Title: Meet the U.S. Attorney
Headings: Meet the U.S. Attorney
Meet the U.S. Attorney
U.S. Attorney William J. Powell

Content: The office also defends the United States in civil cases and collects debts owed to the United States. At the time of his appointment, Mr. Powell was serving as the Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in Jefferson County, West Virginia. Powell, a Martinsburg resident, was born in Manhasset, New York in 1960. He has also held positions as a Member of Jackson Kelly, PLLC, and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. He received his J.D. in 1985 from the West Virginia University College of Law and his B.A. in 1982 from Salem College. He is a past President of the West Virginia Bar Association, past Member of the Board of Governors for the West Virginia State Bar, a Fellow at the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow at the American Bar Association Foundation, a Fellow of the West Virginia Bar Foundation, and has been a leader in numerous community and professional organizations. Updated June 25, 2019
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