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W.Va. Supreme Court admits lawyers

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The following applicants were admitted to practice law in West Virginia during in-person ceremonies before the Supreme Court of Appeals on Wednesday, January 26, 2022.

Successful applicants of the West Virginia Bar Examination who were admitted:
Michael Joseph Angiolelli
Lakyn Deshea Cecil
Aaron Kincaid Foltz
Blake Nathaniel Humphrey
Matthew Ryan McCase
Benjamin Brice Vanston

Admitted by transferred Uniform Bar Examination:
Katherine Elizabeth Doherty
Nicole Danae Faut

Admitted by reciprocity (other states where admitted in parentheses):
Frank Brand Bredimus Jr. (Virginia)
Jennifer Therese Conklin (Florida and Ohio)
Robert Linley Dawson (Kentucky, New York and Ohio)
Patricia Jeanette DiFranco (Ohio)
Tricia Annette Dunlap (Washington, D.C.; Virginia)
Timothy M. Fitchett (Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington)
Graham Webster Gerhardt (Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas)
Edward Franklin Hirshberg (Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Timothy Charles Loughry (Ohio)
Casey Michelle Michalovic (Kentucky)
Kyle Andrew Mohr (Washington, D.C.; Ohio)
John Philip Morgan III (Washington, D.C.; Maryland, Virginia)
Paul Bichsel Ricard (Ohio)
Joshua David Rockwell (Ohio)
Rebecca Sutton Schoen (Kentucky)
Molly Slutsky Simons (Kentucky, Ohio)
David Christian Tryon (Ohio)
Kelly Ann Williams (New Jersey, Pennsylvania)

Admitted under Rule 4.6 of the Rules for Admission having to do with resident professors, having been admitted to practice in Maryland:
Nicole Katharine McConlogue

Admitted with limited permission to practice under Rule 9.0 of the Rules for Admission:
John Michael Isner (with limited permission to practice in association with the Office of the Public Defender of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, having been admitted to practice in Minnesota.)
MacKenzie Leigh Milam (with limited permission to practice in association with the Office of the Public Defender of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, having been admitted in Missouri.)

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