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Anne D. HarmanShareholder, Since 1996Year Joined Organization: 1989 Practice Areas Civil Litigation; Toxic Tort; General Practice 304-232-6675
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BiographyAnne Dieckmann Harman is a member of the firm and now serves as its managing member.Ms. Harman was born in New Martinsville, West Virginia, and graduated from Magnolia High School in 1981. She attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with an emphasis in Marketing. Ms. Harman then attended The West Virginia University College of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Board, and served on the International Law Moot Court Team for competitions. She served as a summer law clerk for the West Virginia State Tax Department, Appeals Division, in Charleston, West Virginia, and then as a summer law clerk with the law firm of Byrum & Bailey in Wheeling, West Virginia. Ms. Harman was admitted to the practice of law in West Virginia in September 1989, having been a part of the first graduating class of the WVU College of Law to take the bar examination pursuant to the newly enacted requirements to practice law in West Virginia. She became an associate with the law firm of Byrum, Bailey & Riley in Wheeling, West Virginia, where she undertook a general practice of law. Ms. Harman is admitted to practice in state and federal courts, including the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1990, Ms. Harman became licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in both state and federal district courts there. In 1995, she became licensed to practice law in the state of Ohio. In 1993, the law firms of Bailey & Riley and Riley & Riley merged, becoming Bailey & Riley, L.C. Ms. Harman became a member of the firm in 1996, which then changed its name to Bailey, Riley, Buch & Harman, L.C. Ms. Harman focuses her practice on the representation of businesses and companies, often in the areas of toxic tort civil litigation and regularly involving asbestos and benzene defense work. She represents a range of large and small companies, including those connected to the steel, power and chemical industries in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
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| U.S. District Courts Northern & Southern Districts of West Virginia | |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit |
• Pennsylvania, 1990
| U.S. District Courts Eastern & Western Districts of Pennsylvania |
• Ohio, 1995
Professional Associations and Memberships
• Ohio County Bar Association
• West Virginia Bar Association
• West Virginia State Bar Association, serves on Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection
Committee
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
Education
• Magnolia High School, New Martinsville, WV
High School Diploma, National
Honor Society
• Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Bachelor
of Business Administration
• West Virginia University College of Law:
Juris Doctor
Community
• West Virginia Northern Community College Board of Governors
2000-2010, serves as Secretary and Executive Board Member
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upper Ohio Valley
• The United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley Allocation Panel
• Christ United Methodist Church Finance Committee
• The Junior League of Wheeling
• Wheeling Symphony Auxilary
• Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity
• Victorian Wheeling Society
• Housing Task Force
Other Information
Ms. Harman resides in Wheeling, West Virginia, with her daughter, a student
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