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| | Address | | 1233 Main Street, Suite 3000, P.O. Box 751 | | Wheeling, West Virginia 26003-0751 | | (Marshall & Ohio Cos.) | | | |
| | | 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 PLLC 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 PLLC has demonstrated its commitment to quality, devoting personal attention, experience, skill, and resources to client-focused service. | | Firm Size: 180 | Languages:
Languages: German, Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic and Japanese. | Law Firm Affiliations:
TERRALEX | Representative Clients:
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. |
TITLE AGENTS FOR: Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.; Chicago Title Insurance Co.; The Title Insurance Company of Minnesota; First American Title Insurance. |
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.
Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Karen E. Kahle (Member) born Wheeling, West Virginia, 1958; admitted to bar, 1990, West Virginia; 1997, Ohio. Education: West Virginia University (B.S. Pharm., 1981; J.D., 1990). Moot Court. The Order of Barristers, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall and Hancock Counties. Member: West Virginia and Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Animal Legal Defense Fund. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Class Actions; Professional Liability; Products Liability; Class Action Defense; Governmental Liability; Administrative Law; Litigation. Email: Karen E. Kahle | | Mark E. Kinley (Member) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1954; admitted to bar, 1987, West Virginia. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1978; M.P.A., 1983); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., 1987). Senior Editor, University of Pittsburgh Journal of Law & Commerce, 1986-1987. Member: Kanawha and Ohio County and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Governmental Liability; Product Liability; Premises Liability; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists; Personal Injury; Police Liability. Email: Mark E. Kinley | | Melanie A. Norris (Member) born St. Clairsville, Ohio, June 4, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, West Virginia. Education: Muskingum College (B.S., 1997); The Ohio State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Order of the Coif. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Childrens Rights. Email: Melanie A. Norris | | Bradley K. Shafer (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, November 7, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Ohio; 1997, Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1998, West Virginia, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Alma College (B.A., 1993); The Ohio State University (J.D., 1996). Member: West Virginia, Ohio State and Virginia State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Mass and Class Action Torts; Workers' Compensation; Appellate Practice; Employee Benefits; ERISA; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Privacy Law; Age Discrimination in Employment; Civil Service; Collective Bargaining; Covenants Not To Compete; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employee Privacy; Employer Intentional Torts; Employer Rights; Employment Defense; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Harassment; Human Resources Law; Labor Strikes; Management Labor Law; Personnel Policies; Personnel Training; Public Sector Employment Law; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Uniformed Services Employment; Wage and Hour Law; Wrongful Termination Defense. Email: Bradley K. Shafer | | Kristian Erik White (Member) born Wheeling, West Virginia, February 28, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.A., 1996; J.D., 1999). Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Intellectual Property; Real Estate Law; Creditors Rights; Business Formation; Energy; Sports Law. Email: Kristian Erik White | | William D. Wilmoth (Member) born Elkins, West Virginia, July 11, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1976, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, Pennsylvania. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., cum laude, 1972; J.D., 1975). Beta Gamma Sigma. United States Attorney for Northern District of West Virginia, 1993-1999, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall and Hancock Counties. Member: Pennsylvania and West Virginia Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar (Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Medical Negligence; Health Care Fraud; White Collar Criminal Defense; Class Actions; Class Action Defense; Commercial Law; Education Law; Legal Malpractice. Email: William D. Wilmoth | | James C. Wright (Member) born Jeanette, Pennsylvania, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Ohio; 1995, West Virginia, U.S. District, Southern District of West Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: Lock Haven University (B.S.Ed., 1990); West Virginia University (J.D., 1994). Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review. Member, Lugar Trial Association. Member: Belmont County, Ohio County, Ohio State, West Virginia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; General Litigation; Construction Law; Energy; Products Liability. Email: James C. Wright | | OF COUNSEL | | Heidi A. Kossuth (Of Counsel) born Wheeling, West Virginia, October 11, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, West Virginia. Education: Bethany College (B.A., 1982); West Virginia University (J.D., 1986). Order of Barristers; Gamma Sigma Kappa. Assistant Attorney General, State of West Virginia, 1986-1987, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall and Hancock Counties. Practice Areas: Litigation; Class Actions; Class Action Defense; Health Care; Insurance Coverage; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Heidi A. Kossuth | | Jamie L. Leary (Of Counsel) born February 18, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, West Virginia; 1999, Massachusetts and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: Marshall University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1993); University of Virginia (J.D., 1997). Order of the Coif. Member, Managing Board, Virginia Law Review, 1996-1997. Author, "A Review of Two Recently Enacted Guardianship Statutes," Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, February 1997. Member: Boston, Massachusetts and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Labor & Employment) Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; ERISA. | | ASSOCIATES | | Michelle Lee Dougherty (Associate) born West Virginia, 1968; admitted to bar, 2004, West Virginia; 2005, Ohio. Education: West Liberty State College (B.S., 2000); Valparaiso University (J.D., 2004). Phi Delta Phi (Vice President, 2002-2003; President, 2003-2004). Honors Program at Valparaiso University School of Law. Member: Ohio State Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Litigation; Long Term Care. Email: Michelle Lee Dougherty | | Daniel B. Kostrub (Associate) born 1970; admitted to bar, 2006, Virginia and West Virginia. Education: Warner Southern College (B.A., 1999); Appalachian School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Virginia State Bar. [U.S. Army Reserves, 1992-2000, Behavioral Science Specialist]. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Energy. | | Timothy M. McKeen (Associate) born 1982; (Admission pending). Education: Wheeling Jesuit University (B.A., 2003); Washington & Lee University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation. | 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.
Morgantown, West Virginia Office: 1085 Van Voorhis Road, Suite 400, P.O. Box 1616, 26507-1616. Telephone: 304-598-8000. Fax: 304-598-8116.
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 at Charleston, Clarksburg, Huntington, Martinsburg and Morgantown, West Virginia and Columbus, Ohio) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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