Carolyn Wade focuses her practice in the areas of employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, labor-management relations and personnel counseling. Prior to joining the firm, she worked in the Legal Department at the former Weirton Steel Corporation, where she represented the Industrial Relations Department in various labor relations and human resource matters. She also negotiated the company’s first collective bargaining agreement with its bargaining unit of nurses and medical technicians.

Ms. Wade has represented clients before state and federal courts of West Virginia, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the West Virginia Human Rights Commission.

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

• Employment discrimination
• Wrongful discharge
• Labor-management relations
• Personnel counseling

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1990         Steptoe & Johnson
1980-90    Weirton Steel Corporation, Legal Department

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Arbitration Association
• Society for Human Resource Management
• President, North Central Chapter SHRM
• Employment Law Section, West Virginia State Bar
• Harrison County Bar Association

INDUSTRY/ CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Hope, Inc.
• Bridgeport Kiwanis
• Humane Society of the United States
• Vice Chair, Human Resource Committee, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce