Mr. McGlaughlin’s primary areas of practice include wills, trusts, charitable gifts, estate planning, estate administration, and trust and estate litigation.

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Education

• Ithaca College, B.A., magna cum laude, 2007
• Saint Louis University School of Law, J.D., 2010

Experience

• Counseling and advising clients regarding estate planning matters
• Preparing estate planning documents including wills, living wills, medical powers of attorney, durable powers of attorney and various trust instruments
• Counseling and advising clients regarding estate administration matters
• Administrating large and small estates in West Virginia
• Representing trust and estate beneficiaries and fiduciaries in litigation actions
• Assisting in preparing appeals before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• Clerk for the Honorable James E. Seibert, United States Magistrate Judge, May 2008-January 2009

Distinctions

• Nominated by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for Trusts and Estates
• Listed by West Virginia Super Lawyers as a Rising Star

Admissions

• West Virginia State Bar
• Ohio State Bar
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia

Memberships

• Ohio County Bar Association, 2010 - present
• Belmont County Bar Association, 2019 - present
• Estate Planning Council of the Upper Ohio Valley
• Leadership Wheeling Program, Wheeling Chamber of Commerce, 2011

Publications & Presentations

• Author, "Revocable Trusts: West Virginia" and "Irrevocable Trusts: West Virginia," Practical Law, 2024
• Author, Practical Law – Power of Attorney (WV) Standard Document, 2023

Community Involvement

• Upper Ohio Valley Wellness Coalition Board of Directors, 2022 – present
• West Virginia Northern Community College Board of Governors, 2023 – present
• Upper Ohio Valley Sexual Assault Help Center Board of Directors, 2013 – 2018; past president