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SUMMER 2026 THE LEGAL & ADVOCACY ISSUE
FEATURES
44 West Virginia’ s Legal Ecosystem
51 Closing the Legal Desert Gap
56 A Q & A with State Bar’ s Kevin Baker
59 How Legal Advocacy Changes Lives
62 The Role of Lobbyists 71 West Virginia’ s AG 79 Family Treatment Court 82 Around the State
& LEADERS CLASS OF 2026
Through their legal expertise, the members of the West Virginia Executive Lawyers & Leaders Class of 2026 are dedicating their careers
87LAWYERS to making the Mountain State a better place.
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