Angelyn G. Gemmen

Attorney at Hoover Penrod
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Angelyn’s practice involves helping families resolve interpersonal and business conflicts.

Education

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  • West Virginia University College of Law (JD, 2023, Order of the Coif)
  • West Virginia University (BS, 2020, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)

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The primary focus of Angelyn’s practice is wills, trusts, and estates, including

  • Estate document drafting
    ○   Base package: will, power of attorney, and advance medical directive
    ○   Advanced: trust consult and drafting
  • Trustee disputes
  • Qualification issues
  • Will contests
  • Probate
  • Estate administration
  • Estate accountings
  • Family business succession issues

She also devotes time to assisting businesses with issues involving

  • Formation
  • Governance
  • Asset management
  • Asset transfer
  • Tax
  • Nonprofits
  • Contracts, including employment
  • Collections
  • Intellectual property, specifically trade secrets, trademarks, and copyright
  • Succession and management issues

Angelyn also has a strong family law practice, providing counsel in cases such as

  • Adoptions
  • Divorces – contested and uncontested
  • Child custody disputes
  • Spousal support order enforcement
  • Guardianships

Additionally, Angelyn has experience in

  • Civil litigation, including false imprisonment, trespass, property abandonment, warrants in debt, and warrants in detinue
  • Civil litigation with criminal law implications
  • Copyright and trademark filing
  • Real estate disputes
  • Insurance law issues

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State: Virginia
Federal: Western District of Virginia

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In her spare time, Angelyn enjoys volunteering, reading, and being in the great outdoors. She also writes articles and short stories, for which she has won multiple awards, including but not limited to the Waitman Barbe Award and the Jon Scott Nelson Award, and she was a finalist in the Hartrick Competition for legal writing.