Attorney Information

AREAS OF PRACTICE

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DUI DEFENSE: DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS

CONDITIONAL PROBATION AND EXPUNGEMENT

DUI TRIALS AND APPEALS

DRIVING WITH MEASURABLE ALCOHOL / AGGRAVATED DUI

ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSE REVOCATION

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CRIMINAL LAW: FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR TRIALS AND APPEALS

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FAMILY LAW / DOMESTIC RELATIONS: CONTESTED AND UNCONTESTED DIVORCE

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

ALIMONY / CHILD CUSTODY

PARENTAL SHARING / ADOPTION

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WILLS, POWERS OF ATTORNEY and MEDICAL POWERS OF ATTORNEY

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PERSONAL INJURY: AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS

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EMINENT DOMAIN

Affiliations: National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, National College for DUI Defense; Member & former President Marion County Bar Association; Member; Former President West Virginia Society for Criminal Jusrice; Member, West Virginia DUI Defense Lawyers Association; Former Member Association of Trial Lawyers of America.  Neal Jay Hamilton, Attorney at Law, is an accredited business with the Better Business Bureau, and he has the distinguished rating of "Very High in Both Legal Ability and Ethical Standards" by Martindale-Hubbell independant rating service.  He was selected as one of America's Top 100 Attorneys in 2020.   

Admitted: West Virginia State Bar , 1982; United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1982; United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1984.

Education: West Virginia University, Juris Doctorate; Fairmont State, B.A. Degrees in Political Science and History.