Bowles Rice LLP has been recognized nationally and regionally in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms® by Best Lawyers®. Firms included in the 2024 Best Law Firms® list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers.
The firm received one national ranking for its work in Mining Law and 56 regional rankings in West Virginia and Pennsylvania for work across 41 practice areas.
Best Law Firms® divides West Virginia into two geographic or “metropolitan” areas. The Charleston Metropolitan Area encompasses the southern part of the state and includes the Bowles Rice offices in Charleston and Parkersburg, West Virginia. The Morgantown Metropolitan Area covers the northern part of the state, including the firm’s offices in Morgantown and Martinsburg, West Virginia. Our Southpointe office in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania is included in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area.
For 2024, Bowles Rice received regional recognition in the following areas of law:
CHARLESTON METROPOLITAN AREA(Southern West Virginia region, including Parkersburg)
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Construction Law
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Education Law
- Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Energy Law
- Energy Regulatory Law
- Environmental Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation – Banking & Finance
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Environmental
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Real Estate
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Mining Law
- Natural Resources Law
- Oil & Gas Law
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
- Employment Law - Management
- Energy Law
- Health Care Law
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation – Construction
- Litigation – Insurance
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Litigation – Tax
- Litigation – Trusts & Estates
- Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Nonprofit / Charities Law
- Real Estate Law
- Tax Law
- Trusts & Estates Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Construction Law
- Litigation – Construction