Wesley F. Agee

With 40 years of experience counseling and serving clients as a WV business and commercial lawyer, Wesley F. Agee is an important part of the Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC family. As a WV profit and non-profit business lawyer, he counsels and represents a variety of entities including corporations, general and limited partnerships, professional corporations, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships.

Wes provides a comprehensive range of services for individuals as well as large and closely held or family businesses. He offers years of experience in the areas of formation of new business entities and facilitating mergers, acquisitions, and reorganizations. Wes also provides advice and counsel on business planning and operations, employment agreements, contracts, local and state business taxation, ownership, family transfers, zoning, subdivision, and other land use questions.

West Virginia attorney Wes Agee received his bachelor of science degree in business from Wake Forest University in 1976 and his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1979.

Wes is active in the local civic community. His contributions include serving on the Board of Directors of Riverview Manor, Inc., as trustee of the First Presbyterian Church Foundation, and more recently as a City of Huntington, WV Municipal Parking Board Member.

Wes is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating for an attorney. When he is not serving his clients or local communities, Wes enjoys travelling with his wife and spending time with his children and grandchildren. He and his wife have visited many places—from Antartica to Africa—and keep a global map with red pins to their travels.

Wes values the trust and relationships he has built with his clients over the years and enjoys partnering with people to solve the problems that inevitably arise in the course of managing a business. He is a seasoned WV business and commercial lawyer you can trust to work with you in all of your legal business needs.

Education:

J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law, 1979

Moot Court Board

B.S., Wake Forest University, 1976

Dean’s List

Bar Admissions:

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, 1979

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1981

United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1979

Professional and Community Activities:

Member, American Bar Association, 1979 to Present

Member, The West Virginia State Bar, 1979 to Present

Member, Cabell County Bar Association, 1979 to Present

Participant, WV Legal Services Plan, Pro Bono Referral Project, 1997 to 1999

Board of Directors, Riverview Manor, Inc., 2008 to Present

City of Huntington, WV Municipal Parking Board, Member, 2017 to Present

First Presbyterian Church of Huntington, WV

Member, 1993 to Present

Trustee, First Presbyterian Church Foundation, 2006 to Present

Stewardship Committee

Member, 2008 to 2012

Chairman, 2012

Usher, 1995 to 2012

Member, Finance Committee, 2016 to Present

Guyan Golf and Country Club, Member, 1993 to Present

Gypsy Club,

Member, 1979 to Present

Board of Governors, 2014 to Present

Huntington Museum of Art

Membership Committee, 1986 to 1990

Co-Chairman, Open Door Campaign, 1988 to 1990

Board of Directors, The Frederick Holding Company, 2018 to Present

Coach and Board of Directors, Ashland, KY Minor and Little League Baseball, 1990 to 1993

Sigma Phi Epsilon

Phi Delta Phi

Omicron Delta Kappa

Recognitions and Awards:

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating since 2011

The Best Lawyers in America©, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2013 to 2019

John H. Deakin Award for Outstanding Service, Marshall University HELP Program, 2005

Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Service to Indigent Clients, West Virginia Legal Services Plan, Pro Bono Referral Project, 1998

Participant and Graduate, Leadership Tri-State, 1986

Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels