Practice Expertise
- Business Expansion & Development
- Corporate & Business Law
- Energy Law
- Government Relations
Areas of Practice
- Business Expansion & Development
- Corporate & Business Law
- Energy Law
- Government Relations
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Government Relations & Regulatory
- Public & Project Finance
- Public Finance
- Public Policy Advocacy & Reform
- Technology
- Utility Law
- West Virginia Energy Users Group View More
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Government & Public Sector
Corporate & Business
Energy & Natural Resources
Financial Services
Crossborder Trade & Investment
Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
Insurance
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WSG Leadership
- WSG Coronavirus Task Force Group - Member
Profile
Mr. Pizatella's primary areas of practice are general corporate law, business expansion and economic development.
Bar Admissions
Admissions
- West Virginia State Bar
- United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Education
- West Virginia University, B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 2004
- West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 2007
Areas of Practice
- Business Expansion & Development
- Corporate & Business Law
- Energy Law
- Government Relations
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Government Relations & Regulatory
- Public & Project Finance
- Public Finance
- Public Policy Advocacy & Reform
- Technology
- Utility Law
- West Virginia Energy Users Group
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Chief Executive Officer, Contractors Association of West Virginia, 2022-present
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, 2017
President and Chief Executive Officer, Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce, 2016
Acting Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Administration, 2014 - 2015
Acting Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Revenue, 2013
Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, 2011 - 2013
Deputy State Tax Commissioner, West Virginia Department of Revenue, 2010
Counsel, West Virginia State Senate Committee on Finance and Committee on Government Organization, 2009 - 2010
Articles
Publications & Presentations
- Co-Author, "Section 404 Permits, Valley Fills and In-Stream Ponds: What's Next?" Energy & Min. L. Inst. 262, 2008
- Author, "Separation of Powers and the Governor's Office in West Virginia: Advocating a More Deferential Approach to the Chief Executive from the Judiciary," 109 W.Va. L. Rev. 185, 2006
- Associate Editor and Executive Business Editor, West Virginia Law Review
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