PERSONNEL FILE: Two associates join Bowles Rice

SOUTHPOINTE, Pa. - Attorneys Alaina R. Hill and G. Elisa Mari have joined the Southpointe office of regional law firm Bowles Rice LLP.

Both Hill and Mari will serve as associates and practice in the areas of energy, oil and natural gas, and real estate.

Prior to joining Bowles Rice, Hill and Mari were associates in a Canonsburg, Pennsylvania law firm, where they conducted title examinations, in addition to preparing and reviewing title opinions covering lands and oil and gas properties in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Hill received her law degree in 2011 from the Duquesne University School of Law in Pittsburgh. She earned a bachelor of science degree with a double major in marketing management and Spanish at Grove City College (Pa.). She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, as well as before the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Mari earned her law degree in 2010 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She received her bachelor of arts degree in political science at Bryn Mawr College (Pa.). She is admitted to practice in the states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and New Jersey, and before the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the Southern District of West Virginia and New Jersey.

Bowles Rice is a regional law firm with more than 135 attorneys and eight regional offices located in Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown, Moundsville and Parkersburg; Southpointe, Pa.; Lexington, Ky.; and Winchester, Va.