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Charles F. Printz, Jr.

Bowles Rice LLP
  • Recognized Since:
    2007
  • Recognized in:
    Bet-the-Company Litigation
    Commercial Litigation...
  • Law School:
    West Virginia University
  • Website:
    http://www.bowlesrice.com
  • Firm's Phone Number:
    (304) 263.0836
  • Location:
    101 South Queen Street
    Martinsburg, WV 25401
"Chazz Printz is the best attorney in the State of West Virginia."
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Lawyer Bio

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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Education:

  • West Virginia University, J.D., graduated 1975
  • University of Virginia, BA, graduated 1972

Bar Admissions:

  • West Virginia, The West Virginia State Bar

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • 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 for work in:

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law - Management
  • Labor Law - Management
  • Litigation - Construction
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
 

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

Areas of Expertise:

  • Employment
  • Management
 

Lawyer Client Comments

"Chazz Printz is the best attorney in the State of West Virginia."

Firm Details

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Bowles Rice LLP
http://www.bowlesrice.com
 
Headquarters
600 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25301
(304) 347.1100
7 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Canonsburg, PA

Southpointe Town Center, Suite 200

1800 Main Street

Canonsburg, PA 15317

United States

(724) 514.8915

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Virginia

Virginia

Winchester, VA

480 West Jubal Early Drive, Suite 130

Winchester, VA 22601

United States

(540) 723.8877

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West Virginia

West Virginia

Martinsburg, WV

101 South Queen Street

Martinsburg, WV 25401

United States

(304) 263.0836

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Morgantown, WV

University Town Center, Suite 400

125 Granville Square

Morgantown, WV 26501

United States

(304) 285.2500

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Parkersburg, WV

United Square, Fifth Floor

501 Avery Street

Parkersburg, WV 26101

United States

(304) 485.8500

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Wheeling, WV

1217 Chapline Street

Wheeling, WV 26003

United States

(304) 230.1800

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Lawyer Case History

State ex rel. City of Martinsburg v. Sanders, 219 W.Va. 228, 632 S.E.2d 914, 2006 WL 1806135, W.Va., June 29, 2006 (No. 32868.)

 (political subdivision has immunity against awards of medical monitoring damages based on common law tort theories)

Desmond v. PNGI, 630 F.3d 351 (4th Cir. 2011)

(unpaid 50% overtime premium held to apply to racing officials in mistaken exemption classification case)

Wilson v. Wilson, 227 W.Va. 157, 706 S.E.2d 354, 35475 (W. Va. 2010)

 (real estate company owned by husband and wife had personal goodwill not subject to equitable distribution; testimony of expert witnesses is not exclusive; profits of a business that are based upon future contingencies or obligations are subject to equitable distribution upon dissolution of a marriage, but only that portion of the profits for work done during the marriage)

Proctor v. 7-Eleven, 180 Fed.Appx. 453, 2006 WL 1373177, C.A.4 (W.Va.), May 18, 2006 (No.05-1598) (CA-02-21-3)

(property owners may not receive temporary diminution of value damages for real estate where restoration from underground contamination at the defendant’s cost will restore value)
 
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