Meet Beth
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Beth Walker is running for the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia because West Virginians deserve a fair and impartial court system. As a lawyer, Beth understands the importance of the role of the Supreme Court as an independent branch of government.
Beth is a partner in the Charleston office of Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP. Since joining the firm seventeen years ago, she has concentrated her practice on labor and employment law. She has also served in firm management as a member of the firm's Executive Committee and as the firm's Human Resources chair.
Beth advises large and small employers in a wide variety of industries including manufacturing, energy, health care, financial services, professional services and associations and retail sales. She also frequently represents higher education entities, municipalities, counties and boards of education in the public sector.
The excellence of Beth's skills as a lawyer have been recognized by her being included in Best Lawyers in America, published by Woodward/White. She is also listed in America's Leading Lawyers for Business, published by Chambers USA.
A 1987 summa cum laude graduate of Hillsdale College, Beth earned her law degree in 1990 from The Ohio State University, where she was Articles Editor for The Ohio State Law Journal. She currently serves on the Alumni Executive Board of Hillsdale College.
Beth is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Sixth Circuits, District Courts in West Virginia and Ohio and the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
In 1999, Beth was selected to participate in Leadership West Virginia and now serves on that organization's Board of Directors. She is a past president of the board of Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center and currently serves as Vice Chair of the board of directors of Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council. Beth is vice chair of the Human Resources Committee for the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
Beth is married to Mike Walker, Executive Vice President of Cecil I. Walker Machinery Co., a family-owned company that distributes construction equipment. They reside in South Charleston.
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