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Lt. Governor Holcomb joins FSSA Secretary John Wernert, Community Health Network Executives to Break Ground on new Neuro-Diagnostic Institute

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New state-operated hospital, located on Community Hospital East campus, will diagnose and treat 1,500 Hoosiers with mental illnesses and addictions each year

Indianapolis – Lt. Governor Eric Holcomb today joined Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) Secretary Dr. John Wernert and executives from Community Health Network to break ground and officially begin construction on the state’s new neuro-diagnostic institute and advanced treatment center. The $120 million state-of-the-art facility located on the campus of Community Hospital East will have 159 beds and the capacity to treat up to 1,500 patients a year. The institute, announced by Governor Mike Pence last December, will be a key component of the state’s initiative to improve Indiana’s network of state-operated mental health facilities and result in major advancements to Indiana’s public mental health services delivery system. The project is a centerpiece of the work of the Governor’s Task Force on Drug Enforcement, Treatment, and Prevention.

“I’m proud that Community Health Network, members of our Task Force on Drug Enforcement, Treatment, and Prevention, and local community leaders in the field of mental illness and drug abuse disorders have come together today to break ground on the first-ever Neuro-Diagnostic Institute,” said Governor Pence. “The scourge of drug abuse affects Hoosiers all across our state, and I’m confident that this new institute will serve as an example of our state’s commitment to recognizing and embracing advances in brain research and improving clinical care for those troubled with mental illness and addictions.”

Lt. Governor Holcomb and FSSA Secretary Wernert were joined by community and government leaders as well as members of the general public who have supported his efforts to improve access to high-quality mental health care. The new institute serves as the cornerstone of the Governor’s ongoing commitment to improve mental health care and address the scourge of addiction in Indiana.

“This facility will quickly become the envy of the nation, a center of excellence where industry best practices including modern genetic and imaging techniques will result in the most efficient and accurate patient diagnoses possible,” said Dr. John Wernert, Secretary of the Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA). “The ability to develop better and more comprehensive diagnoses will help determine the best treatment plans, which maximize recovery and promote stable community placements and better outcomes for patients.”

The focus of this new institute will be on the precise diagnosis and assertive treatment of brain-based disorders, including:

  • acute and chronic mental illness
  • chronic addictions
  • intellectual and developmental disabilities
  • traumatic brain injury
  • neuro-degenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease

Construction will begin immediately, and the new facility is expected to open for patient admissions in late 2018. It will eventually replace one of the state’s six current facilities, Larue Carter Hospital in Indianapolis, which will be phased out of operation.

“The Neuro-Diagnostic Institute complements the vision for behavioral health care that we developed here at Community,” said Bryan Mills, president and CEO of Community Health Network. “As the state’s largest provider of behavioral health services, we strongly believe in a holistic approach to medical and behavioral health care, and so do those planning the NDI. We’re looking forward to providing these much-needed services to the communities we serve and our entire state, by aligning our resources with the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration.”

Additional information about the new Indiana Neuro-Diagnostic Institute is available on FSSA’s website at http://www.in.gov/fssa/dmha/2935.htm.

 

EVSC SCHEDULE OF REGULAR MEETINGS 2016-2017 SCHOOL YEAR

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JULY

Monday, July 11, 2016 – 5:30 P.M.
Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

Monday, July 25, 2016 – 5:30 P.M.
Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

AUGUST

Monday, August 8, 2016 – 5:30 P.M.
Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

Monday, August 22, 2016 – 5:30 P.M.
Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

SEPTEMBER

Monday, September 12, 2016 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

Monday, September 26, 2016 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room, EVSC Administration Building

OCTOBER

Tuesday, October 11, 2016 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

RESCHEDULED Monday, October 31

Monday, October 24, 2016 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

NOVEMBER

Monday, November 14, 2016 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

Monday, November 28, 2016 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

DECEMBER

Monday, December 12, 2016 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

Regular Meeting Regular Meeting

Regular Meeting; Budget Presentation/Overview

Regular Meeting;
Budget Presentation; Permission to Advertise

Regular Meeting; Public Hearing Regular Meeting; Budget Adoption

Regular Meeting Regular Meeting

Regular Meeting Regular Meeting

Regular Meeting

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Board Room; EVSC Administration

