Mr. Papadopoulos’ primary areas of practice are general corporate law and tax law.

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Education

• Davidson College, B.A. Economics, 1987
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., 1990

Experience

• Representing a wide variety of clients from many industries, ranging from multi-national corporations to smaller entrepreneurial businesses
• Representing clients in West Virginia state and local tax matters, including property tax appeals, assessments and claims for refund both in court and at the administrative level
• Assisting clients in the formation of businesses, the buying and selling of businesses, financing, contracts, and general business and commercial law matters
• Representing clients in commercial transactions of varying sizes
• Representing non-profit and tax-exempt organizations

Reported Cases

• Mountain America, LLC v. Huffman, 687 S.E.2d 768 (W. Va. 2009), cert. denied, 130 S.Ct. 2377 (U.S. 2010). Represented Monroe County Commission in property tax appeal.
• Concept Mining, Inc. et al v. Virgil T. Helton, Acting State Tax Commissioner, 617 S.E.2d 845 (2005). Represented taxpayer in coal severance tax case.
• Consolidated Natural Gas Company v. Joseph M. Palmer as Tax Commissioner, 582 S.E. 2d 835 (W.Va. 2003). Represented taxpayer in tax credit case.
• CNG Transmission Corporation v. Rebecca Melton Craig as Tax Commissioner, 564 S.E. 2d 167 (W.Va. 2002). Represented taxpayer in sales and use tax case.
• State et rel. Clark v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of W.Va., Inc. 466 S.E.2d 388 (W.Va. 1995). Represented State in insurance insolvency matter.

Distinctions

• AV® Preeminent™ Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Corporate Law and Tax Law
• Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Tax Law

Admissions

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

Memberships

• West Virginia State Bar, Committee on State and Federal Taxation, Chair
• West Virginia State Bar Association
• Kanawha County Bar Association
• West Virginia Working Together Steering Committee
• National Association of State Bar Tax Sections
• Charleston Area Tax Group

Publications & Presentations

• Author, Sales and Use Tax Deskbook, American Bar Association, West Virginia Chapter
• Author, The Property Tax Deskbook, American Bar Association, West Virginia Chapter
• Presenter, "Severance Taxes," West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, December 2018
• Presenter, "West Virginia Sales Tax," National Business Institute, June 2016
• Author, Working Together On Taxes, The West Virginia Lawyer, HQ Publishing, October-December 2011
• Presenter, “Constitutionality of West Virginia Coal Severance Taxes,” Charleston Area Tax Group, 2004
• Co-author, A 50-State Compendium of Construction Law Issues, ALFA International, The Global Legal Network, West Virginia Section, 2008

 Community Involvement

• Past President, West Virginia Humanities Council
• Leadership West Virginia Class of 2010
• Member and Former President, St. John Greek Orthodox Church Parish Council
• Former President, The Carolina Club of West Virginia
• Life Member, General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill