Member
Charleston, WV

Mr. Bailey’s primary areas of practice are general corporate law, government relations, business expansion and development, government contracts, public finance, utility law, and white collar criminal defense and compliance.


Experience

  • Serving as general counsel to various organizations, providing services related to contractual agreements, human resources, real estate, procurement, regulatory compliance, and more
  • Negotiating and drafting incentive agreements for companies to establish or expand operations, including the largest single incentive agreement in WV history valued over $315m
  • Drafting, reviewing and providing commentary on legislation, regulations, and rules
  • Working with public and private sector partners on economic development projects of all types, including energy, utility, manufacturing, and general infrastructure projects
  • Assisting clients with public finance projects, including bonds, payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs), tax increment financing, state and federal tax incentives, direct economic development loans, and state issued loan insurance
  • Assisting clients with a wide variety of regulatory compliance issues and government audits
  • Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Commerce, 2022 - 2024
  • Deputy Secretary, West Virginia Department of Commerce, 2021 - 2022
  • General Counsel, West Virginia Departments of Commerce, Economic Development, and Tourism, 2021 - 2022
  • Counsel to the President, West Virginia State Senate, 2019 - 2021
  • Senior Counsel for Policy and Legislation, West Virginia Office of the Governor, 2017 - 2019
  • Committee Counsel, West Virginia State Senate, 2015 - 2017
  • Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, 2012 - 2015

Education

  • West Virginia University, B.S., Journalism, Public Relations, 2009
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 2012
  • National Trial Advocacy College, University of Virginia School of Law, 2014
   

Distinctions

  • Children’s Home Society Champion for Children Award Recipient, 2012

Admissions

  • West Virginia State Bar
  • West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Memberships

  • West Virginia Bar Association
  • Chair, West Virginia Public Energy Authority
  • Home Rule Board
  • West Virginia Tourism Advisory Council
  • State Resiliency Office Board

Community Involvement

  • West Virginia Semiquincentennial Commission
  • Volunteer, Guys in Ties
  • WV Complete Count Commission, 2019-2021
  • Volunteer, Secret Santa, 2018-2020
  • State Workforce Development Board, 2017-2018
  • Juvenile Justice Reform Oversight Committee, 2017-2018
  • Friends of the Clay Center Board of Directors, 2015-2017