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| | Address | | 1085 Van Voorhis Road, Suite 400, P.O. Box 1616 | | Morgantown, West Virginia 26507-1616 | | (Monongalia Co.) | | | |
| | | Steptoe & Johnson PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Litigation, Antitrust, Aviation, Banking, Creditor's Rights, Public Finance and Municipal Bonds, Energy and Natural Resources (Coal, Oil, Gas, Timber, and Water), Legislative Services, Securities, Venture Capital, Product Liability, Employee Benefits, Education, Occupational and Mine Health, Safety and Diseases, Workers' Compensation, Public Agencies, WV Administrative Agencies, Personal Injury, Public Utilities, Toxic Torts, Civil Rights, Land Use, Planning and Development, Intellectual Property, Patents, White Collar Criminal Defense, Suretyship, Construction, Corporate, Eminent Domain, Employment and Labor, Environmental, Estate Planning and Administration, Government Contracts, Health Care, Insurance, Mining, Mortgage, Municipal, Professional Negligence, Real Estate, Taxation, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions. | | Year Established: 1913 | Firm Profile:
Steptoe & Johnson is a business focused defense firm with particular strengths in energy, labor and litigation supporting over 30 areas of practice. The firm is comprised of over 185 lawyers resident in seven locations throughout West Virginia and Ohio. For nearly a century, Steptoe & Johnson has demonstrated its commitment to quality, devoting personal attention, experience, skill, and resources to client-focused service. | | Firm Size: 180 | Languages:
German, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and Japanese. | Clients:
Representative Acordia Resort Services; American Electric Power Service Corp.; American International Group, Inc. (AIG); Bell Mining Co.; CNA; Coastal Lumber Co.; Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.; Consolidation Coal Co.; Corning Glass; Crawford & Co.; Davis & Elkins College; Dominion Hope; Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Elder Beerman; Employers Reinsurance Co.; Equitable Gas Co.; Erie Insurance Group; Food Lion, Inc.; Glenmark Associates, Inc.; Great American Insurance Co.; Guardian Corp.; Halliburton Services; The Hartford Group; Health Care & Retirement Corp.; Huntington National Bank, West Virginia; JP Morgan Chase Bank, NA; Kemper Insurance; Marriott Corp.; Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.; Mobil Corp.; Monongalia General Hospital; The Ogden Newspapers, Inc.; Olin Corp.; Pratt and Whitney; PPG Industries; Peabody Coal Co.; Salem International University; Snowshoe Mountain Resort; State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.; St. Paul Cos.; Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital; Travelers Insurance Co.; UCAR Carbon Co.; United Hospital Center, Inc.; Willis Corroon Corp.; Zurich-America Insurance Co. |
Other Office Locations of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC
Clarksburg, West Virginia, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A.
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.A.
Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.A.
Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S.A.
Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Laurie Crytser Barbe (Member) born Morgantown, West Virginia, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986; J.D., 1990). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of Barristers. Moot Court Board (Chief Justice). Member, National Moot Court Team. Member: Monongalia County and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: General Defense Litigation; Insurance Defense; First Party Insurance; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Coverage; Premises Liability; Products Liability. Email: Laurie Crytser Barbe | | Michael W. Barill (Member) born Morgantown, West Virginia, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1988; J.D., 1991); Emory University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1992). Member, Moot Court Board. North Central West Virginia Estate Planning Council, Executive Committee, 1994-1995; Board of Directors, 1994-1996. Member: Marion County, Monongalia County, West Virginia and American (Taxation Division) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Taxation; Corporate; Commercial; Business Formation; Employee Benefits; ERISA; Trusts and Estates; Wills. Email: Michael W. Barill | | Rodney L. Bean (Member) born Summersville, West Virginia, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, West Virginia; 1994, Pennsylvania. