Bowles Rice LLP

Headquarters: Charleston, WV
Headquarters: Charleston, WV
PRACTICE AREAS: 50
THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® AWARDS: 41
BEST LAWYERS: ONES TO WATCH® IN AMERICA AWARDS: 14
BEST LAW FIRMS® AWARDS: 109

Firm Details

Our firm was founded in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1920 by three lawyers engaged in the general practice of law. Through success, expansion and merger, we have grown to become a full-service law firm with more than 100 attorneys serving clients in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Virginia – and throughout the nation – from six strategically located, regional offices.

Five of Bowles Rice’s six offices are located in West Virginia: in Charleston (West Virginia's capital city); Morgantown (home to West Virginia University); Parkersburg (on the West Virginia-Ohio border); and Martinsburg (located less than an hour's drive from Washington, DC as well as the borders of Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania).The firm’s office in southwestern Pennsylvania is located in the Southpointe commercial complex in Washington County, less than 30 minutes from Pittsburgh. Bowles Rice also has an office in Winchester, Virginia, the county seat of Frederick County.

As a full-service firm committed to meeting the needs of our clients, Bowles Rice offers a wide range of legal services, including corporate and commercial law and litigation; mergers and acquisitions; labor and employment law; federal, state and local tax law; government relations; employee benefits, executive compensation and employee benefits; environmental and regulatory law; municipal bonds and public finance; bankruptcy and creditors' rights; and insurance defense.

We provide legal services and dispute resolution to clients in such key industry groups as banking and financial services; energy and natural resources (oil and natural gas, coal and alternative energy); manufacturing; chemical; construction; education; health care; commercial real estate development and hospitality, gaming and hospitality/tourism.

Bowles Rice attorneys are active leaders in the business community, as well as charitable, educational, civic and community organizations throughout our region. We are a member and the West Virginia representative of the Network of Trial Law Firms.


PRACTICE AREAS: 50
THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA® AWARDS: 41
BEST LAWYERS: ONES TO WATCH® IN AMERICA AWARDS: 14
BEST LAW FIRMS® AWARDS: 109
Managing Partner
Litigation
304-347-1768
Tax
304-264-4232
Real Estate
304-264-4231
Municipal Bonds & Public Finance
304-347-2117
Labor and Employment
724-514-8940
Labor and Employment
304-285-2524
Health Care Law
(304) 285-2516
Government Relations
304-347-1136
Education Law
304-285-2504
Banking and Financial Services
304-347-1123
Product Liability Litigation
304-347-1110
Oil & Gas Law
304-285-2531
Insurance Defense
304-420-5501
Energy
724-514-8933
Managing Partner
Litigation
304-347-1768
Tax
304-264-4232
Real Estate
304-264-4231
Municipal Bonds & Public Finance
304-347-2117
Labor and Employment
724-514-8940
Labor and Employment
304-285-2524
Health Care Law
(304) 285-2516
Government Relations
304-347-1136
Education Law
304-285-2504
Banking and Financial Services
304-347-1123
Product Liability Litigation
304-347-1110
Oil & Gas Law
304-285-2531
Insurance Defense
304-420-5501
Energy
724-514-8933
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Awards & Focus

Top Listed state Awards
  • Top Listed in West Virginia in Commercial Litigation with 4 lawyers
Top Listed city Awards
  • Top Listed in Charleston in Corporate Law with 7 lawyers

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