delegates
Voice: 304-319-0361
Email: friendsofbarbara@gmail.com

Larry O. Ford (lawyer)
Meyer, Ford, Glasser & Radman, PLLC
120 Capitol Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-345-3900
Fax: 304–345-3935
Email: Larry.ford@meyerandford.com

Roger D. Forman (lawyer)
Forman & Rist L.C.
100 Capitol Street, Suite 400
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-346-6300
Fax: 304-343-6476
Email: rdf@citynet.net

Jerry R. Fowler (lawyer)
PO Box 1036
Athens, West Virginia 24712

Paul L. Frampton, Jr. (lawyer)
Atkinson & Polak, PLLC
PO Box 549
Charleston, West Virginia  25322-0549
Voice: 304-346-5100
Fax: 304-346-4678
Email: paul@amplaw.com

Mark French (lawyer)
Criswell & French PLLC
405 Capitol Street, Suite 1007
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-720-6220
Fax: 304-720-6221
Email: mfrench@criswellfrench.com

Georgia Lee Gates (lawyer)
517 Norman Avenue
Glen Burnie, Maryland 21060
Voice: 304-288-7341
Fax: 410-487-6802
Email: georgialeegates@aol.com

Garry G. Geffert (lawyer)
Attorney at Law
114 S. Maple Avenue
P.O. Box 2281
Martinsburg, West Virginia 25402
Voice:  304-262-4436
Fax:  304-596-2474
Email: geffert@wvdsl.net
Web site: http://www.geffertlaw.com/drupal/

David M. Goldenberg (lawyer)
The Goldenberg Law Firm, PLLC
200 Star Avenue, Suite 222
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101
Voice: 304-485-4516
Fax: 304-485-7222
Email: david@ggslaw.com
Web site: http://ggslaw.com/

Robert T. Goldenberg (lawyer)
The Goldenberg Law Firm, PLLC
200 Star Avenue, Suite 222
Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101
Voice: 304-485-4516
Fax: 304-485-7222
Email: jane@ggslaw.com
Web site: http://ggslaw.com/

Mark Goldner (lawyer)
Hughes & Goldner PLLC
10 Hale Street, 5th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
P.O. Box 11662
Charleston, West Virginia 25339
Voice: 304-400-4816
Fax: 304.205.7729
Email: mark@wvemploymentrights.com
Web site: www.wvemploymentrights.com
Bio page: www.wvemploymentrights.com/hughes-and-goldner-pllc-mark-goldner.htm

David Grubb (lawyer)
The Grubb Law Group
1114 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-345-3356
Fax: 304-345-3355
Email: dgrubb@grubblawgroup.com
Web site: www.grubblawgroup.com
Bio page: www.grubblawgroup.com/Bio/DavidGrubb.asp

Rachel Hanna (lawyer)
Law Office of Rachel Hanna
P.O. Box 871
117 E. Washington Street
Lewisburg, West Virginia 24901
Voice: 304-793-4529
Fax: 304-793-4530
Email: rachelhanna@rachelhanna.com

James M. Haviland (lawyer)
West Virginia Education Association
1558 Quarrier St.
Charleston, West Virginia 25311
Voice: 304-346-5315 Ext. 200
Fax: 304-346-5315 Ext. 200
Email: Jim.Haviland@nea.org

Chris Hedges (lawyer)
Calwell Luce diTrapano PLLC
500 Randolph Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25302
Voice: 304-343-4323
Fax: 304-344-3684
Email: chedges@cldlaw.com
Web site: www.cldlaw.com
Bio page: www.cldlaw.com/attorneys/chris-hedges

Maria W. Hughes (lawyer)
Hughes & Goldner PLLC
10 Hale Street, 5th Floor
Charleston, WV 25301
P.O. Box 11662
Charleston, West Virginia 25339
Voice: 304-400-4816
Fax: 304.205.7729
Email: maria@wvemploymentrights.com
Web site: www.wvemploymentrights.com
Bio page: wvemploymentrights.com/hughes-and-goldner-pllc-maria-hughes.htm

Andrew Katz (lawyer)
The Katz Working Families Law Firm LC
The Security Building, Suite 1106
100 Capitol Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Email: ajk792000@yahoo.com

