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NORWOOD BENTLEY III is an attorney for the Berkeley County Council, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. His main areas of practice include land use, planning and zoning; employment and labor law; and government administration. Mr. Bentley has previously spoken on topics in his areas of practice. He is a member of the American Bar Association, The West Virginia State Bar, The West Virginia Bar Association, Berkeley County Bar Association, West Virginia Bar Foundation (fellow), and the Eastern Panhandle Public Defender Corporation (chair). Mr. Bentley earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Marshall University and his J.D. degree from West Virginia University. NATHAN P. COCHRAN is a litigation attorney in the Law Office of Richard G. Gay, L.C., in Berkeley Springs. His areas of practice include planning, zoning, employment law, and trust and estate litigation. He is a former participant in seminars nationwide on risk avoidance for non-profit corporations and entities, and a former assistant prosecutor for Berkeley County, West Virginia. Mr. Cochran earned his B.S. degree from Bob Jones University and his J.D. degree from Washington & Lee School of Law. Mr. Cochran is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the state of West Virginia. Specifically, he is admitted to the Western District Court of Pennsylvania, the Northern and Southern Federal District Courts of West Virginia, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. RICHARD G. GAY is the owner of the Law Office of Richard G. Gay, L.C., where he practices in the areas of civil law, zoning and land use. He is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Appeals in West Virginia; the Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and Ohio; the Superior Court District of Columbia; the Federal District Courts of Northern West Virginia, Eastern and Western Pennsylvania, Southern and Northern Ohio, Southern Michigan, and the District of Columbia; and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for 1st, 3rd and 4th circuits, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Gay earned his B.A. degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College and his J.D. degree from West Virginia University. LINDA M. GUTSELL is a sole practitioner in Martinsburg, West Virginia, whose practice focus is land use and construction litigation. She attended West Virginia University, where she earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees. In 1991, she earned her J.D. degree from the West Virginia University College of Law, where she was the Research Editor of the Law Review. A native of Martinsburg, Ms. Gutsell practiced law in Morgantown, West Virginia until the fall of 2000, when she returned to the Eastern Panhandle. She took a hiatus from private practice from 2002 to 2004, during which time she served as the Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Thomas W. Steptoe, Jr. In addition to her private practice, Ms. Gutsell also serves as a Discovery Commissioner for the 23rd Judicial Circuit of West Virginia.
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