APRIL

Monday, April 3, 2017 – 5:30 P.M Board Room; EVSC Administration

Monday, April 17, 2017 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration

MAY

Monday, May 1, 2017 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration

Monday, May 15, 2017 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration

JUNE

Monday, June 5, 2017 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room, EVSC Administration

Monday, June 19, 2017 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration

Building

Building Building

Building Building

Building Building

JANUARY

Monday, January 9, 2017 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration

Monday, January 23, 2017 – 5:30 P.M.
Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

FEBRUARY

Monday, February 6, 2017 – 5:30 P.M.
Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

Monday, February 27, 2017 – 5:30 P.M. Board Room; EVSC Administration Building

MARCH

Monday, March 13, 2017 – 5:30 P.M.

Regular Meeting; Reorganization of Board Regular Meeting

Regular Meeting Regular Meeting

Regular Meeting

Regular Meeting Regular Meeting

Regular Meeting Regular Meeting

Regular Meeting Regular Meeting

 

Whyruawesome takes allowance feature to keep proving great claim for owners;

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Mena, Lanerie tied for jockey lead at 17;

Court joins Torres at Sat. AM fan event

For immediate release

HENDERSON, Ky. (Aug. 19, 2016) — Whyruawesome won for the fourth time in the gelding’s past five starts and fifth time in his past eight, taking Ellis Park’s featured fourth race Friday by 3 1/4 lengths over favored Starship Zeus.

The 5-year-old Whyruawesome led all the way in the $39,000 first-level allowance race that had a $25,000 claiming option, drawing away through the stretch. He covered the mile in an excellent 1:35.47 under Brian Hernandez Jr. and paid $6 to win as the second choice in the field of seven older horses that happened to all be geldings.

Trainer and co-owner Conor Murphy claimed Whyruawesome for $30,000 during Keeneland’s 2015 spring meet for a partnership that also includes David Caskey of Evansville and Steve and Blake Turner of Louisville. The son of Whywhywhy won that day, but lost his first seven starts for his new connections before winning a $50,000 claiming race at Churchill Downs last fall.

Whyruawesome finished a tiring fifth in his last start, a tough allowance race July 16 at Indiana Grand, for which Murphy took some responsibility.

“He won three in a row in the spring, one at Keeneland and two at Churchill,” said Murphy, who is based at the Skylight training center in Goshen, Ky. “We were kind of in no-man’s land on where to go. In a last-minute decision, I ran him in an allowance race on the Indiana Derby undercard, and I didn’t have him near fit enough for that. We said instead of playing the guessing game with him, we’d map this (race) and train him hard. He ran huge today.

“We gave him a few months off in the winter to freshen him up, and he seems to have responded well. He’s improving all the time.  He’s a lovely, sound horse — a great claim for the owners…. David Caskey is from like five minutes down the road. This is the greatest day of his life. This is his hometown track, so he’s over the moon to get a win.”

Trainer Joe Sharp and jockey Jon Court each won two races, including teaming with each other to take the fifth as Majestic Gale held off the Hernandez-ridden 15-1 shot Wicked Lick for a 1 1/4-length triumph in the $38,000 maiden race for 2-year-old fillies on turf.

It was the first start on turf for Majestic Gale, a daughter of Majestic Warrior and who is out of a mare by turf champion Theatrical. Majestic Gale was eighth in her debut on dirt at Churchill in June then a well-beaten fourth in an off-turf race won by the ultra-impressive Sully’s Dream. Majestic Gale covered the mile in 1:38.96, the last eighth going in 12.19 seconds. She paid $13.20 to win as the fourth choice in the field of 11.

