Jim Leach

After a catastrophic wreck, Jim and his staff went above and beyond. Jim Leach’s Wood County roots run deep. A member of the sixth generation of his family to live and work in the Parkersburg area, Leach possesses an intimate knowledge of how area residents think and what they value. During his own growing-up years, Leach and his siblings were raised by a single mom of modest means who taught her children the value of hard work. “I grew up as kind of an underdog on the wrong side of the tracks,” Leach recalls. “I saw a lot of unfair things, like how insurance companies oftentimes treat people.” That experience prompted him, at a young age, to set his sights on becoming a lawyer.