Michael A. Bush

Michael A. Bush is a member of Bush Law Firm PLLC in Martinsburg, West Virginia, serving individual and business clients. His business practice includes entity formation, business planning, transaction drafting, acquisitions, expansion, and succession planning. He also handles estate planning and real estate matters. As both an attorney and business owner, he brings practical experience to legal decisions involving commercial operations and personal financial planning.

Michael earned a J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as an executive editor of the West Virginia Law Review. He also received a B.A. from West Virginia Wesleyan College, graduating summa cum laude with honors. His training supports legal research, contract review, business structuring, and planning for ownership and property issues.

His services cover business disputes, commercial lending, lease drafting, property development, and real estate contracts. In estate planning he assists with wills, trusts, special needs planning, powers of attorney, trust administration, probate, and guardianship or conservatorship matters. He also counsels clients on transitioning business ownership and maintaining plans as circumstances change. This broad practice connects organizational needs with longer-term personal and business objectives.

Michael A. Bush has served as a trustee and alumni association president of West Virginia Wesleyan College, as well as a Berkeley County Planning Commission member and fiduciary commissioner. He participates in professional organizations addressing elder law and estate planning. His work combines business counseling with planning for property, family assets, and organizational continuity, giving clients a coordinated approach to related legal decisions.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Bush Law Firm PLLC
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar
• Member, WealthCounsel
• Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA)
• President, West Virginia Wesleyan College Alumni Association
• Member, Board of Trustees, West Virginia Wesleyan College
• Commissioner, Berkeley County, WV Planning Commission
• Fiduciary Commissioner, Berkeley County, WV and Jefferson County, WV

Licensed State

• West Virginia

Education

• West Virginia University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• West Virginia Wesleyan College
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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