Mr. Nickerson’s primary area of practice is corporate and business law, including transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and real estate. He also practices in the area of trust and estate planning and administration.
Education
- West Liberty University, B.S., Business Administration, 1982
- Capital University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1987
Experience
- Assisting business clients through every phase of the business life cycle, including startup and entity counseling, general corporate transactional matters, mergers and acquisitions, and divestiture
- Assisting clients with residential and commercial real estate transactions
- Assisting clients with trust and estate planning and administration
- Providing advice and guidance with regard to guardianship and conservatorship matters
- Preparing certified mineral title opinions, drilling and royalty opinions and title examinations, with an emphasis on generating title reports with curative recommendations
- Serving as Vice President and Trust Officer for WesBanco Bank and United Bank, Inc.
- Ohio County Commissioner, 2019 - 2030
- Municipal Court Judge, City of Wheeling, West Virginia, 1999 - 2019
- Ohio County, West Virginia Fiduciary Commissioner, 1999 - 2004
- Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, and General Counsel, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, 1990 - 1992
- Legal Intern, The Honorable Alan E. Norris, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1986 - 1987
Distinctions
- Nominated by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for Corporate Law
- Law Review: Authored published article, The Capital University Law Review, Winter, 1986
- Order of the Curia
Admissions
- West Virginia Bar
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth and Sixth Circuits
- United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
- Ohio Bar
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court (inactive)
Community Involvement
- Wheeling Academy of Law and Science/Ohio County Public Schools Mock Trial Instructor
- Past President, Oglebay Institute Board of Trustees
- West Liberty University Foundation Board of Directors
- Vice President, Chambers YMCA Board of Directors
- WVU Medicine Children’s Ohio Valley Gala Committee
- Certified 4-H Volunteer
- Wheeling Heritage Board of Directors
- Wheeling Hospital/WVU Medicine Board of Directors
- Former Member, Regional Economic Development Partnership Board of Directors
- Member, Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood Control Commission
- Northern Panhandle Workforce Development Board of Directors