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.J., cum laude, 1989; J.D., 1992). Articles Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1991-1992. Member, Public Interest Advocates; Environmental Law Society. Law Clerk, Hon. Charles H. Haden, II, Chief Judge, U.S.D.C., for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1993-1994. Assistant Attorney General, West Virginia, 1992-1993. Chair, College of Law Ethics Council, 1991-1992. Member: Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Appellate Practice; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Wage and Hour Law; Employer Counseling. Email: Rodney L. Bean | | Susan Slenker Brewer (Member) born Washington, D.C., 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Virginia; 1981, West Virginia. Education: Duke University (A.B., 1976); George Mason University (J.D., 1980). Staff Member, George Mason University Law Review, 1977-1979. Lecturer in Trial Advocacy, West Virginia University College of Law, 1983-1986. Mediator, United States District Court "Settlement Week" program; Governor's Judicial Advisory Committee. Member: Monongalia County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; Virginia State Bar; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (Board of Governors, 1990-1996); Defense Research Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 2002—). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Hospital Law; Health Care; Personal Injury; Professional Liability; Legal Malpractice. Email: Susan Slenker Brewer | | John R. Callcott (Member) born Murry, Kentucky, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Tennessee; 1997, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee; 1999, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2002, West Virginia. Education: Indiana University (B.A., 1991); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1995). Recipient: Malcolm H. Kerr Scholarship for Overseas Study, 1986; William Jennings Bryan Scholarship, 1991; ATLA Student of the Year Award, 1993-1994. Member, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1995-2000. Member: Nashville Bar Association (Member, Civil Practice Committee; Chair, Chancery and Circuit Court Committee, 2000); West Virginia State Bar; Tennessee Trial Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Jordan v. Baptist Three Rivers Hosp., 984 S.W.2d 593 (Tenn. 1998). Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Torts; Employee Benefits; ERISA; Litigation; Labor and Employment; Employer Counseling; Privacy Law. Email: John R. Callcott | | Vincent A. Collins (Member) born New York, New York, 1946; admitted to bar, 1977, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (A.B., 1967; B.S., 1973; M.B.A., 1974; J.D., 1977). Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif. Lead Articles Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1976-1977. Member: Harrison County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Municipal Finance; Finance; Public Utility Law; Taxation. Email: Vincent A. Collins | | Jacquelyn J. Core (Member) born Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1974; admitted to bar, 1998, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1995; J.D., 1998). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Barristers; Order of Augusta. Moot Court Team. Best Oral Advocate, Baker Cup Competition. Associate Chief Justice, Moot Court Board. Member: American Bar Association; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Defense Litigation; Education Law; Litigation; Professional Liability; Long Term Care; Nursing Home Liability; Labor and Employment. Email: Jacquelyn J. Core | | Nancy A. DeFeo (Member) born Bridgeport, Connecticut; admitted to bar, 1995, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.N., 1986; J.D., 1995). Order of the Coif. Member, West Virginia Law Review. Registered Nurse, West Virginia, 1982. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Products Liability. Email: Nancy A. DeFeo | | David E. Dick (Member) born Uniontown, Pennsylvania, 1952; admitted to bar, 1992, West Virginia. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.A., 1974); West Virginia University (J.D., 1992). Order of the Coif. Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment Law; Employment Law; Family and Medical Leave Act; OSHA; Workplace Safety. Email: David E. Dick | | William E. Galeota (Member) born Morgantown, West Virginia, 1952; admitted to bar, 1983, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1975; J.D., 1983). Order of the Coif. Senior Student Works Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1982-1983. Lecturer in Trial Advocacy, West Virginia University College of Law, 1988-1993. Member: Monongalia County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (President, 2003-2004; Board of Governors, 1996-2003); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; General Litigation; Mass Torts; Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Toxic Torts; Products Liability. Email: William E. Galeota | | Brian D. Gallagher (Member) born Blacksville, West Virginia, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.A., 1991; J.D., 1994). Member: Monongalia County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: General Business; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Construction Law; Banking Law; Business Formation; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates. Email: Brian D. Gallagher | | James A. Russell (Member) born Ronceverte, West Virginia, 1947; admitted to bar, 1977, West Virginia. