Background
Banford, Craig R. was born on June 17, 1967 in Dayton, Ohio, United States.
Banford, Craig R. was born on June 17, 1967 in Dayton, Ohio, United States.
Ohio University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1989). The Ohio State University (Juris Doctor, 1994).
Worked at Huddleston, Bolen, Beatty, Porter & Copen (Huntington, West Virginia) specializing in General Civil Practice. Corporation, Banking, Bankruptcy, Labor, Admiralty, Real Estate, Taxation, Insurance, Probate, Estate Planning, Environmental, Mineral and Railroad Law. Trials.
Admitted to the bar, 1994, Ohio.
1995, Kentucky.
1997, West Virginia. Member: Kentucky (Young Lawyers Section), Ohio State, West Virginia and American Bar Associations. In 1873 the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad hauled the first coal ever moved by rail out of West Virginia"s New River Gorge.
Two years before that, in 1871, Huddleston, Bolen, Beatty, Porter & Copen"s predecessor firm had commenced practice in Huntington, West Virginia with the new railroad as one of its clients. That relationship continues today with the C & O"s successor, CSX Transportation, Incorporated.
- possibly the longest continuing law firm/client relationship in West Virginia"s legal history.
Foreign over 120 years the firm has combined stability and continuity in the representation of its clients with an abiding respect for the ever changing nature of the practice of law.
Member: Kentucky (Young Lawyers Section), Ohio State, West Virginia and American Bar Associations.
