Whitney R Kerns

Whitney R Kerns

Bowles Rice LLP

Whitney R Kerns is a partner of Bowels Rice LLP in Morgantown, West Virginia. She is a member of the firm's energy team, focusing on coal and oil and gas law. Ms. Kerns also practices in real estate development. Her work in the coal industry has included representing and advising coal operators and coal producers on various matters. Ms. Kerns served as counsel in the acquisition of coal properties for coal operators, and represented them in leasing rights, title disputes and curative judicial proceedings. She has also defended coal producers concerning leasing disputes. In the area of oil and gas law, Ms. Kerns has performed due diligence for multi-million dollar oil and gas operation acquisitions. She has represented oil and gas operators in acquisition of properties in West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and has counseled oil and production companies regarding leasing rights in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Since Fall of 2018, Ms. Kerns has served as an adjunct professor for the West Virginia University College of Law, where she teaches the course on coal, oil and gas law. She earned her law degree from the West Virginia University College of Law, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif and senior editor of The West Virginia Law Review. Ms. Kerns is admitted to practice in West Virginia and before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern districts of West Virginia.

Whitney R Kerns's Courses

  • Due Diligence in Oil and Gas Transactions

    Real Estate

    Credits Available
    Credit Status Total
    Alaska CLE Approved 3 Total
    Arizona CLE Approved 3 Total
    California CLE Approved 3 Total
    Colorado CLE Approved 4 Total
    Connecticut CLE Approved 3 Total
    Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
    Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
    Idaho CLE Approved 3 Total
    Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
    Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
    Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
    Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
    Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
    Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
    North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
    Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
    New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
    New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
    Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
    New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
    Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
    Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
    Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
    Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 3.5 Total
    Tennessee CLE Approved 3 Total
    Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
    Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
    West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
    OnDemand
    3 Pennsylvania CLE