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., 1969); West Virginia University (J.D., 1977). Order of the Coif. Student Articles Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1976-1977. Associate Justice, Moot Court Board, 1975-1977. Author: "A Proposed West Virginia Response to the Initiative of Regulation D." 85 W. Va. L. Rev. 59 (1982); "What Coal Mining Rights Are Appurtenant?" 11 Eastern Min. L. Inst. 9-1 (1990). Member: Monongalia County and American (Liaison to West Virginia Commissioner of Securities, 1983—) Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar; Eastern Mineral Law Foundation (Trustee). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate Development; Natural Resources; Banking Law; Oil and Gas Law; Coal Mining; Energy. Email: James A. Russell | | Frank J. Stanek (Member) born Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Pennsylvania; 1996, West Virginia and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Emporia State University (B.S., 1984); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1987). Order of Barristers. Member, Dickinson Journal of International Law, 1986-1987. Member: West Virginia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Insurance Defense; Toxic Tort; Commercial Law; Litigation; Products Liability; Professional Liability. Email: Frank J. Stanek | | Timothy P. Stranko (Member) born Youngstown, Ohio, October 27, 1956; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; 1996, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., 1980); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1991). Member: West Virginia Rural Water Association, 1997—; West Virginia Municipal Water Quality Association, 1997—. General Counsel, Morgantown Utility Board, 1996-2007. Public Member, West Virginia Infrastructure and Juris Development Council, 2005-2007. Member: Washington County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar. [Lt. Col., U.S. Army, 1974-2005]. Practice Areas: Environmental Law(70%); Public Utility Law(15%); Public Utility Finance(15%). | | Thomas A. Vorbach (Member) born Morgantown, West Virginia, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1974; J.D., 1977); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 1979). Associate Editor, West Virginia University Law Review, 1976-1977. Adjunct Professor of Law, Business Organizations, 1980 and Income Taxation, 1981, West Virginia University College of Law. Accredited Estate Planner (National Association of Estate Planning Councils). Member: Monongalia County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business and Charitable Organizations; Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates; Wills. Email: Thomas A. Vorbach | | Melissa S. Watkins (Member) born Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1968; admitted to bar, 1999, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: Fairmont State College (B.S., 1989); West Virginia University (M.P.A., 1991); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 1999). Certified Public Accountant, West Virginia, 1994. Practice Areas: Taxation; Employee Benefits; ERISA; Trusts and Estates. Email: Melissa S. Watkins | | OF COUNSEL | | Mario R. Bordogna (Of Counsel) born August 12, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Pennsylvania; 1999, U.S. District Court, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania; 2004, West Virginia. Education: Allegheny College (B.A., 1994); Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member: Pennsylvania (Member, Workers' Compensation Section) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Section) Bar Associations. Reported Cases: Crouse v. WCAB (NPS Energy Svc), 801 A.2d 655 (Pa. Commw. 2002). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Workers Compensation; Administrative Law; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Retaliatory Discharge; OSHA; Discrimination; Deliberate Intent; Union Avoidance; Workplace Safety. Email: Mario R. Bordogna | | Vanessa L. Goddard (Of Counsel) born Albany, Georgia, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.A., 1992; J.D., 1997). Order of the Coif. Law Review Publishing Editor, Vol. 99. Author: "North Star Steel Company v. Thomas: Time for A Warning," Vol. 98, No. 4, WV Law Review. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; WARN Act; Equal Employment Opportunity Law. Email: Vanessa L. Goddard | | Gretchen O. Lewis (Of Counsel) born 1953; admitted to bar, 1987, West Virginia; 1987, Kentucky. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1977); University of Kentucky College of Law (J.D., 1986). National Semi-finalist, Moot Court, University of Kentucky. Director, Budget Planning, West Virginia Department of Finance and Administration. Commissioner, West Virginia Workers' Compensation Fund. Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources. Vice President, ID Systems Sales and Marketing. Faculty Cup, University of Kentucky College of Law. Member: Kentucky Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Contracts; Privacy Law; Litigation; Employee Privacy. | | ASSOCIATES | | Molly Aderholt (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, West Virginia. Education: Grove City College (B.A., English and Christian Thought, 1999); West Virginia University (J.D., 2004). Crown & Sceptre; Phi Alpha Theta. Member: West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation(50%); Labor and Employment(50%). | | J. Kevin Ellis (Associate) born 1970; admitted to bar, 2005, West Virginia. Education: The Citadel (B.A., 1992); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: West Virginia Bar Association. [Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Reserve 1988-1994]. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Real Estate; Business Transactions; Oil and Gas Law. | | Michael K. Hensley (Associate) born 1968; admitted to bar, 2003, West Virginia. Education: Marshall University (B.A. in Political Science, 1990; M.A. in Political Science, 1998); West Virginia University College of Law ( J.D., 2000). Parliamentarian, 1988-1990 and Member, 1987-1990, Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society; Vice President, 1995-1996 and Member, 1995-1998, Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honorary. Member: Public Interest Advocates, 1998-2000; Volunteer Law Clerks Association, 1997-2000; Law & Courts and Religion & Politics Sections, American Political Science Association, 1990-2003 (estimated). Author: "Telemedicine and the Internet: New Technologies, Old Headaches," 5 W.Va. J. Law & Tech. 1.2 (December 1, 2000). Basic Mediation Training, West Virginia State Bar, 2003. Member: West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia Bar Association (Member, Law Student Division, 1998-2000; Chair 1999-2000); American Bar Association (Member, Dispute Resolution Section and Real Property, Probate & Trust Section). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Natural Resources. | | Kristian J. Jamieson (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, West Virginia. Education: Mary Washington College (B. S., 1999); Wake Forest University Law School (J.D., 2002). Member: West Virginia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Banking Law; Business Formation; Business Transactions; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Finance; Litigation; Real Estate. Email: Kristian J. Jamieson | | Kelly Mayhew (Associate) born 1969; admitted to bar, 2005, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1995; J.D., 2005). Recipient, CALI Award, Professional Responsibility, 2003. Member: West Virginia State Bar. [Seaman, United States Navy Reserves, 1987-1991]. Practice Areas: Mineral Law; Real Estate; Coal, Oil and Gas. | | April A. Oliverio (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.N., 1999; J.D., 2005). Recipient: Henry S. Cato Scholarship; George C. Hott Scholarship. Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Health Care; Negligence; Medical Malpractice; Long Term Care. | | Justin R. Pasfield (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2006, West Virginia. Education: North Carolina State University (B.S., 2000; M.S., 2001); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 2006). Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina. West Virginia Law Review, Volume 108, Issue 1. Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Organization; Taxation; Estate Planning; Trust Planning; Real Estate; Commercial Transactions. | | Christi R.B. Stover (Associate) born 1980; (Admission pending). Education: Dickinson College (B.A., 2002); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 2006). West Virginia University College of Law Moot Court Board. Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment. | | Monté L. Williams (Associate) born Georgia, 1969; admitted to bar, 2004, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1992; M.A., 1996; J.D., 2003). Member: West Virginia Bar Association. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Monté L. Williams | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Clarksburg, West Virginia Office: Chase Tower - Sixth Floor, Corner Main and Third Streets, P.O. Box 2190, 26302-2190. Telephone: 304-624-8000. Fax: 304-624-8183.
Charleston, West Virginia Office: Chase Tower - Eighth Floor, P.O. Box 1588, 25326-1588. Telephone: 304-353-8000. Fax: 304-353-8180.
Huntington, West Virginia Office: Chase Center, 1000 Fifth Avenue, Suite 250, P.O. Box 2195, 25722-2195. Telephone: 304-522-8290. Fax: 304-526-8089.
Martinsburg, West Virginia Office: 1250 Edwin Miller Boulevard, Suite 300, P.O. Box 2629, 25402-2629. Telephone: 304-263-6991. Fax: 304-262-3541.
Wheeling, West Virginia Office: 1233 Main Street, Suite 3000, P.O. Box 751, 26003-0751. Telephone: 304-233-0000. Fax: 304-233-0014.
Columbus, Ohio Office: Huntington Center, Suite 2200, 41 South High Street, 43215. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 724, Columbus, Ohio, 43216-9714. Telephone: 614-221-5100. Fax: 614-221-0952.
| (For Biographical Data of other Firm Personnel, See Professional Biographies Under Charleston, Clarksburg, Huntington, Martinsburg and Wheeling, West Virginia and Columbus, Ohio) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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