Mr. Dobkin’s primary areas of practice include corporate and business law, real estate, mineral law, estate and trust planning and administration.
Experience
- Advising clients on business formation and organization, business succession planning, business transactions, regulatory compliance and general business issues
- Assisting oil and gas exploration and production clients throughout the Appalachian region with oil and gas transactional projects, including title opinions, due diligence, and title abstracting
- Advising clients on land development, zoning and planning issues
- Assisting clients with the purchase, sale, or lease of all types of real property interests, including easements, licenses, and surface use agreements
- Advising clients on development of estate plans and trusts and administration matters
- Counseling clients on wealth planning, asset protection planning, and charitable gift planning
Education
- West Virginia Northern Community College, A.A., Psychology
- Wheeling Jesuit University, B.A., Organizational Leadership and Development
- China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, Study Abroad
- Duquesne University School of Law, J.D.
Distinctions
- Named on the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list for Corporate Law
Admissions
- West Virginia
- Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Memberships
- Ohio County Bar Association
- Estate Planning Council of the Upper Ohio Valley
Community Involvement
- Chair, Youth Services System Inc. Board of Directors
- Grand Vue Park Foundation Board of Directors
- Treasurer and Secretary, West Virginia Northern Community College Foundation Board of Directors
- Treasurer, Temple Shalom Board of Trustees
- Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary Club of Wheeling
- City of Wheeling Board of Zoning Appeals, 2019 - 2021
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upper Ohio Valley Board of Directors, 2012 - 2014