Below
is a list attorneys who practice bankruptcy law in the State of West
Virginia. Their education, location of there practice and phone numbers
are included.
|
Paul
Atkins*
|
Buffalo,
WV
|
|
John
B. Brooks
|
Morgantown,
WV
|
|
Robert
H. Carlton
|
Williamson,
WV
|
|
Shari
L. Collias
|
Charleston,
WV
|
|
Christopher
J. Plybon
|
Huntington,
WV
|
|
Daniel
Tomassetti
|
Wheeling,
WV
|
|
Michele
Tysiak*
|
Charleston,
WV
|
|
Types
of Bankruptcy (Business, Consumer and Municipal)
|
- Chapter 7 - Can be filed by individuals, partnerships and corporations. The most common type of bankruptcy filing
- Chapter
9 - Adjustment of debts of a municipality
- Chapter 11 - Filed by large and small businesses. Individuals filing Chapter 11, are involved in business in some capacity, either as sole proprietors, or as principals of a corporation or partnership
- Chapter
12 - Adjustment of debts of a family farmer or fisherman
- Chapter
13 - Available for individuals only, no corporations
or partnerships may file
- Chapter
15 - Bankruptcy, reorganization and insolvency
cases that have assets, debtors, creditors, and other
interested parties in multiple countries
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Attorney
Name - Education, Address and Practice
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| Name:
| Paul
Atkins* | Education: | Undergraduate
School: Unknown Law School: West Virginia University College of
Law - Morgantown, West Virginia | Address: | Atkins
Law Offices 100 River Vista Drive Buffalo, WV 25033 Telephone: (304)
937-4919 Fax: (304) 937-4919 | Practice: |
Putnam County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Creditors Rights West
Virginia State Bar - Admitted 1975
|
|
|
Name
|
John
B. Brooks |
Education: |
Undergraduate School: Unknown
Law School: University of West Virginia College of Law
- Morgantown, West Virginia |
Address: |
Law
Offices of John B. Brooks
1056 B Maple Drive
Morgantown, WV 26505
Telephone: (304) 599-5959
Fax: (304) 777-4747 |
Practice: |
Monongalia County
Chapter 7 and Chapter 13
West Virginia State Bar - Admitted 1997
|
|
Name
|
Robert
H. Carlton |
Education: |
Undergraduate School: West Virginia University - Morgantown,
West Virginia
Law School: O.W. Coburn School of Law at Oral Roberts University
- Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Address: |
Robert
H. Carlton
Attorney At Law
19 East Fifth Avenue
Williamson, WV 25661
Telephone: (304) 235-7777
Fax: (304) 235-4663 |
Practice: |
Mingo County
Chapter 7, 11,13, and foreclosure
Kentucky State Bar - Active member / Date of admission unknown
West Virginia State Bar - Admitted 1986
|
|
Name
|
Shari
L. Collias |
Education: |
Undergraduate School: Unknown
Law School: University of West Virginia College of Law
- Morgantown, West Virginia |
Address: |
Shari
L. Collias
Attorney At Law
122 Capitol Street
Suite 300
Charleston, WV 25301
Telephone: (304) 344-3653
Fax: (304) 345-3083 |
Practice: |
Kanawha County
Chapter 7 and Chapter 13
West Virginia State Bar - Admitted 1988
|
|
Name
|
Christopher
J. Plybon |
Education: |
Undergraduate School: Vanderbilt University - Nashville,
Tennessee
Law School: Ohio State University College of Law - Columbus,
Ohio |
Address: |
Huddleston
Bolen Law Firm
Christopher J. Plybon
611 Third Avenue
Huntington, WV 25701
Telephone: (304) 691-8324
Fax: (304) 522-4312 |
Practice: |
Counties of Cabell and Wayne
West Virginia State Bar - Admitted 1983
Ohio State Bar - Admitted 1983
|
| Name:
| Daniel
Tomassetti | Education: | Undergraduate
School: Wheeling Jesuit College - Wheeling, West Virginia Law School:
University of Tulsa College of Law - Tulsa, Oklahoma | Address: | Bailey
& Wyant Daniel A. Tomassetti, Attorney at Law 1219 Chapline Street Wheeling,
WV 26003 Telephone: (304) 233-3100 Fax: (304) 233-0201 | Practice: |
Marshall and Ohio Counties West Virginia State Bar - Admitted 1986, Ohio
State Bar - Admitted 1992
|
| Name:
| Michele
Tysiak* | Education: | Undergraduate
School: Grove City College - Grove City, Pennsylvania Master Degree:
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Law School: West
Virginia University College of Law - Morgantown, West Virginia | Address: | Bailey
& Glasser Michele M. Tysiak, Attorney at Law 209 Capitol Street Charleston,
WV 25301 Phone: (304) 345-6555 Fax: (304) 342-1110 | Practice: |
Kanawha County Bankruptcy Specialist* - Certified in Business Bankruptcy New
York State Bar - Admitted 2001 West Virginia State Bar - Admitted 2006
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Bankruptcy
Specialist*
Attorneys
listed with an asterisk* (Paul Atkins and Michele Tysiak)
are specialists in certain areas of bankruptcy law and are certified
by the American Board of Certification (ABC), located in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa and sponsored by the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Commercial
Law League of America. The three areas of certification include the
following; Creditors' Rights, Business Bankruptcy and Consumer Bankruptcy. For
more information on this subject, please visit the Bankruptcy
Specialist section on the web site.

Content
written by Jack
Garchar
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