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| | Address | | Virginia House, 208 East Main Street, P.O. Box 2288 | | Abingdon, Virginia 24212-2288 | | (Washington Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| PennStuart practices in the following areas of law:
General Practice. Trials in all State and Federal Courts. Appellate, Banking, Business, Employment, Corporate, Commercial Litigation, Mining, Oil and Gas, Energy, Workers' Compensation and Occupational Disease, Commercial Real Estate, Health Care, Bankruptcy, Insurance Defense, Products Liability, Regulatory, Administrative and Wills and Trusts. | | Year Established: 1890 | Firm Profile:
PennStuart is a full-service law firm representing clients in a wide range of legal and regulatory matters through its offices in Abingdon and Richmond, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee. As the largest and most established law firm between Roanoke and Knoxville, our depth is sufficient to meet virtually any requirement. Each of the lawyers at PennStuart is a hands-on professional committed to delivering the highest quality legal service in a pragmatic, client-oriented environment. | | Firm Size: 32 | Representative Clients:
Allstate Insurance Co.; Alpha Natural Resources, LLC; Appalachian Power Co.; Bituminous Insurance Group; CNA; CNX Gas Company, LLC; Cumberland Resources Corporation; (The) Doctors Co.; Emory & Henry College; Equitable Resources Corporation; Erie Insurance Group; General Motors Corp.; Harleysville Insurance Co.; Hartford Acc. & Ind. Co.; Home Insurance Co.; (The) Horace Mann Ins. Co.; Kemper Group; Maryland Casualty Co.; Medical Protective Co.; Meridian Oil, Inc.; Norfolk Southern Corp.; Progress Fuels Corporation; Royal Insurance; St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.; Texaco USA; Travelers Insurance Co.; Union Oil Company of California; United Coal Company; VA Farm Bureau Mutl. Ins. Co.; VA Medical Malpractice Self Ins.; VA Property Ins. Assn.; Employers Insurance of Wausau. |
Other Office Locations of PennStuart
Bristol, Tennessee, U.S.A.
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | George E. Penn (1895-1931). | | William Alexander Stuart (1889-1976). | | William W. Eskridge (Member) born Abingdon, Virginia, 1939; admitted to bar, 1966, Virginia. Education: King College and Medical College of Virginia (B.S., 1962); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1966). Rho Chi; Sigma Zeta. Member: Virginia State Bar (Member, Disciplinary Board, 1976-1980; Member of Council, 1979-1984; Member, Executive Committee, 1982; President, 1986-1987; Chairman, Administration and Finance Committee, 1985-1986); Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Member, Board of Directors, 1979-1985; Secretary, 1983-1984); Defense Research Institute. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation; Virginia Law Foundation. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Law; Insurance Law; Litigation. Email: William W. Eskridge | | Stephen M. Hodges (Member) born Ashland, Kentucky, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Virginia; 1968, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1971, Colorado; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1964); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1967). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Member: Virginia Bar Association; Virginia State Bar; Energy and Mineral Law Foundation (Member, Board of Trustees 2006—); American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate). [Captain, JAGC, U.S. Army, 1968-1972]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Mining Law; Labor Law; Debtor and Creditor Law. Email: Stephen M. Hodges | | Wade W. Massie (Member) born Front Royal, Virginia, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Virginia; 1996, West Virginia; 2000, Tennessee. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1974); University of Richmond (J.D., 1977). Member, McNeill Law Society. Recent Decisions Editor, University of Richmond Law Review, 1976-1977. Member: Virginia Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1997-1999); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Energy and Mineral Law Foundation. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; Virginia Law Foundation; American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Litigation; Mining; Railroad Law. Email: Wade W. Massie | | William M. Moffet (Member) born Arlington, Virginia, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Virginia; 2004, Tennessee. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1976); Washington & Lee University (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Order of the Coif. Member: Washington County (Vice President, 1993; President, 1994) and Virginia Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar (Secretary, 1985, and Chair, 1985-1988, 9th District Committee; Member, Committee on Lawyer Discipline, 1993-1995; Member, 1995-2004, Vice Chair, 1999-2001, and Chair, 2001-2002, Disciplinary Board); Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Litigation; Insurance Law; Products Liability Law. Email: William M. Moffet | | Timothy W. Gresham (Member) born McKinney, Texas, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Tennessee; 1982, Virginia. Education: East Tennessee State University; Morehead State University (B.A., 1976); University of Tennessee (J.D., 1979). Author: "Federal Notices of Violation in Primacy States: Oversight or Overkill?", Journal of Mineral Law & Policy, Vol. 3, No. 2; "Do Waivers of Support & Damage Authorize Full Extraction Mining?" W. Va. Law Review, Vol. 92, No. 4, National Coal Issue; "An Overview of Citizen Suits Affecting the Mineral and Energy Industry," Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, Vol. 20; "Picking Up the Litigation Tab: Statutory Attorneys' Fees," Energy and Mineral Law Foundation, Vol. 22. Member: Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1984-1987 and Secretary, 1986-1987, Environmental Law Section; Member, Administrative Law Section); Virginia (Member, Sections on: Environmental Law; Administrative Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Environment, Energy & Resources Law; Administrative and Regulatory Practice Law) Bar