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ROBINSON &
McELWEE PLLC
Mr. George's practice involves environmental law, occupational health and safety law, public utility law, alcohol beverage law, legalized gaming law and regulation, and government relations and includes work before administrative agencies, civil litigation in federal and state courts and representation of clients in federal and state legislative matters.
Education Credentials
- St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire
- B.A., M.A., Law, with Honors, Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1990
Summary of Experience
- Chairman, Robinson & McElwee Government Relations Department
- Representation and counseling of clients regarding federal and state statutory and regulatory environmental issues, including solid and hazardous waste and air permitting.
- Representation and counseling of clients regarding federal and state occupational health and safety issues.
- Representation of clients before the West Virginia Public Service Commission.
- Civil litigation including Superfund defense, defense of clients in commercial and contract disputes.
- Drafting environmental agreements and lease and contract clauses.
- Representation and counseling of clients in rule making and federal legislative matters.
- Drafting legislation and regulations.
- Representation and counseling of clients at the federal and state levels on Alcohol Beverage law matters, including regulatory issues, government relations, administrative procedures, licensing and transactions, and First Amendment issues.
- Representation and counseling of clients regarding legalized gaming law and regulations.
Bar and Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Professional Affiliations
- West Virginia State Bar
- West Virginia Bar Association
- Kanawha County Bar Association
- United States Supreme Court Historical Society
- Saint Thomas More Catholic Lawyers Society
Publications & Presentations
Contributor, "West Virginia Manual of Environmental Law," 2d Ed. 1994.
Community Involvement
- Board Member, Thomas Hospital Foundation
- Board Member, Buckskin Council of Boy Scouts of America
- Board Member, Advantage Valley
- Former Member, Distribution Committee, Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
- Co-Chair, Permitting Team, Vision Shared
- Firm Representative to the West Virginia Business Roundtable
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