Jamie Bordas honored with Building a Better Community Award from United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley
Bordas & Bordas managing partner, Jamie Bordas, was honored with the Building a Better Community Award at the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley‘s Building a Better Community Breakfast on Monday, November 20. He was very grateful to receive this recognition and it was a wonderful event!
Jamie Bordas is a Wheeling, WV native. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 2000, he returned to the Ohio Valley to join the law firm that had been founded by his parents, Jim and Linda, 15 years earlier. In 2005, he became the managing partner of the law firm of Bordas & Bordas and has overseen its growth throughout the region.
During that time, not only has Jamie achieved success in the courtroom but has been a supporter of many charitable organizations and community events. He has been a long-time President of the Board of Directors of the Wheeling YMCA, has served on the committee of Catholic Charities West Virginia’s Annual Gala, and has been Vice President of the Ohio County Youth Football Organization. Jamie and his firm have partnerships and proudly support a number of organizations throughout the Ohio Valley, including the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley, the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference, Broadway at the Capitol, the Wheeling YMCA, The Wheeling Soup Kitchen, Ohio Valley Breast Cancer Awareness, the local county animal shelters, the Oglebay Foundation, the American Red Cross, Catholic Charities West Virginia, House of the Carpenter, the Salvation Army, and countless others. Jamie has also expanded the firm’s charitable work to the greater region with partnerships with the United Way of Western PA, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pittsburgh and Morgantown, and Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh.
In addition to leading much of the firm’s charitable work, Jamie has also served as a coach for many years. He was a high school football coach for 16 years, winning 7 state championships, and has served as a youth tackle football coach for the past 5 years, winning two league championships during that time. He has also volunteered as a coach for flag football and youth baseball. He received the Ronald McDonald House 2022 Giving Heart Award and was named the 2023 YMCA Coach of the Year.
Jamie is married to the former Stacy Contraguerro and they have six children.
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