Debra Kilgore (lawyer)
Burton Kilgore & Lazenby, PLLC
1439 Main Street, Suite 32
Princeton, West Virginia 24740
Voice: 304-425-2143
Fax: 304-425-0026
Email: bklc@citlink.net
Web site: burtonkilgore.com
Bio page: burtonkilgore.com/Firm%20Info/Lawyers/1786690.aspx

Dan Lattanzi (lawyer)
The Law Office of Roger D. Forman, L.C.
100 Capitol Street, Suite 400
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-346-6300
Fax: 304-343-6476
Email: dlattanzi@citynet.net

Sandra K. Law (lawyer)
Schrader Byrd & Companion, PLLC
The Maxwell Centre
32-20th Street, Suite 500
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
Voice: 304-233-3390
Fax: 304-233-2769
Email: skl@schraderlaw.com
Web site: http://www.schraderlaw.com

Lynnette Simon Marshall (lawyer)
Warner Law offices
227 Capitol Street
Charleston West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-345-6789
Fax: 304-344-4508
Email: Lmarshall@wvpersonalinjury.com

Joy B. Mega (lawyer)
Bailess Law, PLLC
120 Capitol Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Voice: 304-342-0550
Fax: 304-344-5529
Email: jmega@bailesslaw.com
Web site: www.bailesslaw.com/index.html
Bio page: www.bailesslaw.com/attoneys.html

Jared T. Moore (lawyer)
The Moore Law Firm, PLLC
62A High Street
Morgantown, West Virginia 26505
Voice: 304-358-2208
Fax: 304-358-3227
E-mail: jared.moore35@gmail.com
Website: www.moorelawfirmwv.com
Bio Page: http://www.moorelawfirmwv.com/About/Jared-T-Moore.shtml

Mark Moreland (lawyer)
Moreland & Moreland
P.O. Box 871
117 E. Washington Street
Lewisburg, West Virginia 24901
Voice: 304-793-4529
Fax: 304-793-4530
and
2518 Kanawha Boulevard
E. Charleston
West Virginia 25311
Voice: 304-344-5278
Fax: 304-344-5283
Email: mark@morelandfirm.com
Web page: morelandandmoreland.com
Bio page: morelandandmoreland.com/Staff.html

Richard E. Patrick (lawyer)
The Patrick Law Firm, PLLC
62 Waltz Lane
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425
Voice: 404-987-7401
Voice 2: 703-865-8699
Fax: 703-865-8729
Email: rpatrick@thepatricklawfirm.com

Sam Petsonk (lawyer)
Petsonk PLLC
PO Box 1045
Beckley, West Virginia 25901
Voice: 304-712-9858
Fax: 304-986-4633
Email: info@petsonk.com
Website: www.SquareJustice.com
Bio page: https://petsonk.com/about/

Tammy Bowles Raines (lawyer)
Tammy Bowles Raines Law Office, PLLC
227 Capitol Street, Suite 201
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-395-5925
Fax: 888-695-7453
Email: tbraineslaw@gmail.com
Web site: https://bowlesraineslaw.com/

J. Michael Ranson (lawyer)
Ranson Law Offices
PO Box 3589
Charleston West Virginia 25336
Voice: 304-345-1990
Email: JMR@Ransonlaw.com
Web site: andyswebtools.com/cgi-bin/p/awtp-home.cgi?d=ranson-law-offices
Bio page: andyswebtools.com/cgi-bin/p/awtp-broker.cgi?d=ranson-law-offices&id=1236

Christian J. Riddell (lawyer)
Stedman & Riddell PLLC
329 S. Queen
Martinsburg, West Virginia 26401
Voice: 304-267-3949
Fax: 304-267-5411
Email: stedmanriddell@gmail.com

F. Alex Risovich (lawyer)
Risovich Law Offices
3023 Pennsylvania Avenue
Weirton West Virginia 26062
Voice: 304-723-2588
Fax: 304-723-2504
Email: alex.risovich@risovichlaw.com

T. Nicole Saunders-Meske (Lawyer)
Saunders-Meske, PLLC (West Virginia)
Licensed in West Virginia, Florida, the District of Columbia, and the Supreme Court of the United States
P.O. Box 3040
129 E. German Street
C-104 Carriage House
Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443
Voice: 304-870-4342
Email: saundersmeskepllc@gmail.com
Web site: http://shepherdstownlaw.com/index.html
Bio Page: http://shepherdstownlaw.com/about.html

