Congratulations to Our

2025 WV Bar Foundation Fellows!

The criteria for WV Bar Foundation Fellows are those judges and lawyers whose professional, public, and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and honorable service to the legal profession.

Congratulations to the Class of 2025!  Thanks to all who support this program!

• David A. DeJarnett - Martinsburg, WV
• Elizabeth B. Elmore - Charleston, WV
• Judge Thomas H. Ewing - Fayetteville, WV
• Bridget D. Furbee - Bridgeport, WV
• Brian D. Gallagher - Morgantown, WV
• Judge Joseph R. Goodwin - Charleston, WV
• Marilyn T. McClure-Demers - Galena, OH
• Judge Michael Olejasz - Wheeling, WV
• Judge Joseph K. Reeder - Huntington, WV
• Camden P. Siegrist - Charleston, WV
• Marc J. Slotnick - Charleston, WV
• Judge Kevin A. Stryker - Wheeling, WV

The West Virginia Bar Foundation awards grants to non-profit organizations which are involved in programs and activities to improve the administration of justice and educate citizens about their rights and responsibilities under the law in West Virginia.

The WV Bar Foundation Board of Directors is pleased to announce the thirteenth leadership training program for the next generation of lawyer leaders in West Virginia---the Lawyer Leadership Institute---which will be held on May 16-18, 2025, at Stonewall Resort near Weston.

The Institute’s objective is to provide newer lawyers with specific education and professional training that will enable them to become leaders in the legal profession, in their communities and in the State.