Court, a six-time Ellis Park riding champion, also won the second race on the Benjie Larue-trained Luvurita. Sharp won the third with American Sailor and jockey Miguel Mena. Corey Lanerie also won two: the first on the Dale Romans-trained Sweet Betty and the seventh on the Paul McGee-trained first-time gelding Go Navy Go. That pulled Lanerie into a tie with Mena for the meet lead at 17 wins apiece.

Court will join Francisco Torres as featured jockeys on the Saturday morning fan experience dubbed “Making of a Racehorse.” The free event, open to all ages, begins at 7:30 a.m. Central by the schooling starting gate in the mile chute on the first turn, with plenty of adjacent parking in the south end of Ellis’ parking lot by the Ohio River levee. The casual program also includes a visit to trainer John Hancock’s barn, where young kids can get a spin around the barn on a stable pony, director of stalls J.J. Gloria and track announcer Jimmy McNerney, who also is a jockey agent. Making of a Racehorse will be held for the last time next Saturday, Aug. 27.

Reminder that Ellis Park will race Thursday, Sept. 1, as a makeup day for the canceled July 4 card. Ellis closes out its meet racing Sept. 2, 4 and 5, but does not race on Sept. 3, as that day was given to Kentucky Downs for its meet opener.

The Evansville Rescue Mission Appoints Evansville Chief of Police, Billy Bolin, as a New ERM Board Director

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The Evansville Rescue Mission is honored and privileged to announce the addition of Evansville Chief of Police, Billy Bolin, to its Board Directors, comprised now of 12 members.

Chief of Police Billy Bolin has served on the Evansville Police Department since 1998.  He has been assigned to various positions on the department during his career, including Patrol, Juvenile Detective Office, Crime Prevention Officer and Patrol Sergeant.  He started his Policing Career at the Henderson Kentucky Police Department in 1995.

Chief Bolin graduated from the Kentucky Department of Criminal Justice Training in February 1996.  He is also a graduate of the Police Executive Leadership Academy.  Chief Bolin won the National 2005 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Outstanding Public Service and was the 2009 Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police, Police Officer of the Year.

Evansville Rescue Mission’s President/CEO, Tracy L. Gorman, states, “We’re excited to welcome Chief Bolin to our Board of Directors. He brings with him a great love for all the citizens of our city, including those we serve at your ERM who are often forgotten by society. He will be a wonderful addition to our Board as we prepare to celebrate our 100th Anniversary in 2017.”

Founded in 1917, the Evansville Rescue Mission operates six ministry divisions throughout Vanderburgh County: the Residence Center which shelters homeless men (more than 50,000 nights of lodging provided in 2015), the Youth Care Center-a detention center for troubled youth, Camp Reveal-the Mission’s campground/retreat center, two Evansville Rescue Mission Thrift Stores located in Evansville, as well as ERM’s new Donation Center, located a block away from ERM’s downtown main campus in Evansville.

 

American Sewing Guild meeting

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The Tri-State Chapter of the American Sewing Guild will meet August 23 at McCollough Branch Library’s Community Room on Washington Avenue east of Washington Square Mall.
The program “Creative Expression Art in another way” will be presented by Tina Gibbs.  This will support our National motto “Advance Sewing as an Art and Life Skill.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the meeting and program from 6-7:45 p.m.  Visitors are welcome.  For more information, call 812-568-2515 or email evansville@asg.org

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Humana, Cigna To Tennessee: Our Original Double-Digit Obamacare Premium Estimates Are Even Higher Now

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Humana, Cigna To Tennessee: Our Original Double-Digit Obamacare Premium Estimates Are Even Higher Now

written by MATT VESPA for DOWNHILL

At the recent annual RedState Gathering in Denver, Colorado, Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey discussed on a panel about Obamacare the possibility that we’re facing a total collapse of the law, which is conveniently not really going to impact President Obama himself. This is a huge homework assignment, along with Russia, Syria, Iran, and Yemen, which he’s passing onto the other guy (or gal). We know the losses incurred by health insurers are astronomical and unsustainable. It’s the reason why many are pulling out of the market across the country. Premiums for every plan, including the so-called low-cost plans, are projected tor rise by double-digits. And even those projections are set to almost double in states like Tennessee.

