Wheeling, W.Va. — Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that attorney W. Eric Gadd has been elected as a partner of the law firm effective January 1, 2017.

Gadd’s primary areas of practice at Spilman are creditors’ rights and foreclosures, taxation, general corporate law, and trusts and estates. He earned his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from West Virginia Wesleyan College and his law degree from West Virginia University College of Law.

Gadd is admitted to practice in West Virginia, before the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, and before the United States Tax Court. He also is a member of the Ohio County Bar Association.

About Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
Spilman Thomas & Battle is a full-service, regional law firm serving local, regional, national and international businesses. Founded in 1864, Spilman has offices in Charleston, Morgantown and Wheeling, West Virginia; Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Roanoke, Virginia; and Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.