Bailey, Riley, Buch & Harman, L.C.
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Christopher P. Riley
Bailey, Riley, Buch & Harman, LC
Riley Bldg
Suite 900
PO Box 631
14th & Chapline Sts
Wheeling, WV 26003-0081
  		 
Communication Center  
Phone: (304) 232-6675
E-mail: cpriley@brbhlaw.com
Fax: (304) 232-9897
Web site: http://www.brbhlaw.com

Position Litigation Percentage Bar Admissions
Education Honors Published Works
Affiliations References Representative Clients
Representative Cases

Christopher Paull Riley's practice centers on employment law and civil litigation.  He is a published author, having written "Survey of Developments in the Law of Domestic Relations," in the 1983-1984 edition of the West Virginia Law Review.  Mr. Riley is admitted to practice in the courts of West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  

During law school, he was Lead Articles Editor of the West Virginia Law Review, graduating in 1985 as a member of the Order of the Coif.  He also graduated from Tufts University magna cum laude.   

Mr. Riley has acted as the Ohio County Ballot Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner of Forfeited and Delinquent Lands for Ohio County, and the Commissioner of the West Virginia Library Commission.  Since 1991, he has served the community as a Trustee of the Wheeling Symphony Fund.  Additionally, he has contributed to the local legal community as a member of the District 1 Character Committee of the West Virginia State Bar since 1999.  

Mr. Riley has been a member of the Ohio County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations, and is active as a member of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the ABA.  He also belongs to the National Association of College and University Attorneys. 

Current Employment Position(s):
Partner, since 1988
Year Joined Organization:
1985
Litigation Percentage:
25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
West Virginia, 1985
U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia, 1985
U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1985
U.S. Federal Court, 1985
U.S. Supreme Court, 1990
Education:
West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia

Published Works:
Survey of Developments in the Law of Domestic Relations West Virginia Law Review 86 West Virginia Law Review 551, 1983-1984
Representative Cases:
U.S. v. Bledsoe, 898 F.2d 430 (C.A.4 (W.Va.) 1990)
 
Richards v. United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Fund, 895 F.2d 133 (C.A.4 (W.Va.) 1990)
Representative Clients:
Aladdin Food Management Services, Inc.
Chas. M. Sledd Company
National Church Supply Company, Inc.
Northern Panhandle Behavioral Health Center, Inc.
References:
Wheeling Dollar Bank
United National Bank North
Honors and Awards:
Lead Articles Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1984-1985
 
Order of the Coif, West Virginia University Chapter, 1985
Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, 1985 - 1990
 
West Virginia Bar Association, 1985 - 1990
 
West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1989 - 1990
 
Ohio County Bar Association, 1985 - 1990
 
Children's Home of Wheeling, Inc., 1987 - 1991
 
Ohio County Ballot Commissioner, Dem., 1985 - Present
 
Deputy Commissioner of Forfeited and Delinquent Lands, 1990 - Present
Languages:
German
Birth Information:
April 7, 1959, Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America

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