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Attorney Profiles

Michelle L. Bechtel 
Morgantown, West Virginia
Shareholder
phone (304) 291-6300
fax (304) 291-6307
email Email Me

Year Joined Organization:
2003
Areas of Practice:
Administrative Law
Business & Commercial Law
Business Organizations
Estate Planning
Family Law
Probate & Estate Administration
Real Estate Litigation
Social Security -- Disability
Taxation Law
Bar Admissions:
West Virginia, 2001
U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 2001
U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 2003
U.S. Tax Court, 2006
Education:
West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, 2001
J.D.


West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1998
B.S. Accounting
Honors: Magna Cum Laude


Representative Cases:
Mt. State Bit Service, Inc. v. West Virginia State Tax Department, 217 W. Va.141 (  2005)
Honors and Awards:
West Virginia Rising Star Business/Corporate, Estate Planning & Probate, and Tax


Professional Associations and Memberships:
West Virginia State Bar


West Virginia Bar Association


Monongalia County Bar Association


National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives (NOSSR)


United Way of Monongalia & Preston Counties, 2006 - Present
Finance and Sterring Committees


Member of St. Francis de Sales Central Catholic School Board


Chairman of the St. Francis de Sales Central Catholic School Finance Committee


Past Employment Positions:
Judicial Law Clerk, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals- 15th Circuit, The Honorables John Lewis Marks, Jr., Thomas A. Bedell and James A. Matish, 2001 - 2003