William B. Summers

William B. Summers is the owner and managing attorney of Summers & Associates in Parkersburg, West Virginia. His practice includes personal injury, criminal defense, divorce and family law, real estate, and general civil litigation. He represents individuals and businesses in trials, disputes, and other legal matters and has handled cases involving serious injuries, criminal charges, property issues, and family disputes. His practice combines courtroom work with broad civil and transactional experience.

William earned B.A. degrees in Music and History from Marietta College, graduating magna cum laude and receiving Phi Beta Kappa and other academic honors. He later earned his J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law, where he completed advanced coursework in law practice management and real estate. He is admitted in West Virginia and Ohio, the federal district courts in West Virginia, and the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

William has represented clients in personal injury, medical malpractice, car and motorcycle crashes, wrongful death, criminal defense, guardianship, adoption, and other civil matters. His reported experience includes appellate work before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, a substantial verdict in an Ohio bar-fight case, confidential settlements in medical-malpractice and injury cases, and dismissals or acquittals in serious criminal matters. He has represented thousands of individual and business clients in litigation and other legal proceedings.

William B. Summers has practiced through his own firm since 1999 and continues to manage a broad trial practice from Parkersburg. His work spans civil, criminal, family, injury, and real estate matters, giving clients access to experience across several areas that often involve courtroom proceedings and contested facts. He brings decades of litigation and case-management experience to matters requiring legal analysis, negotiation, trial preparation, and advocacy in state and federal courts across West Virginia and Ohio.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Summers & Associates
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association

Licensed State

• West Virginia
• Ohio

Education

• West Virginia University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Marietta College
  Bachelor’s degree in Music and History

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