Alex J. Zurbuch

Alex J. Zurbuch is a partner at Frost Brown Todd in Charleston, WV. Zurbuch handles business and commercial litigation, with significant work for financial institutions and clients in real estate, energy, and other commercial sectors. The practice includes commercial disputes, financial-services litigation, real estate and mineral disputes, restrictive covenant matters, investigations, class actions, and appeals. The work often involves developing case strategy, evaluating evidence, briefing legal issues, and preparing matters for negotiation, hearing, trial, or appeal.

Zurbuch earned a J.D. from the West Virginia University College of Law in 2015 and B.B.A. Economic and B.B.A. Finance degrees from Marshall University in 2011, magna cum laude. He received CALI awards in Seminar, Pretrial Litigation, and Business Transactions and Drafting. That training supports the research, writing, analysis, and advocacy required in complex civil disputes and other contested proceedings.

Zurbuch’s experience includes defending financial institutions and other businesses in commercial disputes, real estate and mineral litigation, state investigations, restrictive covenant matters, and class or mass actions. His work also includes appellate matters and litigation tied to the operational and regulatory issues faced by regional and community banks. These matters require close attention to facts, procedure, legal standards, and the practical consequences of decisions made throughout a case.

Alex J. Zurbuch has been recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Commercial Litigation and as a West Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Star. His practice combines financial-services litigation with broader commercial, real estate, energy, and appellate work. The practice remains focused on careful preparation, clear analysis, and representation that responds to the legal and practical demands of each dispute.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, FBT Gibbons LLP
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar
• Chair, Business/Commercial Law and Creditor’s Rights Committee, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• Volunteer, Tuesday Legal Connect (Legal Aid of West Virginia and the West Virginia State Bar)
• Commissioner, City of Charleston Municipal Planning Commission
• Member, ACA International
• Member, Trout Unlimited

Licensed State

• West Virginia

Education

• West Virginia University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Marshall University
  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Economic, B.B.A. Finance Magna Cum Laude

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