Lawyers & Leaders
Awards Reception
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JENNIFER JETT PREZKOP
WVU COLLEGE OF LAW
2018 AWARDS
The choice of law as a career is one based on many
considerations. Excelling in a field in which the practitioners
are charged with upholding state and federal laws to ensure a
safe and just society is a lifelong undertaking that requires a
commitment to education. It is a path for the driven, for
those who seek to be challenged on a daily basis. It is for the
intelligent, the open-minded and the passionate. It is for those
who will not be content if they cannot use their time and
talents to make a difference in the lives of others.
To honor those in the legal field who either graduated
from West Virginia University (WVU) College of Law or now
work in West Virginia and go above and beyond in their prac-
tices, West Virginia Executive magazine partnered with the
WVU College of Law in 2017 to create a legal-specific awards
program called Lawyers & Leaders. On August 16, 2018, the
honorees of the program’s second class were recognized for
their commitment to the law profession and the communities
they serve.
The Lawyers & Leaders Class of 2018 is made up of 13 hon-
orees: Katherine Garvey, director of the Land Use & Sustainable
Development Law Clinic at WVU College of Law; Cheryl
Henderson, owner and attorney at Henderson, Henderson &
Staples, LC; Karen Miller, attorney at Miller & Amos; William
Ihlenfeld, managing partner at Bailey & Glasser LLP; Allan
Karlin, founder and attorney at Allan N. Karlin & Associates;
Stephen New, founder and attorney at New Law Office; Tera
Salango, attorney at Preston & Salango, PLLC; the Honorable
Fred Stamp, U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of
West Virginia; Joseph Wallace, co-owner and attorney at
Wallace Law Offices; Taunja Willis Miller, counsel at Jackson
Kelly PLLC; Bobby Warner, owner and attorney at Warner Law
Offices; and WVU College of Law Class of 2018 graduates
Chase Farmer and Rebecca Trump.
The reception, held at WVU College of Law, was sponsored
by Frost Brown Todd LLC; Bailey & Wyant, PLLC; Shaffer
& Shaffer PLLC; and Dinsmore & Shohl LLP. The honorees
and their families, friends and co-workers joined other industry
professionals for an evening of celebration and networking.
Nominations for the Lawyers & Leaders Class of 2019 are
due May 1, 2019. To submit a nomination, visit www.wvex-
ecutive.com/lawyers-leaders.
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