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Jackson Kelly PLLC Attorneys Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America© 2018

August 15, 2017

Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that 67 of the firm’s lawyers were recently named in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^©. Lawyers from across the firm’s twelve offices were honored in the publication.

In addition, nine Jackson Kelly PLLC lawyers were named as Best Lawyers’ 2018 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: Marcia Allen Broughton (Tax Law), Stephen R. Crislip (Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants), John W. Hays (Construction Law), R. Henry Moore (Natural Resources Law), Ann B. Rembrandt (Workers’ Compensation Law), Susan R. Snowden (Appellate Practice), James W. Thomas (Health Care Law), Robert G. Tweel (Tax Law), Michael B. Victorson (Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants).

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers^® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer review evaluation. For the 2017 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America^©, 7.3 million votes were analyzed, which resulted in almost 55,000 leading lawyers being included in the new edition. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice."

AKRON, OH

Mark W. Bernlohr

Bet-the-Company Litigation
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
Health Care Law
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

David A. Barnette

Information Technology Law

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

Elizabeth B. Elmore

Oil and Gas Law

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

Commercial Litigation
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
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

Commercial Litigation
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

Michelle Elmore Wooten

Oil and Gas Law

CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN

Diana L. Wann

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

DENVER, CO

Laura E. Beverage

Energy Law
Mining Law
Natural Resources 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

Mary Beth Naumann

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Jeffrey J. Yost

Tax Law

MARTINSBURG, WV

Robert E. Glenn IV

Real Estate Law

Susan R. Snowden

Appellate Practice
Commercial Finance Law
Insurance Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Insurance
Mediation

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

Lucinda L. Fluharty

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

National Reputation Industry Insight Client Focus. Jackson Kelly PLLC is a national law firm with more than 170 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.