Bowles Rice LLP
Law PracticeWest Virginia, United States201-500 Employees
Bowles Rice is a professional service organization, contributing to the success of our clients and the vitality of our communities through advocacy, counsel, leadership, and service. Our firm was founded in Charleston, West Virginia, in 1920 by three lawyers engaged in the general practice of law. Through success, expansion, and merger, we have grown to become a full-service law firm with more than 100 attorneys serving clients in West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kentucky—and throughout the nation—from six strategically located, regional offices. We are committed to quality and professionalism in all that we do. Our firm has earned the highest AV peer-review ranking from Martindale-Hubbell, long considered the authoritative resource in the legal profession. U.S. News & World Report, in its 2019 Best Law Firms publication, ranks Bowles Rice as "First Tier" in 40 different areas of law in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Chambers and Partners, a well-respected global peer-ranking organization, lists Bowles Rice among its "Top Ranked" law firms and noted in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA, "Happy clients highlight their satisfaction with the team, saying ‘This is the best firm I have ever dealt with.’" The 2019 roster of The Best Lawyers in America® includes 40 Bowles Rice attorneys.