Charleston, W.Va. (April 4, 2017) – Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC is pleased to announce that Teresa J. Dumire has been elected to the firm’s management committee for a three-year term.
Dumire joined Kay Casto & Chaney in August of 2001 and serves as the managing member of the firm’s Morgantown office. Her full-time practice encompasses all areas of civil litigation with concentrations in construction law and insurance defense.
“We are very pleased to have Teresa take on this new leadership role,” said Michael T. Chaney, who served as a member of the firm’s management committee for more than 20 years. “Teresa has done an exceptional job managing our Morgantown office, which makes her an ideal candidate to take on firm-wide responsibilities.”
Dumire joins members Craig M. Kay and Jonathan Nicol on the firm’s management committee.
A graduate of West Virginia University and the West Virginia University College of Law, Dumire is a member of the Defense Research Institute, a member of the Board of Governors for the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, and a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel. Dumire is a member of the Monongalia County Bar Association and a former member of the Board of Governors of the West Virginia State Bar. Dumire is slated to become a Fellow of the West Virginia Bar Foundation at a ceremony in late April. Dumire is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (2015), and a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America (2017). She is a graduate of both Leadership Monongalia and Leadership West Virginia.
Among her legal achievements, Dumire has earned the highest attainable “A-V” rating from Martindale-Hubbell. She has been listed among The Best Lawyers in America since 2011 (Litigation-Construction; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants) and was named “Lawyer of the Year” for her work in the area of Insurance Law (Morgantown). Similarly, Dumire has been listed as a “West Virginia Super Lawyer” since 2008. Chambers and Partners’ America’s Leading Lawyers for Business recently recognized Dumire for her work in the field of litigation.
Dumire lives in Morgantown with her husband of 21 years, Bill, and their 17-month old daughter, Alexandra.
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