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Jackson Kelly Elects Four New Members
December 11, 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va., December 11th, 2023 – Jackson Kelly PLLC’s Executive Committee is pleased to announce that Attorneys Neil C. Brown, Laura Hoffman Lorensen, Jessica L. Robey, and Cassee L. Vivian have been promoted to Members, effective January 1st, 2024.
“We are excited to add Neil, Laura, Jessica, and Cassee as Members of the Firm. All of them are deserving because of their hard work and dedication to the Firm’s clients,” says Jackson Kelly Executive Committee Chair, Elizabeth Lord. “I am thrilled for them and for their futures here.”
“I am thrilled with the choices made by the Executive Committee to promote Neil, Laura, Jessica, and Cassee to Member,” says Firm Managing Member, Robert Tweel. “Having worked with all of them during my time at the Firm, I can say they are four of the smartest, hardest working attorneys that we have. They are loyal and dedicated to their practices of law.”
Neil C. Brown practices in the Health Care industry group, focusing primarily on health care regulatory issues and mergers and acquisitions. He practices out of the Firm's office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He provides advice to clients on regulatory and operational questions involving information privacy and security, health care fraud and abuse, Medicare and Medicaid, and other matters pertaining to compliance with federal and state health care laws.
Laura Hoffman Lorensen practices in the Labor & Employment practice group. She practices out of the Firm's office in Charleston, West Virginia. As a labor and employment lawyer, Laura focuses primarily on counseling employers and defending matters in state and federal court with respect to claims of discrimination, harassment, wrongful and retaliatory discharge, wage and hour, and breach of contract. She also represents employers in administrative proceedings before various government agencies.
Jessica L. Robey practices in the Health Care and Manufacturing industry groups, focusing primarily on litigation. She practices out of the Firm’s office in Charleston, West Virginia. Immediately prior to joining the Firm, Jessica served as Education Counsel with the West Virginia Senate, where she drafted and amended legislation while working alongside multiple state agencies, public interest groups, and other staff attorneys.
Cassee L. Vivian practices in the Banking industry group, focusing primarily on tax and trusts and estates. She practices out of the Firm's office in Evansville, Indiana. Cassee earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in humanities-prelaw from Michigan State University. She then went on to obtain a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Michigan State University College of Law.
