Managing Member
CurrentExperience encompasses the following areas of practice: state and local government, business, land use planning and administrative law centering on economic and community development.Representative Experience• Drafting and promoting legislation and administrative rules before the West Virginia Legislature and Executive Branch• Negotiating business site locations and expansions involving incentive application, property acquisition, tax and land use planning issues• Representing diverse mix of business clients during formation, sale, purchase, merger and dissolution activities• Establishing United States operating entities for international clients and facilitating foreign trade zone establishment and use• Representing business clients on state and local tax issues including business and occupation, sales, service, valuation, assessment and credits• Drafting and promoting The Marcellus Development Act• Drafting, reviewing and providing commentary on Marcellus Shale legislation, regulation and rulesI am admitted to West Virginia State Bar, Administrative and Legislative Law Committee (1993-2000); United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia; and the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
