Background
Cleveland, James E. was born on June 22, 1948 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
Cleveland, James E. was born on June 22, 1948 in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.
University of Kentucky (Bachelor of Arts, 1971). University of Louisville (Juris Doctor, Delta Theta Phi. Law Clerk to Justice James B. Stephenson, Supreme Court of Kentucky, 1974-1975.
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, 1974, Kentucky.
Delta Theta Phi.
Vice President, Moot Court Board. Law Clerk to Justice James B. Stephenson, Supreme Court of Kentucky, 1974-1975. Member: Boyd County (President, 1989-1990), Kentucky Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1991-1993).
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.
International Association of Defense Counsel. (Resident at Ashland, Kentucky Office).
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: Boyd County (President, 1989-1990), Kentucky Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1991-1993). National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. International Association of Defense Counsel.
(Resident at Ashland, Kentucky Office).