Charleston, W.Va. (April 28, 2017) – Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC was pleased to celebrate the achievements of Teresa J. Dumire, who was recently inducted as a Fellow of the West Virginia Bar Foundation. Dumire serves as the managing member of the Morgantown office, in addition to serving as a member of the firm’s management committee.

West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellows are lawyers whose professional, public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and honorable service to the legal profession. The 19th Annual Bar Foundation Fellows Dinner was held on Thursday, April 27, 2017 at the Charleston Marriott. Only a few hundred lawyers and judges (out of more than 5,000) have been selected as Fellows over the years.

At Kay Casto & Chaney, Dumire’s full-time practice encompasses all areas of civil litigation with concentrations in construction law and insurance defense.

A graduate of West Virginia University and the West Virginia University College of Law, Dumire is a member of the Defense Research Institute, a member of the Board of Governors for the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, and a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel. Dumire is a member of the Monongalia County Bar Association and a former member of the Board of Governors of the West Virginia State Bar. Dumire is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (2015), and a Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America (2017). She is a graduate of both Leadership Monongalia and Leadership West Virginia.

Among her legal achievements, Dumire has earned the highest attainable “A-V” rating from Martindale-Hubbell. She has been listed among The Best Lawyers in America since 2011 (Litigation-Construction; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants) and was named “Lawyer of the Year” for her work in the area of Insurance Law (Morgantown). Similarly, Dumire has been listed as a “West Virginia Super Lawyer” since 2008.  Chambers and Partners’ America’s Leading Lawyers for Business recently recognized Dumire for her work in the field of litigation.

Dumire lives in Morgantown with her husband of 21 years, Bill, and their 17-month old daughter, Alexandra.

For more information about Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC, please visit the firm’s website: www.kaycasto.com.

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