Mr. Basile is the Managing Member. Mr. Basile's primary areas of practice are state and local government law, business expansion & development, land use planning and administrative law centering on economic and community development.

Bar Admissions

Admissions

• West Virginia State Bar, Administrative and Legislative Law Committee, 1993 - 2000
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Education

• West Virginia University, B.S. in Finance, 1987
• University of Pittsburgh, J.D., 1991

Significant Accomplishments

Drafting and promoting legislation and administrative rules before the West Virginia Legislature and Executive Branch

Negotiating business site locations and expansions involving incentive application, property acquisition, tax and land use planning issues

Representing diverse mix of business clients during formation, sale, purchase, merger and dissolution activities

Establishing United States operating entities for international clients and facilitating foreign trade zone establishment and use

Representing business clients on state and local tax issues including business and occupation, sales, service, valuation, assessment and credits

Drafting and promoting The Marcellus Development Act

Drafting, reviewing and providing commentary on Marcellus Shale legislation, regulation and rules

Associate General Counsel, General Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Office of Governor Gaston Caperton, 1994 - 1997

General Counsel to the West Virginia Development Office, 1993 - 1994

Assistant and Senior Assistant Attorneys General, 1991 - 1993