About Sandra
EducationJ.D., Brooklyn Law School (1986)Notes Editor, Brooklyn Law ReviewB.A., Yale University (1981)Bar AdmissionsWest Virginia Supreme Court of AppealsU.S. Court of Appeals of the 4th CircuitU.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West VirginiaAffiliationsAmerican Bar AssociationWest Virginia State BarWest Virginia Bar AssociationKanawha County Bar AssociationWest Virginia Bankers AssociationChair, PIECES Advisory CouncilCo-Chair, George Washington High School Parent Involvement CouncilMember, Citizen's Council on Children and FamiliesMember, Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Development CommitteePast Member, Covenant House Finance CommitteePast Chair, Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Board of Trustees and Development CommitteePast Member, Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Operations and Scholarship CommitteesPast Member, Charleston Regional Chamber of Commerce Women’s Planning CommitteePast Member, State Committee for the National Museum of Women in the ArtsProfessional HighlightsWest Virginia Lawyer of the Year for Banking by Best Lawyers in America (2009)Named to Best Lawyers in America (Banking Law; Corporate Governance & Compliance Law; Corporate Law)Recognized by Chamber’s USA — America’s Leading Business LawyersSelected as West Virginia Super Lawyer
EducationJ.D., Brooklyn Law School (1986)Notes Editor, Brooklyn Law ReviewB.A., Yale University (1981)Bar AdmissionsWest Virginia Supreme Court of AppealsU.S. Court of Appeals of the 4th CircuitU.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West VirginiaAffiliationsAmerican Bar AssociationWest Virginia State BarWest Virginia Bar AssociationKanawha County Bar AssociationWest Virginia Bankers AssociationChair, PIECES Advisory CouncilCo-Chair, George Washington High School Parent Involvement CouncilMember, Citizen's Council on Children and FamiliesMember, Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Development CommitteePast Member, Covenant House Finance CommitteePast Chair, Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Board of Trustees and Development CommitteePast Member, Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Operations and Scholarship CommitteesPast Member, Charleston Regional Chamber of Commerce Women’s Planning CommitteePast Member, State Committee for the National Museum of Women in the ArtsProfessional HighlightsWest Virginia Lawyer of the Year for Banking by Best Lawyers in America (2009)Named to Best Lawyers in America (Banking Law; Corporate Governance & Compliance Law; Corporate Law)Recognized by Chamber’s USA — America’s Leading Business LawyersSelected as West Virginia Super Lawyer
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Financial Services Regulation Law, Charleston, WV (2026)
- Lawyer of the Year: Banking and Finance Law, Charleston, WV (2025)
- Lawyer of the Year: Financial Services Regulation Law, Charleston, WV (2024)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Charleston, WV (2023)
- Lawyer of the Year: Banking and Finance Law, Charleston, WV (2020)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Charleston, WV (2018)
- Lawyer of the Year: Banking and Finance Law, Charleston, WV (2017)
- Lawyer of the Year: Financial Services Regulation Law, Charleston, WV (2016)
- Lawyer of the Year: Banking and Finance Law, Charleston, WV (2015)
- Lawyer of the Year: Financial Services Regulation Law, Charleston, WV (2013)
- Lawyer of the Year: Corporate Law, Charleston, WV (2012)
- Lawyer of the Year: Banking and Finance Law, Charleston, WV (2009)
- Recognized: Banking and Finance Law
- Recognized: Corporate Compliance Law
- Recognized: Corporate Governance Law
- Recognized: Corporate Law
- Recognized: Financial Services Regulation Law
- Special Focus: Corporate Governance
- Special Focus: Finance
- Special Focus: Financial Institutions
- Special Focus: Mergers & Acquisitions
- Special Focus: Regulatory
- Special Focus: Securities
- Special Focus: Transactions
- AV Peer-Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
- Named Best Lawyers’ 2013 Financial Services Regulation Law Lawyer of the Year for the southern West Virginia region
- Named Best Lawyers' 2012 Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year for the southern West Virginia region
- Named Best Lawyers' 2009 Banking Law Lawyer of the Year for the southern West Virginia region
- Named to Best Lawyers in America (Banking and Finance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law)
- Listed in Chamber’s USA — America’s Leading Business Lawyers for Corporate/Commercial Law - Banking & Finance
- Selected as a West Virginia Super Lawyer in Banking (2007-2013)
