Jackson Kelly PLLC Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America For 2017
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Aug. 18, 2016) — Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that 67 of the firm’s lawyers were recently named in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Lawyers from across the firm’s twelve offices were honored in the publication.
In addition, 10 Jackson Kelly PLLC lawyers were named as Best Lawyers’ 2017 Lawyers of the Year. Only a single lawyer in each area of practice in each community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.†Those who received this honor are: Mark W. Bernlohr (Litigation – Construction), Laura E. Beverage (Energy Law), Marcia Allen Broughton (Trusts and Estates), Robert F. Duncan (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants), Lucinda L. Fluharty (Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers), Samme L. Gee (Public Finance Law), Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. (Health Care Law), Charles W. Loeb, Jr. (Corporate Law), John Philip Melick (Administrative / Regulatory Law), and R. Henry Moore (Mining Law).
First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey. Leading attorneys cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Because of the methodology used by Best Lawyers and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered an honor. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year†have received particularly high ratings in surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
AKRON, OH
–Mark W. Bernlohr (Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction)
BRIDGEPORT, WV
–Marcia Allen Broughton (Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates)
CHARLESTON, WV
–Robby J. Aliff (Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants)
–David A. Barnette (Information Technology Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property)
–Christina T. Brumley (Energy Law)
–Christopher L. Callas (Energy Law)
–Gretchen M. Callas (Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants)
–Ellen S. Cappellanti (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Corporate Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law)
–Michael T. Cimino (Mining Law; Natural Resources Law)
–Stephen R. Crislip (Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
–William F. Dobbs, Jr. (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Litigation – Mergers and Acquisitions; Mergers and Acquisitions Law)
–Charles D. Dunbar (Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Financial Services Regulation Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance)
–A. L. Emch (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
–Michael M. Fisher (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
–Michael D. Foster (Employee Benefits [ERISA] Law)
–Samme L. Gee (Corporate Law; Project Finance Law; Public Finance Law)
–Gary W. Hart (Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
–M. Shane Harvey (Environmental Law; Mining Law)
–Timothy E. Huffman (Administrative / Regulatory Law; Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers)
–Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. (Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
–Barbara D. Little (Environmental Law)
–Charles W. Loeb, Jr. (Corporate Law; Energy Law; Mining Law)
–Elizabeth Osenton Lord (Corporate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation)
–Erin E. Magee (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)
–John A. Mairs (Tax Law)
–J. Rudy Martin (Arbitration; Insurance Law; International Arbitration – Commercial; International Arbitration – Governmental; Mediation; Reinsurance Law)
–Jill McIntyre (Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law; Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
–Robert G. McLusky (Energy Law; Litigation – Environmental; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law)
–John Philip Melick (Administrative / Regulatory Law)
–Laurie K. Miller (Health Care Law; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
–Ann B. Rembrandt (Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers)
–Al F. Sebok (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Mining Law)
–James R. Snyder (Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Mining Law)
–Louis S. Southworth II (Corporate Law; Government Relations Practice; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law)
–Brian R. Swiger (Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
–Pamela Dawn Tarr (Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
–Kenneth E. Tawney (Energy Law; Oil and Gas Law)
–James W. Thomas (Health Care Law)
–Robert G. Tweel (Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Tax Law)
–Michael B. Victorson (Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Environmental; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
–Roger A. Wolfe (Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management)
CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN
–Diana L. Wann (Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers)
DENVER, CO
–Laura E. Beverage (Energy Law; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law)
–Christopher G. Peterson (Energy Law)
–John S. Zakhem (Government Relations Practice)
EVANSVILLE, IN
–Marc D. Fine (Corporate Law)
–Blair M. Gardner (Environmental Law; Litigation – Environmental; Mining Law; Natural Resources Law; Water Law)
–James D. Johnson (Appellate Practice)
–Timothy A. Klingler (Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers)
–L. Montgomery Porter (Health Care Law)
LEXINGTON, KY
–Robert F. Duncan (Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants)
–John W. Hays (Construction Law)
–William A. Hoskins III (Health Care Law)
–William S. Mattingly (Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers)
–Kevin M. McGuire (Environmental Law)
–Jeffrey J. Yost (Tax Law)
MARTINSBURG, WV
–Robert E. Glenn IV (Real Estate Law)
–E. Leslie Hoffman (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
–William J. Powell (Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
MORGANTOWN, WV
–Seth P. Hayes (Commercial Litigation)
–Stephen M. LaCagnin (Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Labor Law – Management; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants)
–George E. Roeder III (Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers)
–Kathy L. Snyder (Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers)
–Taunja Willis-Miller (Health Care Law; Public Finance Law)
PITTSBURGH, PA
–R. Henry Moore (Mining Law; Natural Resources Law)
WHEELING, WV
–Larry W. Blalock (Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Labor and Employment)
–Lucinda L. Fluharty (Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers)
FOOTNOTES:  The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms†rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer reviews from leading attorneys in their field and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be eligible for a ranking, a law firm must have at least one lawyer listed in the 21st Edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for that particular location and specialty.
Client Focus, Industry Insight, National Reputation. Jackson Kelly PLLC is a national law firm with more than 175 attorneys located in twelve offices throughout Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Washington, DC. Focusing on clients’ industry-specific needs, the Firm serves a wide variety of corporate and public clients and enjoys a national reputation in business, labor and employment, litigation, government contracts, tax, safety and health, permitting, natural resource and environmental law. The Firm’s clients and peers recognize its commitment to providing superior client service as Jackson Kelly has repeatedly been selected as a Go-To Law Firm for the Top 500 Companies in the U.S. and is regularly named to BTI’s Client Service A-Team.
