Charles F. "Chazz" Printz, Jr.

Charles F. "Chazz" Printz, Jr.


Bowles Rice LLP

Recognized since 2007

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Practice Areas

Bet-the-Company Litigation

Commercial Litigation

Employment Law - Management

Labor Law - Management

Litigation - Construction

Litigation - Labor and Employment

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Charles F. Printz, Jr., is a partner in the Martinsburg office of Bowles Rice. He is a former leader of the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee. He is also a member of the firm’s Financial Services Litigation Team. He concentrates his practice in all aspects of civil litigation, including business litigation, commercial disputes, employer liability, employment law, condemnation and wrongful death/personal injury. He has tried more than 80 jury trials to verdict.

Mr. Printz is a permanent member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, and serves on the Law and Medicine Committee of the West Virginia State Bar and the Employment Law Subcommittee of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. He was a member of the American Inns of Court (Master of the Bench) and the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (member of the Board of Governors 1980-1985), and is currently a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia and the West Virginia State Bar.

He earned his bachelor of arts degree in 1972 from the University of Virginia and his law degree in 1975 from West Virginia University College of Law where he served as lead articles editor for the West Virginia Law Review (1974-1975). He is admitted to practice in West Virginia and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

In 2006, Mr. Printz served as a member of the United States Magistrate Judge Selection Panel for the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and on the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Judicial Nominations for the 23rd Judicial Circuit. He has been named one of The Best Lawyers in America in West Virginia in the areas of commercial litigation, labor and employment law, and bet-the company litigation, and he has been listed in Super Lawyers in the area of business litigation.

In 2008, he was named a West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow. Mr. Printz was named Best Lawyers’ Lawyer of the Year in the northern West Virginia region for Bet-the-Company Litigation (2013) and Litigation - Construction (2014). He has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Construction and Litigation - Labor and Employment. He has also been named among “Leaders in their Field” by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Commercial Litigation

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Location
  • 101 South Queen Street
    Martinsburg, WV 25401
Education
  • West Virginia University, J.D., graduated 1975
  • University of Virginia, BA, graduated 1972
Bar Admissions
  • West Virginia, The West Virginia State Bar

Bowles Rice LLP
Headquarters: Charleston, West Virginia

39 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

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Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Construction, Morgantown (2024)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Morgantown (2022)
  • Litigation - Construction, Morgantown (2021)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Morgantown (2020)
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment, Morgantown (2019)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Morgantown (2016)
  • Litigation - Construction, Morgantown (2014)
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, Morgantown (2013)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Special Focus:
  • Employment
  • Management
Awards:
  • Named Best Lawyers’ 2014 Litigation - Construction Lawyer of the Year in the northern West Virginia region
  • Named Best Lawyers’ 2013 Bet-the-Company Litigation Lawyer of the Year in the northern West Virginia region
  • Named to Best Lawyers in America (Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Construction and Litigation - Labor and Employment)
  • Listed among “Leaders in the Field” in Commercial Litigation by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business

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