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Dean's Partners


Dean’s Partners recognizes those who have contributed a minimum of $5,000 total in one fiscal year or $10,000 total over a period of five fiscal years. Both can be based on cumulative gifts, including corporate matching gifts. The Dean’s Partners are honored at an annual gala.

New Dean's Partners 2018-19


  • Bailey & Glasser LLP
    In support of the Center for Consumer Law and Education

  • Bailey, Javins, & Carter, L.C.

  • Harry F. Bell, Jr. Class of 1980

  • G. David Brumfield ’72

  • Gordon H. Copland
    Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

  • Mr. William Craig ’80 and Mrs. Alice Craig

  • J. Lynn DeHaven ’72

  • Bradford J. Deitzler

  • In honor of our father, Ted Ghiz Sr. ’51
    by Ted Ghiz Jr. ’81 and Sarah Ghiz Korwan ’88

  • Hamilton, Burgess, Young & Pollard, P.L.L.C.
    In memory of Ralph C. Young, Jr.

  • Jessica A. Haught ’04 and Andrew N. Frye, III ’04

  • John S. Holy ’49 & Mary Josephine Woofter Holy

  • Jonathan R. Marshall ’07
    In support of the Center for Consumer Law and Education

  • Stuart L. May and Susan Striar May In support of the Veterans Advocacy Law Clinic

  • James and Susan McLaughlin

  • Wiliam J. O’Brien
    Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

  • Edward and Kimberly Pauley
    In support of the Clinical Law Program

  • W. Merton Prunty

  • Lawrence D. Rosenberg

  • United Mine Workers of America
    In support of the Veterans Advocacy Law Clinic
    Cecil E. Roberts, UMWA International President

  • James and Elizabeth Van Nostrand

  • William H. Withers Jr. and Marcia Johnson Withers

  • John D. Wooton
    Wooton Davis Hussell & Ellis
    In support of the Veterans Advocacy Law Clinic

New Dean's Partners 2017-18

  • C. Edward Amos, II
  • Charles R. “Chuck” Bailey
  • Bordas & Bordas, PLLC
    Consumer Settlement Fund
  • Myla W. Bowman
    In honor of Dean Gregory W. Bowman
  • Mary Roberta “Bobbie” Brandt, JD
  • Tom and Jane Coyle
  • Dr. Edward W. Crum
    In memory of Robin Loudenslager Crum ’94
  • Bobbie Webb Farley Greg ’87 and Cathy Gellner
    Gellner Law Offices
  • Gemondo McQuiggan LLP
  • The Giatras Law Firm, PLLC
  • William B. Maxwell, III
  • Michael Late Benedum Chapter of AAPL
    In support of the Veterans Advocacy Clinic
  • Wilson, Frame & Metheney, PLLC
  • WVU-MU Joint Consumer Project

New Dean’s Partners 2016-17

  • John P. Blanc
    Class of 2012 Memorial Scholarship
  • Pat and Jack Caffrey
    In memory of John P. Blanc ‘12
  • Robert E. Douglas
  • Ellen G. Goodwin
    In memory of Stephen P. Goodwin, JD ‘72
  • In Memory of
    The Honorable Sidney J. Kwass ’31 and Edna D. Kwass
    By Daughter, Kathy Kwass-Gross and Charles M. Gross, M.D.
  • Donald B. and Martha D. O’Dell
    Advocates for Mediation and Conciliation
  • Ben Salango
  • Lemotto Smith Trust
  • USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • The Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program
  • West Virginia Land Trust

New Dean’s Partners 2015-16

  • Gregory, Abigail, and Ethan Bowman
    Supporting Student Scholarships
  • Chauncey & Judy Browning III
    In Honor of Chauncey H. Browning Jr.
  • Casey & Chapman, PLLC
  • Establishment of a Fellowship at Legal Aid of WV
    In Memory of the Honorable Regina Lee Charon
  • Friends of J.R. Clifford
    West Virginia’s First African American Lawyer
  • Amy C. Crossan WVU Law 1996
  • Rob and Judy Fisher
  • Troy Giatras
    In Pursuit of Trial Excellence
  • Molliane Starcher Hamilton
  • Rich and Jennifer Hofmann
  • Vicki A. Moses
  • Amy Starcher Muchnok
  • Deborah D. Nikjeh
  • Michele Rusen
  • L. Victor Starcher, II

New Dean’s Partners (2014-15)

  • Mr. and Mrs. H. Raymond Andrews
  • Claudia and Norwood Bentley
  • Bill and Mary Booker
  • Brewer & Giggenbach, PLLC
  • Harry Deitzler
  • Dr. Gregory G. Elkins and Dr. Leann R. DiAndreth-Elkins
  • The Honorable Dr. and Mrs. David A. Faber
  • James J. and Helene Friedberg
  • Barbara B. Highland Charitable Lead Trust
  • Raymond R. Hyre Memorial Trust
  • Marilyn McClure-Demers
  • Law Office of Stephen New
  • Bill Pepper
  • Thomas Combs and Spann, PLLC
  • West Virginia Continuing Legal Education

New Dean’s Partners (2013-14)

  • Antero Resources Corporation
  • Atkinson & Polak, PLLC
  • Walt Auvil
  • W. Marston and Katharine B. Becker
  • BrickStreet Foundation, Inc
  • D. Michael Burke | Burke, Schultz, Harman & Jenkinson
  • Gretchen M. Callas in Honor of George and Viera Trapp
  • Vincent and Jane Cardi
  • Judge Russell M. Clawges, Jr.
  • Columbia Pipeline Group
  • Kevin and Amy Ellis
  • Kathy G. Beckett and David M. Flannery
  • William E. Galeota
  • Hamstead, Williams & Shook PLLC
  • Hendrickson & Long, PLLC
  • Jim Leach
  • Barbara Groves Mattox
  • Vaughn Miller
  • Mountain State Bar Association in Honor of 
  • Justice Franklin D. Cleckley
  • Robert P. Simons
  • Brian and Jessica Stolarik in Honor of Bryan Justice
  • Tiano O’Dell, PLLC
  • Trump & Trump, L.C.
  • Cynthia L. Turco
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