Karen Speidel Rodgers

 Attorney
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Karen Speidel Rodgers represents the firm’s clients in the area of commercial litigation. Her primary focus is on research and writing, including dispositive and other motions and supporting memoranda of law, preparing appellate briefs submitted to The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Education

University of Sheffield
Sheffield, England
M.A. Socio-Legal Studies

West Virginia University College of Law
Morgantown, West Virginia
J.D. Degree
Order of Coif
Member, Law Review

Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana
B.S. Education, English major

Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.

Practice Areas
  • Commercial
    • Consumer Protection Law
  • Litigation
    • Commercial
Experience

Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC
Charleston, West Virginia

Betts Hardy & Rodgers, PLLC
Charleston, West Virginia

Kanawha County Board of Education
Charleston, West Virginia
Contract Hearing Officer, student discipline

Kay Casto & Chaney
Charleston, West Virginia

Jackson & Kelly
Charleston, West Virginia

United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia
Law Clerk to the Honorable John T. Copenhaver, Jr.

Office of Legislative Services
State of West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia

Involvement

  • Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
    Member

    Marmet Hospital for Crippled Children, Inc.
    Charleston, West Virginia
    Board member

    Young Life of Kanawha Valley
    Charleston, West Virginia
    Board member

    The West Virginia State Bar
    Charleston, West Virginia
    Elections Committee

    Great Commission Fellowship
    Charleston, West Virginia
    Governing Board Member
    Governing Board Secretary
    Superintendent of Christian Education
    Trustee