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Amy Tawney
Partner, Bowles Rice LLP
Written by Gabriela Schoolcraft
Photo by Bowles Rice LLP.
On any given day, Amy Tawney might structure a complex bank merger, steer a financial institution through shifting regulations or mentor a young attorney through a first major transaction. As a partner at Bowles Rice LLP and chair of the firm’ s Banking and Financial Services Group, she operates at the intersection of precision and trust, where deals are consummated not just on strategy but also on relationships built over decades. For Tawney, those decades tell a steady story of loyalty to her clients, firm and the state she has always called home.
Raised in Charleston, WV, Tawney grew up next door to her grandparents in a neighborhood she still lives in today. Her childhood was marked by close family ties and competitive sports. She was a state champion swimmer in her younger years and later earned all-conference honors as a softball catcher at West Virginia Wesleyan College( WVWC). The discipline of athletics, along with the guidance of her parents, instilled the work ethic that would define her career.
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