Jackson Kelly PLLC Elects New Executive Committee Members, Elevates Evansville Attorney to Firm Member and Office Leader

 Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that the firm has elected Member Marc D. Fine to its Executive Committee and elevated attorney Charles A. Compton to Member, both effective Jan. 1. Compton also will serve as Managing Member for the Evansville office, where both attorneys are based.

Fine joins the Executive Committee along with Jackson Kelly Charleston, W.Va., Member M. Shane Harvey. They fill the expired Executive Committee three-year terms of firm Members Timothy E. Huffman and Robert F. Duncan.

“We are thrilled to welcome Marc and Shane as the newest members of our Executive Committee and we are grateful for Tim and Robert’s service and leadership over the past three years,” said firm Managing Member Ellen S. Cappellanti. “We also congratulate Charles on his election to Member and his new Evansville leadership role and look forward to his ongoing contributions to the successes of our firm and our clients.”

A member of the Tax Practice Group, Fine advises clients in complex matters of corporate, business, tax and banking law. His practice also includes real estate development and leasing, trust and probate administration and estate and tax planning. Fine holds a law degree from the University of Illinois School of Law and a Bachelor of Science from Indiana University.

Previously Counsel with the firm, Compton practices in the areas of commercial law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and natural resources. He has two decades of private practice experience as well as four years of experience as General Counsel and a senior executive of a coal company. Compton earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts from DePauw University.

FOOTNOTE: 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.