Robert J. Schiavoni (lawyer)
Hammer, Ferretti & Schiavoni
408 West King Street
Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401
Voice: 304-264-8505
Fax: 304-264-8506
Email: rschiavoni@hfslawyers.com
Web site: www.hfslawyers.com
Bio page: www.hfslawyers.com/attorney.schiavoni.htm

Paul Sheridan (lawyer)
429 McKinley Ave.
Charleston, West Virginia 25314
Voice: 304-543-6557
Fax: 304-558-0649
Email: paulsheridan99@yahoo.com

Lonnie Simmons (lawyer)
DiTrapano, Barrett, DiPiero, McGinley & Simmons, PLLC
604 Virginia Street, East
Charleston West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-342-0133
Fax: 304-342-4605
Email: Lonnie.simmons@dbdlawfirm.com
Web site: www.dbdlawfirm.com
Bio page: www.dbdlawfirm.com/attorneys/lonnie-simmons

Rodney A. Smith (lawyer)
Rod Smith Law PLLC
108 ½ Capitol St., Suite 300
Charleston, WV 25301
Voice: 304-342-0550
Fax: 304-344-5529
Email: rod@lawwv.com
Web site: www.LawWV.com

Harley O. Staggers, Jr. (lawyer)
Staggers & Staggers
PO Box 876
190 Center Street
Keyser, West Virginia 26726
Voice: 304-788-5749
Fax: 304-788-2976
Email: harleystaggers@frontier.com

Susan Thompson (lawyer)
P.O. Box 2000
Martinsburg West Virginia 25402
Voice: 304-820-2374
Fax: 877-706-1678
Email: Susan@myactionlegal.com
Web site: www.myactionlegal.com

Mark Toor (lawyer)
1210 Kanawha Blvd, East
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-380-2111
Fax: 888-419-1470
Email: mark@marktoor.com

Vincent Trivelli (lawyer)
Law Offices of Vincent Trivelli, PLLC
178 Chancery Row
Morgantown, West Virginia 26505
Voice: 304-291-5223
Fax: 304-291-2240
Email: Vincenttrivelli@gmail.com

William D. Turner, Esq. (lawyer)
Pyles & Turner, LLP
206 W. Randolph Street
Lewisburg, West Virginia  24901
Voice:
304-645-6400
Fax:
304-645-6419
Email: wturner@pylesturnerlaw.com

Harry P. Waddell (lawyer)
Waddell Law Offices
300 West Martin Street
Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401
Voice: 304-263-4988
Fax: 304-262-2498
Email: hwad50@aol.com

Robert B. Warner (lawyer)
Warner Law Offices
227 Capitol Street
PO Box 3327
Charleston West Virginia 25333
Voice: 304-345-6789
Fax: 304-344-4508
Email: BWarner@wvpersonalinjury.com

Stephen Brooks West II (lawyer)
West Law Office
227 Capitol Street
Charleston West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-343-9378
Fax: 304-205-0581
Email: brooks@wvpersonalinjurylawyer.com
Web site: http://www.wvpersonalinjurylawyer.com/
Bio page: http://www.wvpersonalinjurylawyer.com/attorney-profile/

Kristina Thomas Whiteaker (lawyer)
The Grubb Law Group
1114 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston West Virginia 25301
Voice: 304-345-3356
Fax: 304-345-3355
Email: kwhiteaker@grubblawgroup.com
Web site: www.grubblawgroup.com
Bio page: www.grubblawgroup.com/Bio/KristinaWhiteaker.asp

Nick Wininsky (lawyer)
Wininsky Law Offices
Pinebridge Commons, Suite 119
1580 McLaughlin Run Road
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  15241
Voice:  (412) 221-0528
Fax:  (412) 221-0529
Email: WininskyLaw@verizon.net

Steven S. Wolfe (lawyer)
Wolfe, White & Associates
PO Box 536
Logan, West Virginia 25601
Voice: 304-752-7715
Fax: 304-752-7710
Cell: 304-654-1382
Email: swolfe@wolfelawwv.com.com
Web site: www.WolfeLawWV.com