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| | Address | | 150 Clay Street, Suite 500 | | Morgantown, West Virginia 26501 | | (Monongalia Co.) | | | |
| | | | Reviser of the West Virginia Law Digest for this Directory. | Jackson Kelly PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil, Litigation, Medical and Professional Malpractice, Corporate, Public Utilities, Environmental, Coal, Oil and Gas, Taxation, Municipal Bonds, Labor and Employment, Insurance, Estate Planning, Real Estate, Family Law, Securities, Bankruptcy, Banking, Health Care, Workers Compensation, Commercial Transactions, Black Lung and Admiralty Law. | Firm Profile:
Historically synonymous with the practice of law, Jackson Kelly PLLC firm in West Virginia, tracing its roots back to the early 1800s. Combining diversity, specialization and a commitment to excellence, Jackson Kelly PLLC consists of nearly 150 lawyers. While the majority of the Firm's lawyers are located in Charleston, West Virginia, the Firm has lawyers resident in a number of offices strategically positioned in ten other locations to provide optimum client support. Although meeting the legal needs of myriad corporate and individual clients effectively and efficiently is of paramount concern, the Firm maintains a strong tradition of public involvement through charitable generosity and participation in the arts and education. Individual lawyers donate substantial time and expertise to pro bono work, while others proudly advise and volunteer their services to many charitable, cultural, social, service, and civic organizations and institutions. The tradition that has become the trademark of one of West Virginia's most prestigious law firms is perhaps exemplified in these areas of support, a dedication that compliments the legal services performed for employers, business and commercially-oriented clients. | | Firm Size: 136 | Law Firm Affiliations:
LEX MUNDI: LEX MUNDI | Representative Clients:
AIM Leasing Company; AK Steel Corporation; Asplundh Tree Expert Company; August Environmental, Inc.; Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.; BethEnergy Mines Inc.; Branch Banking & Trust (BB&T); Bruceton Bank; Carroll Manufacturing International; Centra Bank; Chico Dairy Company; CHUBB Insurance Group; Coastal Coal - West Virginia, LLC; Consolidation Coal Company; Corhart Refractories; Deere & Co.; Dominion Virginia Power; Fairmont General Hospital; General Casualty Company; Greer Industries; Greyhound Lines, Inc.; HCR-ManorCare; Huntington National Banks; IAS Communications, Inc.; Key Energy Services, Inc.; Kroger Company; Kroger Limited Partnership; March-Westin, Inc.; Medical Assurance of West Virginia, Inc.; Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; Monongalia General Hospital; Morgantown Energy Associates; New Holland North America, Inc.; Petropolis & Associates, Inc.; Philips Lighting Company; Platinum Properties, Inc.; PNC Bank; Prudential Insurance Company of America; Ruby Enterprises, Inc.; Tamarack American; The March-Westin Company, Inc.; U.S. Aviation Underwriters; UCAR Carbon Company, Inc.; Universal Underwriters Group; Universal Underwriters Insurance Co.; ViaSource Communications, Inc.; West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc.; West Virginia Water Development Authority; Westmoreland Coal Company; WVU Hospitals, Inc.; Xerox Corporation; York Bronze Corporation. |
Other Office Locations of Jackson Kelly PLLC
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Clarksburg, West Virginia, U.S.A.
Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S.A.
New Martinsville, West Virginia, U.S.A.
Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Julia Chico Abbitt (Member) born Morgantown, West Virginia, April 28, 1961; admitted to bar, 1991, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1984; J.D., 1991). Recipient, St. George Tucker Brooke Award. Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Employment Law; Labor Law. Email: Julia Chico Abbitt | | Charles J. Crooks (Member) born Parkersburg, West Virginia, February 26, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1984; J.D., 1987). Member: Monongalia County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute, Inc. (Member, Drug and Medical Device Committee); Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Insurance; Personal Injury; Construction; Industrial Accidents; Mass Tort Defense. Email: Charles J. Crooks | | Stephen M. LaCagnin (Member) born Swindon, England, February 26, 1952; admitted to bar, 1983, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; 1986, North Carolina and U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1975; J.D., 1983). Member, Moot Court Board; The Order of the Barristers. Member, Editorial Board, Construction Law Digest, 1986. Member: Monongalia County, West Virginia, North Carolina and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar; North Carolina State Bar. (Administrative Partner). Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Products Liability. Email: Stephen M. LaCagnin | | William S. Mattingly (Member) born Lebanon, Indiana, May 19, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1987, West Virginia, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh and Tenth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, Pennsylvania. Education: University of Cincinnati (B.A., cum laude with honors in history, 1982; J.D., 1985). Author: "If Due Process is a Big Tent, Why Do Some Feel Excluded From the Big Top?" 105 W.Va. L. Rev. 791 (2003); Black Lung Update, "The Evolution of the Current Regulations and Proposal Resolution," 100 W.Va. L. Rev. 601 (1998); Federal Black Lung Update, 96 W. Va. L. Rev. (1994). Co-Author: Federal Black Lung Update: The Standard of Disability Causation For Federal Black Lung Benefits 94 W. Va. L. Rev. 787 (1992). Adjunct Lecturer in Law, Appellate Advocacy, West Virginia University College of Law (1996-2001). Member: West Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Administrative Law; Federal Black Lung. Email: William S. Mattingly | | David Z. Myerberg (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, September 18, 1947; admitted to bar, 1996, West Virginia. Education: Princeton University (A.B., with distinction, 1969); Columbia University (M.D., 1973); West Virginia University (J.D., 1996). Board Certified, Pediatrics and Neonatal Perinatal Medicine. Author: The 4th Circuit's Baby K Decision: Plain Language is Not Good Law, 98 WVLR 397. Member, Board of Directors: Monongalia Health Systems and Affiliates; Healthworks Rehab & Fitness Center. