Lawyer Profile

Robert L. Bays

Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP

Website for Robert L. Bays

United Square, Fifth Floor
501 Avery Street
P.O. Box 49
Parkersburg, WV 26102
Phone: 304-485-8500
Firm Website: http://www.bowlesrice.com

Listed in Best Lawyers since 2010.

Practice Areas

  • Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law

Case History

  • DOH v Short —   Short owned a restaurant not touched by the construction of the new Route 50 in Wood County WV. An inverse condemnation suit was filed with the issues being access and a  change in the highest and best use. DOH offered no dollars. Jury verdict with pre-judgment interest  exceeds 960,000 and attorney fee award will make total recovery in excess of 1.2 million. Similar commercial neighbor to Short went to verdict and received nothing.

Education

  • Miami University (BA) (1973)
  • The Ohio State University (J.D.) (1976)