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West Virginia Supreme Court admits lawyers

WV Supreme Court

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The following people were admitted to practice law in West Virginia during an in-person ceremony before the Supreme Court of Appeals on September 29, 2021. Among the individuals were the first new attorneys to take the newly revised oath that includes a pledge of civility.

Successful applicants of the West Virginia Bar Examination who were admitted:

  • Patrick Daniel McCune
  • Moriah Noelle Myers
  • Juan Manuel Pittaluga, MD
  • Douglas Brian Richmond

Admitted by transferred Uniform Bar Examination:

  • DeMarr William Moulton
  • Sean Blythe Shriver, PhD
  • Nicholas Vazqueztell

Admitted by reciprocity (other states where admitted in parentheses):

  • Matthew Ryan Blackwell (Tennessee)
  • Nicholas F. Borsuk (Pennsylvania)
  • Annemarie Dinardo Cleary (Virginia)
  • Christopher John Hega (Pennsylvania)
  • Nicholas McDannold Miller (California, District of Columbia)
  • Jonathan R. O’Boyle (Florida, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
  • Elizabeth Halsey Parrott (Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)
  • Jonathan Micah Stewart (Pennsylvania)

Admitted with limited permission to practice under Rule 9.0 of the Rules for Admission:

  • Lydiabeth Camillia Comer (with limited permission to practice in association with Legal Aid of West Virginia, having been admitted in Missouri).

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