Valerie F. Gainer is a Member practicing with the Banking and Financial Services industry groups, focusing primarily on estate planning, estate administration, mergers and acquisitions, and other transactional matters. She practices out of the Firm's office in Charleston, West Virginia.
Valerie provides representation to clients in a wide range of areas, including business formation, corporate governance, and business sales and acquisitions. In addition, she assists individual clients with estate planning and administration matters, including estate and trust litigation.
Valerie currently serves on the board of the Charleston Estate Planning Council and as the Vice-Chair of the Board of Members of the Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority. She has also been recognized in the Best Lawyers'® Charleston, West Virginia "Ones to Watch" list for Banking and Finance Law and Trusts and Estates (2021-2024).
Valerie joined Jackson Kelly in 2018. Raised in Parkersburg, West Virginia, she graduated summa cum laude from Marietta College in 2013, receiving a bachelor’s degree in English and Political Science and a Certificate in Leadership from the McDonough Center for Leadership and Business. After college, Valerie attended The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, earning her law degree in 2016.