Bowles Rice LLP

41 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Biography

Emily Lambright focuses her practice on federal taxation, employee benefits and qualified retirement plans, estate and gift tax planning, and tax-exempt organizations and nonprofit law. She is a certified public accountant.

Emily represents individuals and businesses by counseling them on income and estate tax issues, business succession planning, entity formation and selection, and transactional tax matters. She also provides guidance on benefits matters and executive compensation to clients.

She received her law degree in 2009 from the West Virginia University College of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court’s National Team and a recipient of the Order of the Barristers. Emily earned her bachelor’s degree and a master’s in business administration degree (MBA) from WVU.

Bowles Rice LLP

41 Best Lawyers awards

Bowles Rice LLP logo

Overview

  • West Virginia University, J.D., graduated 2009
  • West Virginia State University, M.B.A, graduated 1999
  • West Virginia University, B.A., Anthropology and Sociology, graduated 1998

  • West Virginia, The West Virginia State Bar

  • Kentucky Bar Association - Member
  • West Virginia Society of CPAs - Member
  • West Virginia Pensions Oversight Board - Board of Directors
  • Charleston Estate Planning Council - Member
  • West Virginia Tax Institute - President
  • Taxation Committee, West Virginia Society of CPAs - Vice Chair
  • Tax Committee, West Virginia State Bar - Member

  • Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
  • Kentucky Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
  • West Virginia, The West Virginia State Bar
  • Kentucky Bar Association - Member
  • West Virginia Society of CPAs - Member
  • West Virginia Pensions Oversight Board - Board of Directors
  • Charleston Estate Planning Council - Member
  • West Virginia Tax Institute - President
  • Taxation Committee, West Virginia Society of CPAs - Vice Chair
  • Tax Committee, West Virginia State Bar - Member
  • West Virginia University, J.D., graduated 2009
  • West Virginia State University, M.B.A, graduated 1999
  • West Virginia University, B.A., Anthropology and Sociology, graduated 1998
  • Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
  • Kentucky Supreme Court
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America from 2022-2023 for work in:
  • Tax Law - 2023
  • Tax Law - 2022

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