Charleston
At the end of 2025, Legal Aid of West Virginia (LAWV) relocated its headquarters to the historic Staats Hospital Building on Charleston’s West Side, strengthening our foundation for statewide service.
This new location enhances our ability to serve clients with greater visibility, accessibility, and dignity in the heart of a community where many of our clients live. For years to come, both clients and staff will benefit from a safe, respectful, and professional environment designed to support our mission.
Logan
In summer 2025, our Logan office relocated just down the street to a newly renovated space with a unique local history—once a bank, later a beauty school, and now home to a law firm serving West Virginians.
Located directly across from the Courthouse, this office offers convenient access for both clients and staff, strengthening our connection to the community we serve.
Wheeling
Our Wheeling office is preparing for a move to a new, spacious location in 2026.
The new office will be conveniently situated near all local courthouses, ensuring easier access for clients and staff and supporting efficient, effective service to the community.
Interested? Get Involved!
Justice on the Move will help LAWV conduct vital work across West Virginia. You can donate online today here! Or to learn more, please contact:
Missy Menefee, LAWV Resource Development Coordinator at 304-343-3013, ext. 2154.
Justice on the Move
Fundraising Committee
We want to say a special thank you to these community leaders and LAWV supporters on our campaign’s fundraising committee:
- Anita Casey
- Katherine “Kitty” Dooley
- Paula Flaherty
- Rochelle “Rocky” Goodwin
- Elliot Hicks
- Adam Krason
- Andrew Nason
- Mary Jane Pickens
- Dr. Shanequa Smith
- Gabriele Wohl
- Adrienne Worthy
- Jane Siers Wright
Campaign Donors
- J. Mark and Lanie Adkins
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- Augusta Family Foundation
- In recognition of Jennifer Bailey
- Bowles Rice LLP
- Anita R. Casey
- Mayor’s Office, City of Charleston
- Calwell Luce diTrapano PLLC
- The Daywood Foundation, Inc.
- Deitzler Foundation
- Encova Insurance
- In honor of Roger Forman & Arla Ralston
- The Glotfelty Foundation
- The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation
- Jackson Kelly PLLC
- Bernard H. & Blanche E. Jacobson Foundation
- Karly Nicole King
- J. Thomas Lane
- Ellen Maxwell-Hoffman
- Stuart McMillan
- Andrew Nason
- Peoples Bank
- Bruce Perrone
- Harvey D. Peyton
- Rick and Mary Jane Pickens
- Cam and Sydney Siegrist
- Melody Simpson and Tom Heywood
- Steptoe & Johnson PLLC (In honor of Melissa Watkins)
- In honor of Joanna Tabit
- Amy Tawney
- Benjamin R. Thomas
- Truist
- Debra Weinstein
- WesBanco Bank
- West Virginia Bar Foundation, Inc.
- Ryan and Kate White
- Gabriele Wohl & Daniel Lattanzi
- Adrienne Worthy and Brian Farkas
- David Yaussy
- Yield Giving
- ZMM Architects and Engineers
A History of the Staats Building
The Staats Hospital Building was designed by John C. Norman Sr. in 1922, the same year he was licensed as an architect in West Virginia. Over the decades it has housed a grocery store, Kelley’s Department Store, the Glendale Lodge of the Knights of Pythias, the West Side’s first movie theatre, offices, and retailers. The second and third floors of the structure were used as Staats Hospital from the early 1920s until 1982. The building began to deteriorate after the closing of the hospital, and in 2012 it was placed on the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia’s Endangered Properties List.
In 2014, developers John and Tighe Bullock purchased the property and launched a revitalization effort. In May 2023, Legal Aid of West Virginia Executive Director Adrienne Worthy signed an agreement with Tighe Bullock to establish the building as the organization’s statewide headquarters and staff moved in at the end of 2025.
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation John C. Norman Community Room
Thanks to a grant from The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation, LAWV is pleased to provide free of charge to non-profit organizations or groups located on the West Side of Charleston the John C. Norman Community Room for meetings, conferences, programs, and events of those groups who seek to enhance the West Side community.
Room use includes:
- 12 tables
- 30 chairs
- Podium
- Audio/visual components
- Kitchen amenities including refrigerator, microwave, coffee urn
For more information and to learn about room availability, please call LAWV at 304-343-3013, ext. 2154.