In an effort to keep insurers involved in the exchange, Tennessee allowed health care insurers Cigna and Humana a chance to revisit their earlier premium projections, which on average were set to spike 26 percent. Now, both companies have re-filed their rates—and they’re even higher, almost doubling their original projections (via The Tennessean)

Cigna and Humana each filed revised, and higher, requests for premiums on the 2017 Obamacare exchange after the state’s insurance regulator granted them the chance to revisit earlier requests in a bid to keep the insurers in the market.
In its latest filing, Cigna is proposing an average 46 percent increase — double its first 23 percent increase request.

Humana, which requested a 29 percent average increase in June, is requesting an average 44.3 percent increase, according to a filing with the state regulators.
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance is set to approve rates for next year on or before Aug. 23, but decided to allow insurers to revise requests after hearing concerns from Cigna and Humana that proposed increases would not cover claims.

Kevin Walters, spokesman for the agency, said Monday that the possibility of the insurers leaving over projected losses was “too great a risk.” The TDCI stipulated that insurers with revised requests would have to meet with state officials in person to explain.

Aetna, UnitedHealth, Blue Cross Blue Shield—all have incurred losses and found this model unsustainable. In North Carolina, Blue Cross Blue Shield was mulling whether to pull out of the market entirely in February, after five percent of their affordable care customers consumed $830 million in heath care costs in 2014, but only collected $75 million in premiums. That’s with the subsidy. They’re the only health insurer that sells plans to all of the state’s 100 counties.

Be sure to be on the lookout for Guy’s post about Aetna’s decision on Obamacare. Let’s just say the trainwreck never ends with this law.

SHERIFF DAVE WEDDING SELECTED CCO “OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD” WINNER

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We are pleased and excited to announce that Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding  has been selected as the third CCO 2016 “Outstanding Community Service” Award Winner” for 2016.  Sheriff Wedding is extremely well thought of in our community and he gives a great deal of his time and financial resources to help those in need.

His career in public safety began in 1981 working as a civilian jailer.  He  worked his way up Corporate ladder and in 1983 he became a deputy sheriff .

Sheriff Wedding worked in various assignments as a young deputy including canine unit for several years. He held ranks of Sergeant, Lieutenant, Major, Chief Deputy before being elected Vanderburgh County Sheriff in 2014.

Sheriff Wedding graduated from the FBI National Academy in 1997.   He also attended many leadership courses including one at Northwestern University.

Sheriff  Wedding is active many community and support groups and organizations.   He is a strong supporter  of the Santa Clothes Club,  St Vincent Child Daycare, Youth Resources, Albion Fellows, 911 Gives Hope, Honor Flight and has a strong passion in helping local youth programs.

So far the 2016 the “Outstanding Community Services Awards” are Vicki Hubiak President Of HR Solutions and Anne Audain six time Olympician and world record holder in the 500 meter race. This years awards luncheon will be held at Tropicana-Evansville Walnut rooms A and B. The registration begin at 11:30 am, the event officially starts at 12 noon on October 26, 2016.  Last years event was a sellout.

Last years winners of the “Outstanding Community Services Awards” were: Vanderburgh County Commissioner Joe Kifer, well respected local attorney Joe Harrison, Jr, Indiana State Auditor Suzanne Crouch and former Vanderburgh County Sheriff and 8th District Congressmen Brad Ellsworth, Dr. Dan Adams, Dr Steven Becker MD, Tracy Zeller-President of Tracy Zeller Jewelry Holly Dunn-National Movation Speaker on Domestic Violence, Cheryl Musgrave who sits on the Vanderburgh County Board of Zoning Appeals and retired political icon Betty Hermann.

Jackson Kelly PLLC Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America For 2017

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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.