Associations; Energy and Mineral Law Foundation (Member: Board of Trustees, 1996—; Executive Committee, 2000-2007; Chair, Coal Committee, 1999-2000; Assistant Secretary, 2001-2003; Program Chair, 24th Annual Institute, 2002-2003; Vice President, 2003-2004; President, 2004-2005). Special Agencies: Virginia Workers Compensation Commission; Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy; Federal Office of Surface Mining, U.S. Department of Labor; Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. Practice Areas: Mining Law; Workers Compensation Law; Black Lung Law; Administrative Law; Environmental Law. Email: Timothy W. Gresham | | Harry Ashby Dickerson (Member) born Morgantown, West Virginia, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, District of Columbia; 1988, Virginia. Education: University of Vermont (B.A., 1964); George Washington University (LL.B., 1967); U.S. Army Judge Advocate Graduate Course (Dip., 1976); U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (Dip., with distinction, 1983); The National Judicial College, 53rd General Jurisdiction Session (Cert., 1984). Author: "Class Actions and the Military," Military Law Review, Volume 75, Winter, 1977. Instructor of Business Law, Constitutional Law for Police and Criminal Law for Police, University of Maryland Overseas Division, 1969-1975. Special Agencies: Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission and U.S. Department of Labor. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Occupational Hearing Loss; Federal Black Lung; Administrative Law. Email: Harry Ashby Dickerson | | Byrum L. Geisler (Member) born Radford, Virginia, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Virginia; 2006, Tennessee. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.A., 1985); University of Richmond (J.D., 1988). Pi Sigma Alpha. Member: Virginia State Bar (Young Lawyers Conference Board of Governors, 1991-1995); Virginia and American (Young Lawyers Division Executive Council Representative, 1993-1995; National Conferences Team, 1994-1995) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Litigation; Business Law; Corporate Law; Insurance Law. Email: Byrum L. Geisler | | Ramesh Murthy (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, 1966; admitted to bar, 1990, Virginia; 1996, Tennessee. Education: King College (B.A., 1987); University of Richmond (J.D., 1990). Author: "Dollar General Store v. Cridlin: An Evidentiary Coup for Claimants," The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol. XI, No.1 (1999); "What is the Value of the Appeal as a Matter of Right in a Workers' Compensation Case," The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol XIV, No. 3 (2002); "Boyd v. People, Inc. - Does Rule 1.4(c) Mean What It Says," The Journal of Civil Litigation, Vol XVI, No. 4 (2004). Member, Legislative Committee, Virginia Self-Insurer's Association. Member: Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Chairman: Workers' Compensation Section, 1999-2001; Employment Law Section, 2004; Member, Board of Directors, 2001-2004). Special Agencies: Virginia Workers Compensation Commission; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Employment Law. Email: Ramesh Murthy | | W. Bradford Stallard (Member) born Norton, Virginia, 1958; admitted to bar, 1987, Virginia. Education: Emory and Henry College (B.A., 1981); University of Richmond (J.D., 1987). Member: Blue Key; McNeill Law Society. Member, University of Richmond Law Review, 1985-1987. Law Clerk: Hon. Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr., Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1987-1988; Hon. James R. Spencer, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1988-1989. Member: Virginia and American Bar Associations; Defense Research Institute; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys. Practice Areas: Business Law; Employment Law; Litigation; Insurance Law. Email: W. Bradford Stallard | | ASSOCIATES | | Cameron S. Bell (Associate) born Blacksburg, Virginia, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia and Tennessee; U.S. Court, Western District of Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce (B.S., 1995); University of Tennessee School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Student Materials Editor, Tennessee Law Review. Law Clerk for the Honorable James P. Jones, U.S. District Judge, U.S. Court, Western District of Virginia, 2001-2002. Member: Washington County and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Cameron S. Bell | | Anne Musgrove Rife (Associate) born Burbank, California, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1999); Washington & Lee University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Virginia Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Division); Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys (Member, Young Lawyers Division). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Workers' Compensation. Email: Anne Musgrove Rife | | Joseph S. Hall (Associate) born Marion, Virginia, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Virginia; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia. Education: College of William & Mary (B.B.A., 1995); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Member: Virginia Bar Association; Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation. Email: Joseph S. Hall | | Patrick R. Baker (Associate) born Lexington, Kentucky; admitted to bar, 2007, Virginia and Tennessee. Education: Virginia Military Institute (B.A., 1998); Appalachian School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: Virginia and American Bar Associations; Energy and Mineral Law Foundation. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation. Email: Patrick R. Baker | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Bristol, Tennessee Office: 804 Anderson Street, 37620. Telephone: 423-793-4800. Telefax: 423-793-4900.
Richmond, Virginia Office: 600 East Main Street, Suite 1710, P.O. Box 617, 24218. Telephone: 804-819-1770. Telefax: 804-819-1753.
| (For complete biographical data on other personnel, see Professional Biographies at Bristol, Tennessee and Richmond, Virginia) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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