Altizer, Walk and White PLLC
Post Office Box 30, 209 East Main Street, Tazewell, Virginia 24651
Telephone: (276) 988-7979 - Facsimile: (276) 988-6707
Attorneys
Managing Member
David Grant Altizer
Members
Mr. Altizer was born in Tazewell, Virginia on April 29, 1950.
His education includes an Associate of Arts degree from Bluefield College in 1970 and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Virginia in 1972 (English Major). In 1975, he received his Juris Doctorate degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary.
He was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 1975, to the West Virginia State Bar in 2003, and practices in all local, state, and federal courts, including the Virginia Supreme Court, the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, representing creditors only. He also practices before various state agencies, including the Virginia ABC Board, and the Virginia Unemployment Agency.
Current memberships include the Tazewell County and Virginia Bar Associations with membership in the real estate section. He is a member of the Energy Foundation and the National School Board Association Council of School Attorneys. Mr. Altizer is a member at large of the Tazewell Lions Club and an Elder in the Presbyterian Church. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Chamber of Commerce and the Department of Social Services. For many years he has been the counsel to the Tazewell County School Board.
Although Mr. Altizer engages in most areas of the law, the emphasis of his practice is mineral law, real estate law, corporate law, school law, equity practice, elder law, and contracts. He often is called upon to act as an expert witness in matters involving mineral and real property law.