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: David Z. Myerberg | | George E. Roeder, III (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, January 11, 1950; admitted to bar, 1981, West Virginia; 1993, Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: Centre College of Kentucky (A.B., 1972); University of Kentucky (J.D., 1981). Member, University of Kentucky Law Journal, 1980-1981. Author: "Commercial Law Survey," 69 Kentucky Law Journal 517, 1981. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member: Monongalia County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law. Email: George E. Roeder, III | | Kathy L. Snyder (Member) born Morgantown, West Virginia, December 2, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, West Virginia; 1993, Pennsylvania; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1989; J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Student Works Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1991-1992. Author: "An Equal Right to Fight: An Analysis of the Constitutionality of Laws and Policies that Exclude Women from Combat in the United States," 93 W. Va. L. Rev. 421 (1991) (reprinted in part Women in the Military Greenhaven Press, Inc., 1991). Member: Monongalia County and American Bar Associations Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Federal Black Lung; Administrative Law; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Kathy L. Snyder | | ASSOCIATES | | Wendy Glover Adkins (Associate) born Fairmont, West Virginia, April 14, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., Journalism, summa cum laude, 2000; J.D., 2003). Phi Beta Kappa. Order of the Coif. Intern to Honorable Irene M. Keeley, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia, 2001. Legal Research and Writing Teaching Assistant, West Virginia University, 2001-2003. Member: West Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Tort Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Labor Law; Railroad Law. | | Heather H. Gentile (Associate) born Morgantown, West Virginia, December 19; admitted to bar, 1997, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., Business Administration/Finance, 1993; J.D., 1996). Member: Monongalia County and West Virginia Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Business and Commercial; Banking. Email: Heather H. Gentile | | Ashley M. Harman (Associate) born Clarksburg, West Virginia, August 28, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, West Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Sixth Circuits. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). Sigma Iota Rho. Member, Golden Key. Member: Monongalia County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Federal Black Lung. Email: Ashley M. Harman | | Parween Sultany Mascari (Associate) born Parkersburg, West Virginia, June 29, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, West Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., Political Science, 1997; M.B.A., 1998; J.D., 2003). Author: "What Constitutes a 'Substantial Public Policy' in West Virginia for Purposes of Retaliatory Discharge: Making a Mountain out of a Molehill?" Volume 105 - West Virginia Law Review. Member: West Virginia Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Estate Planning; Real Estate; Business Law. Email: Parween Sultany Mascari | | April Min (Associate) born Dayton, Ohio, April 11, 1968; admitted to bar, 1998, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1998). Member: Order of Barristers; Moot Court Board. Member: Monongalia County and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar; Defense Trial Council; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Law. Email: April Min | | Francesca Tan (Associate) born Singapore, July 22, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984; J.D., 1988); Georgetown University (LL.M., Taxation, 1991). Phi Beta Kappa. Senior Manuscript Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1987-1988. Member: West Virginia State Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Public Finance; Municipal Finance. Email: Francesca Tan | | OF COUNSEL | | George R. Farmer, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Morgantown, West Virginia, June 23, 1928; admitted to bar, 1956, West Virginia; 1957, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third and Fourth Circuits. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1953; LL.B., 1956). Alpha Kappa Psi; Phi Delta Phi. Trustee of the Ruby Foundation. Member: Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Inc.; West Virginia Law School Association. Member: Monongalia County (President, 1976), West Virginia and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar (President, 1972; Chariman of the Board, 1973; Board of Governors, 1968-1971); Judicial Inquiry Commission (1976-1980). [United States Army, 1950-1952]. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Business Law; Corporate Law; Litigation; Real Estate Law; Trusts and Estates. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Charleston, West Virginia Office: 1600 Laidley Tower, P.O. Box 553. Telephone: 304-340-1000. Fax: 304-340-1130.
Martinsburg, West Virginia Office: 310 West Burke Street, P.O. Box 1068. Telephone: 304-263-8800. Fax: 304-263-7110.
New Martinsville, West Virginia Office: 256 Russell Avenue, P.O. Box 68. Telephone: 304-455-1751. Fax: 304-455-6314.
Parkersburg, West Virginia Office: 412 Market Street, Suite 202, P.O. Box 1144. Telephone: 304-424-3490. Fax: 304-424-3499.
Clarksburg, West Virginia Office: 203 West Main Street, P.O. Box 150. Telephone: 304-624-6555. Fax: 304-623-4933.
Lexington, Kentucky Office: 175 East Main Street, Suite 500, P.O. Box 2150. Telephone: 859-255-9500. Fax: 859-281-6478.
Washington, D. C. Office: 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400. Telephone: 202-973-0200. Fax: 202-973-0232.
Denver, Colorado Office: Suite 2150, 1099 18th Street. Telephone: 303-390-0003. Fax: 303-390-0177.
Wheeling, West Virginia Office: 1144 Market Street. Telephone: 304-233-4000. Fax: 304-233-4077.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Office: Three Gateway Center, 401 Liberty Avenue, Suite 1340. Telephone: 412-434-8055. Fax: 412-434-8062.
| | (For Complete Biographical Data on all Personnel, see Professional Biographies at Charleston, West Virginia). | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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