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| | Address | | 707 Virginia Street East, Suite 1300, P.O. Box 3786 | | Charleston, West Virginia 25337 | | (Kanawha Co.) | | | |
| | | Huddleston Bolen LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Litigation and General Business Practice. Civil Litigation Practice includes Railroad Defense, Personal Injury Defense, Product Liability, Toxic Tort, Insurance Defense and Insurance Coverage, Medical and Professional Malpractice, General Commercial Litigation, and Employment related Litigation. Business Practice includes Banking, Bankruptcy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Purchase and Sale of Businesses, Formation of Businesses, Condemnation, Real Estate, Mineral Law, Estate Planning and Probate, Tax, Labor Negotiations and Arbitrations, Workers' Compensation, Employment Law, Employee Benefits, Patent and Trademark, Admiralty Law, and Environmental Law. | | Year Established: 1871 | Firm Profile:
Huddleston Bolen LLP is one of the largest and oldest firms in West Virginia. The firm was established in 1871 by Eustace Gibson, lawyer for railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington, who founded the city of Huntington.Today, from offices in Huntington and Charleston, as well as Ashland and Louisville, KY, we offer a general civil and commercial practice emphasizing corporate, banking, litigation, transportation, tax, probate, labor, environmental, real estate, insurance, health care and mineral law. Our lawyers are leaders in the bar, including four state bar presidents, four county bar presidents, two presidents of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia and a President of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Other firm members have served as officers and committee members in national, state and county bar associations. The diversity of the firm is complemented by its practice in four cities, each of which is a seat of a United States District Court. Beginning just after the Civil War, we were serving West Virginia's leading executives and businesses. Today, we remain wherever our clients need us, providing skilled legal advice statewide, in Ohio, Kentucky and across the nation. | | Firm Size: 48 | Representative Clients:
General Corporate and Labor Litigation: CSX Transportation, Inc.; Norfolk Southern Corp.; Ashland Inc.; Appalachian Power Co.; Western Pocahontas Properties, LP; Greenbrier Hotel; The Ohio River Co.; BASF Corp.; KI(USA) Corp.; Champion Industries, Inc.; Corbin, Ltd.; Applied Card Systems, Inc.; Rubberlite, Inc.; Speedway SuperAmerica LLC. Banking and Finance: Bank One, WV, NA; Community Trust Bank; Kentucky Bank and Trust; National City Bank; Merrill Lynch Credit Corp. Railroad and Transportation Companies: CSX Transportation, Inc.; Norfolk Southern Railway Company; Norfolk and Western Railway Company; Amtrak; Carolina Freight Carriers; Tri-State Transit Authority; North American Van Lines, Inc.; Conrail; Illinois Central Railroad Company; American Commercial Barge Line. LLC; International Truck and Engine Corporatin; American Transportation Corp.; ACE/USA. Insurance: United Services Automobile Assn.; Transamerica Insurance Group; Nationwide Insurance Co.; State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co.; Electric Mutual Insurance Co.; Insurance Company of North America; Podiatry Insurance Company of America; Insurance Company of Decatur; Shelby Ins. Group; National Chiropractic Mutual Insurance Co.; First Financial Insurance Co.; St. Paul Insurance Companies; Travelers Insurance Co.; American Family Insurance Co.; National Transportation Adjusters, Inc.; American Medical Security. Products Defense: Case Corporation; Compaction America, Inc.; General Electric Company; Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Inc.; U-Haul International; Interneuron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Communications: The Herald-Dispatch; AEI, Inc. Coal, Oil, Gas and Environmental: Vandalia Resources, Inc.; Pittston Coal Management Company; Appalachian Mining, Inc.; Marrowbone Development Co.; Guyan Eagle Investment Co.; Eagle Coal Corp.; C.L. Ritter Lumber Co., Inc.; Wayne County Land and Mineral Co.; Big Sandy Coal Corp.; Waste Management of North America, Inc.; Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC; Dow Agro Sciences LLC; Exxon Mobil Corp.; Pocohontas Land Corporation. Healthcare: Genesis Affiliated Health Services, Inc.; Ultimate Health Services. |
Other Office Locations of Huddleston Bolen LLP
Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Ashland, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.A.
| | PARTNERS OF FIRM | | Mary H. Sanders (Partner) born Princeton, West Virginia, October 3, 1949; admitted to bar, 1984, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia. Education: University of Oregon (B.S., Journalism, 1981); West Virginia College of Law (J.D., 1984). Research Editor, Journal of College and University Law, 1983-1984. Member, West Virginia Law Review, 1983-1984. Author: "Faculty Furloughs: A Breach of Contract?" 10 Journal of College and University Law 225, 1983; "Bowman v. Leverette: Retroactivity of Criminal Procedure Decisions," 85 West Virginia Law Review 273, 1983. Member: West Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia; USLAW; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Law; Products Liability; Construction Law; Transportation; Trucking; Personal Injury Defense; Toxic Torts; Wrongful Termination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; State Government Law; Municipal Law; Legal Malpractice; Premises Liability. Email: Mary H. Sanders | | Rodney L. Baker II (Partner) born West Hamlin, West Virginia, January 4, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, West Virginia. Education: Marshall University (B.B.A., 1991); West Virginia University (J.D., 1995). Moot Court Board. Member: West Virginia Bar Association; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. Practice Areas: Litigation; Toxic Torts. Email: Rodney L. Baker II | | Kevin A. Nelson (Partner) born Las Cruces, New Mexico, April 8, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, with honors in History, 1980) Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1983). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1982-1983. Author: "Title IX: Women's Collegiate Athletics in Limbo," 40 Washington & Lee Law Review 297, 1983; "The China Syndrome Revisited—Local Regulation of Underground Injection Wells and Responses Thereto," 14 Eastern Min. L. Inst. Ch. 17, 1993. Member: West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia Bar Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Litigation; Class Actions. Email: Kevin A. Nelson | | ASSOCIATES | | Robert Edward Ryan (Associate) born Morgantown, West Virginia, September 1, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 2001, Kentucky; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., Political Science, 1996); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 2000). Member: National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Railroad Law; Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Transportation; Litigation; Occupational Safety and Health. Email: Robert Edward Ryan | | Patrick White (Associate) born Beckley, West Virginia, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., Accounting; B.S., Finance; J.D.). Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Transportation; Insurance. | | Ashley W. French (Associate) born Charleston, West Virginia, November 2, 1972; admitted to bar, 2002, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., International Studies, 1996; J.D., 2002). Member, West Virginia Law Review, 2001-2002. Junior League Board Member, Friends of the Clay Center. Board Member, Bob Burdette Center. Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. Member: Kanawha County (Officer) and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar; Judge John A. Field, Jr., Inn of Court; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Employment Law. | | Michael P. Addair (Associate) born Bartley, West Virginia; admitted to bar, 2007, West Virginia and U.S.District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: Marshall University (B.A., Political Science); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D.). Member: West Virginia State Bar. Email: Michael P. Addair | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Huntington, West Virginia Office: 611 Third Avenue, P.O. Box 2185. Telephone: 304-529-6181 Telecopier: 304-522-4312.
Ashland, Kentucky Office: 1422 Winchester Avenue, P.O. Box 770. Telephone: 606-329-8771 Telecopier: 606-324-4651.
Louisville, Kentucky Office: 9780 Ormsby Station Road, Suite 2800. Telephone: 502-339-8188. Telecopier: 502-539-8108.
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