Jan Dils

Jan Dils is a West Virginia attorney who helps clients with Social Security disability, veterans’ benefits, and personal injury claims. She founded her practice in Parkersburg in 1994 as a solo attorney and built a large team serving clients across West Virginia and beyond. Her work focuses on people facing insurers, corporations, pharmaceutical companies, and government agencies during benefits disputes or injury-related financial hardship and denied claims after serious setbacks.

Dils earned her B.A. in Marketing and Economics from Marietta College. She earned her M.B.A. before completing her J.D. at West Virginia University School of Law. Her education combines business training with legal advocacy, supporting a practice that requires claim review, client counseling, medical evidence analysis, negotiation, and administrative representation for disability, veterans’ benefits, and injury matters involving long-term health, income, work, and family stability concerns.

Dils is licensed in West Virginia and is appointed to represent Veterans Affairs and Social Security clients nationwide. She is a member of the West Virginia Bar, the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives, and the National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates. Her recognitions include Top Lawyer honors, a Top 10 Attorney Award from the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys, and National Trial Lawyers recognition for advocacy and service.

Jan Dils helps people by pursuing benefits and compensation when disability, injury, or military service-related conditions affect daily life. Her practice supports clients who need help with paperwork, appeals, medical proof, deadlines, and agency decisions. She built her firm around compassion, preparation, and community service, providing clients with organized support during stressful claims and helping them achieve the financial stability they need after hardship, delay, or denial.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founder, Jan Dils, Attorneys at Law, L.C.
• Member, West Virginia Bar
• Member, National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR)
• Member, National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates
• Member, National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys
• Member, National Trial Lawyers

Licensed State

• West Virginia

Education

• West Virginia University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• West Virginia University
  MA in Business Administration
• Marietta College
  BA in Marketing & Economics

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