Biography
Hampton Rose helps real estate and energy clients navigate through complex commercial transactions. He leads Steptoe & Johnson’s Real Estate Practice Group that includes over 40 Steptoe & Johnson attorneys and professionals.
For several years, Hampton served as Chair of the West Virginia Bar Association Real Estate Division, the preeminent group of real estate attorneys in the Mountain State. Hampton is a licensed title insurance agent with several title insurance companies, issuing millions of dollars in lender and owner policies annually.
Beyond real estate, Hampton represents lenders, buyers and sellers in asset and equity acquisitions and divestitures. He also regularly issues building block, West Virginia law, and enforceability opinions. Hampton also frequently manages due diligence in transactions. He is also a registered government relations lobbyist, effectively assisting clients in drafting and advocating for and against proposed legislation and regulations.
Prior to law school, Hampton played football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and worked as a miner in the West Virginia coal fields. Outside of work, Hampton enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons.
Representative Experience
- Represented buyers, sellers and lenders in real estate transactions involving property worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to hundreds of millions of dollars
- Issued title insurance as an agent for Chicago Title, First American, Fidelity National Title, Old Republic, Stewart and WestCor
- Issued borrower and buyer opinions in financed transactions, including enforceability, local law, attachment and perfection
- Managed a Steptoe & Johnson team that issued corporate and mortgage opinions across 11 states in $1 billion loan transactions
- Represented acquiring and target companies in asset and equity transactions
- Issued title opinions and due diligence reports regarding real estate, including commercial, mineral and renewable property, and general business assets including leases and contracts
- Represented parties in real estate related disputes
- Drafted and analyzed legislation and counsels clients as to the impact of proposed legislation on their businesses
- Represented lenders and borrowers in establishing and maintaining multi-million dollar credit facilities
Education
- J.D. West Virginia University College of Law
- B.A. West Virginia University
Memberships
- Member, Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Economic Development Working Group
- West Virginia Bankers Association
- Energy & Mineral Law Foundation
- West Virginia Oil & Natural Gas Association
- Member, Contractors Association of West Virginia
- Trustee, Christ Church United Methodist
- Secretary, Rebuilding Together Charleston, WV
- Member, Rotary Club of Charleston
- Read Aloud West Virginia
- West Virginia Bar Association Executive Council
- Kanawha County Bar Association
Achievements
- West Virginia’s State Journal’s Generation Next: 40 Under 40 Class of 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Energy Law (2022-Present), Natural Resources Law (2024-Present), Oil and Gas Law (2022-Present), Real Estate Law (2025)
Speaking Engagements
- Emcee and Presenter, West Virginia Bar Association Real Estate Division Annual Meeting – Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia (2021-2025)
- Guest Lecturer, “Oil and Gas Law,” West Virginia State University (2018-2019)
- Presenter, “Tax Sales in West Virginia,” Southern Appalachian Association of Professional Landmen (September 2019)
- Panel Moderator, “Relationship Between Land and Legal in Marcellus and Utica Operating Companies,” Appalachian Land Institute (October 2019)
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