Upshur County Lawyers

Layne Diehl is a practicing lawyer with a range of experience from small business, corporate, nonprofits, higher education, immigration, contracts, negotiations, and employment law. She is the CEO and managing member of Diehl Law PLLC. Diehl Law is operated in Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia, the fastest growing county in the state and within the metropolitan statistical area of the greater quad-state Washington, DC region. She is a progressive forward thinking professional who can align her clients' objectives with effective legal strategies. She loves being a lawyer in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle.

WV Attorney David J. Hinkle focuses his practice on helping his clients get a fresh financial start through bankruptcy. David has been practicing bankruptcy law for the past ten years and has helped hundreds and hundreds of consumers facing financial difficulties. David started Hinkle Law in 2008 at a time when many people in Martinsburg, WV and the Eastern Panhandle were beginning to feel the effects of the recession and the burst of the real estate bubble. David’s desire to help people struggling with debt problems led him to re-establish a bankruptcy practice. David understands that many people are reluctant to...

Your brand is your business’s most valuable asset. I am a trademark attorney experienced in all facets of trademark law, including trademark registration, trademark infringement, trademark licensing, and trademark portfolio management. My goal is to work hard to protect your brand and your business.


I graduated in 2018 from Mitchell Hamline College of Law. I am a member of the West Virginia state bar as well on the Family Law and Intellectual Property Committees.


I grew up in the coal fields of West Virginia, and was a teacher for nine years before obtaining her law degree.

For over 38 years, Mr. Prudich has successfully served individuals in the southern mountains of West Virginia when they need assistance in fighting for WC and SS benefits and are injured in accidents. He has the skill, expertise and demeanor necessary to help individuals get the benefits they have worked hard for during their careers. He represents individuals who need help with Social Security Disability, SSI benefits, Childhood SSI and Disabled Widows benefits, workers compensation benefits and those injured in car accidents. Mr. Prudich is a native of West Virginia, was educated in our public schools and...

I am a USPTO registered patent attorney with a broad-based national and international intellectual property practice. My practice areas include patent, trade secret, trademark and ICANN dispute resolution, copyright, image and privacy rights, performance and entertainment law, cyberspace law, and IP business start-ups. I am also an electrical engineer with considerable experience in mid to high volume product design in the general areas of digital and analog signals and systems and control systems for the medical and instrumentation fields.

Experiences in his own life put Joseph Stepp on the path to helping others. After his mother was disabled in a car accident and two of his uncles developed Black Lung, he became passionate about those who had to fight to receive the disability benefits they deserve. Joseph joined the Jan Dils team in January 2013, after completing his B.S. degree in American Government: Pre-Law/Politics and Policy at Liberty University, then earning his J.D. from Liberty University’s School of Law. One of the reasons that Joseph chose Jan Dils, Attorneys at Law is one of the same...

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