About

Allison S. McClure

BIO

Allison S. McClure is a lifelong West Virginia resident, completing her primary and secondary education in the Harrison County school system before choosing to continue her higher education pursuits at West Virginia colleges.  During her three years at West Virginia Wesleyan College, Allison was an active member of Alpha Xi Delta and excelled in her academic studies, earning an award for having the highest GPA in her sorority and the highest GPA among her fellow accounting program graduates.

Allison entered the West Virginia University College of Law  in August 2005 and discovered her natural skills in litigation during her second semester, which she continued pursuing as a member of the Marlyn E. Lugar Trial Association and a student attorney for the West Virginia University College of Law Clinical Law Program.

Upon graduation, Allison began working for McNeer, Highland, McMunn and Varner, L.C., where she focused her practice on family law, civil child abuse and neglect, and civil defense litigation.

After over ten years of practice at the firm, McNeer, Highland, McMunn and Varner, L.C., closed, and Allison founded McClure Law PLLC to continue her service to and representation of families, children, and businesses in North Central West Virginia.

EDUCATION

• West Virginia Wesleyan College, Accounting, 2005​

  • summa cum laude

• West Virginia University College of Law, 2008

BAR ADMISSIONS

• West Virginia (2008)

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia (2008)

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia (2008)

• United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (2010)

• United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (2010)

• Pennsylvania (2015)

CREDENTIALS

• West Virginia Family Court Mediator​

• West Virginia Guardian Ad Litem

• West Virginia Citizen Review Panel

• West Virginia State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

• West Virginia Family Law Committee

• Harrison County Court Advisory Council, Facilitator

• Harrison County Child Abuse Task Force, Member

• Harrison County Bar Association

• Super Lawyers West Virginia Rising Star

​PUBLICATIONS

• “Settling a Case Without Compromising Your Ethics: The Ethical Considerations in Settlement Negotiations,” Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Fall Quarterly 2009 (co-author)

• “What is an Adjuster to Do?  The Spoliation Risk in the Adjustment of Claims,” The Whisper, December 2013

• “Responding to Novel Arguments and the Conundrum of Public Policy Arguments,” For the Defense, May 2014 (co-author)

• “‘If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say, Don’t Say it at All’: The Rule of Civility and Its Application in the Social Media Era,” The Whisper, July 2014

​PRESENTATIONS

• Harrison County CASA Program Presenter – Substantive and Procedural Law of West Virginia Child Abuse and Neglect Cases

• 2016 Spring Family Court Judicial Education Conference Panel Participant, “What Do GALs Need from the Judge?”

• PRIDE Training, Panel Participant

• Harrison County Magistrate and Family Courts Presenter – Domestic Violence Protective Order Training

• Harrison County Bar Association Lunch & Learn Presenter – West Virginia Child Abuse and Neglect Law