Jason S. Long

Partner

Jason worked with the firm’s Morgantown office before helping open the Lewisburg office, where he now serves as office managing partner.

His practice draws from his pre-lawyer days as an educator and growing up as the son of a county school superintendent. Jason advises county boards of education, providing a wide range of services, including guidance on personnel matters (both service and professional personnel), student and employee discipline matters, special education issues and various due process hearings (including those in personnel season). He conducts numerous in-service trainings and workshops to school systems and state educational organizations on a variety of legal topics and issues including student rights, FERPA, student discipline, employee discipline, sexual harassment, employee code of conduct, employee evaluations, service and professional personnel laws, and updates on the ever changing educational laws.

Credentials

Education

West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 2002)

Marshall University (B.A., 1998)

  • Social Studies 5-12

Bar admissions

  • West Virginia

Court admissions

  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Affiliations and memberships

  • West Virginia State Bar
  • Monongalia County Bar Association
  • Leadership Monongalia (2004)
  • Leadership West Virginia, Class of 2010
    • Anniversary Club
  • West Virginia University College of Law, past Development Council
  • Carnegie Hall Foundation, Inc., past Board of Directors
  • Old Stone Presbyterian Church, past clerk of the session
  • Tutoring Center Foundation, Inc., past Board of Directors
  • Rotary Club, Lewisburg
  • Communities in Schools of Greenbrier County, Board of Directors

Distinctions

  • Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell
  • West Virginia Rising Stars®
  • Future Star in Benchmark Litigation
  • Generation Next 40 Under 40 award by The State Journal (2010)
  • Best Lawyers®
    • Education Law (2021-2024)

Career Highlights
  • Counseled Client through Strategic Acquisition of School Transportation Company

    We counseled our client, a privatized school transportation company, during its acquisition of an Illinois-based student transportation service provider for special needs students and their families. This acquisition, a logical next step, extended our client’s market presence in Illinois and strengthened its commitment to developing and implementing best practices for transporting special education students. Our team of attorneys performed extensive diligence in preparation of closing, which touched on a multitude of different areas unique to the transaction, such as state and local taxes, and specific to our client’s industry, including regulatory requirements. We diligently worked together with seller’s counsel to achieve a desired result for our respective clients.

Publications
  • March 20, 2023

    West Virginia Legislature Advances Bill Protecting Public Access to Meetings

  • November 15, 2022

    Personnel Deadlines 2022-2023 School Year

  • June 29, 2022

    SCOTUS Holds That Coach was Wrongly Disciplined for Prayer After Football Games

  • August 5, 2021

    Mandatory Reporting in West Virginia

  • July 27, 2021

    Personnel Deadlines for the 2021-2022 School Year

  • June 23, 2021

    Supreme Court: Schools Are Limited in Regulation of Off-Campus Speech

  • June 17, 2021

    US Department of Education Interprets Title IX to Protect Against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

  • April 21, 2021

    More Open Enrollment Changes for Nonresident Transfers

  • March 29, 2021

    Finally: Clarification on ECCAT ‘Issues’

  • March 9, 2021

    President Biden’s Executive Order Requires Review of Sex Discrimination in Education

News
  • August 21, 2025

    260 Dinsmore Attorneys Listed as 2026 Best Lawyers®, Ones to Watch

  • August 15, 2024

    250+ Dinsmore Attorneys Named 2025 Best Lawyers ®, Ones to Watch

  • August 17, 2023

    200+ Dinsmore Attorneys Named 2024 Best Lawyers®, “Ones to Watch”

  • August 18, 2022

    16 Dinsmore Attorneys Named Best Lawyers® 2023 “Lawyer of the Year”

  • August 18, 2022

    2023 Best Lawyers® List Recognizes 190 Dinsmore & Shohl Attorneys

  • February 28, 2022

    Dinsmore Marks 20 Years, Continued Growth in West Virginia

  • October 7, 2021

    Mary Catherine Tuckwiller Brings West Virginia Education Policy Experience to Dinsmore

  • August 19, 2021

    Best Lawyers® Recognizes 191 Dinsmore & Shohl Attorneys

  • August 20, 2020

    Best Lawyers® Recognizes 180 Dinsmore & Shohl Attorneys

Events
  • December 22, 2025

    Job Postings, Job Descriptions, and FMLA

  • August 20, 2025

    2025 Educational legislative update: boone county board of education

  • August 12, 2025

    Do’s and don’ts advocating for an excess levy

  • August 7, 2025

    2025 Educational Legislative Update: Logan County Board of Education

  • August 5, 2025

    2025 Educational Legislative Update: Morgan County Board of Education

  • August 4, 2025

    2025 Educational Legislative Update: Mercer County Board of Education

  • August 1, 2025

    2025 Educational Legislative Update: Grant County Board of Education

  • July 29, 2025

    2025 Educational Legislative Update: Pocahontas County Board of Education in conjunction with the W. Va. School Board Association

  • July 29, 2025

    2025 Educational Legislative Update: Lewis County Board of Education

  • July 28, 2025

    2025 Educational Legislative Update: Greenbrier County Board of Education