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George E. Carenbauer

Education

  • J.D. Georgetown University
    B.S. Georgetown University

Bar Admissions

  • West Virginia

Recent Publications By George E. Carenbauer

Carte Goodwin Named to United States Senate by West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin,
July 16, 2010
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Manchin Proposes Judicial Reforms,
January 20, 2010
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George E. Carenbauer
Member

George E. Carenbauer
Member

George Carenbauer concentrates his practice in governmental affairs, administrative law, appellate law, and immigration. Mr. Carenbauer has extensive experience in governmental matters. He is a registered lobbyist and has represented various interests before the West Virginia Legislature and state administrative agencies. He provides international businesses with knowledge of immigration law to help expedite the immigration process for their employees and families.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Formed and advised the largest state-oriented 527 political committee in the United States, resulting in a well-known political upset
  • Represented various states in federal court in challenges to campaign finance laws
  • Lobbied in the West Virginia Legislature on behalf of a bill for a nonprofit organization to establish a land conservation fund
  • Lobbied in the West Virginia Legislature on behalf of a bill supported by a national business trade organization to require a state agency to report its activities to the Legislature on a regular basis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 1991
    Steptoe & Johnson
  • 1989-1991
    Counsel, Majority Leader George J. Mitchell, U.S. Senate Democratic Policy Committee
  • 1987-1989
    Counsel, Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee
  • 1977-1985
    Legal Counsel, Governor John D. Rockefeller IV

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
  • Past Chairman, West Virginia Democratic Party
  • West Virginia Campaign Manager, President William J. Clinton
  • The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Editor, Law and Policy in International Business

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

  • Co-leader, West Virginia Alliance for Civil Justice Reform
  • Former Chairman, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Governmental Affairs Committee

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • "Capitol to Capitol," The State Journal