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Jackson Kelly PLLC Attorneys Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America®

August 16, 2015

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – August 17, 2015 – Jackson Kelly PLLC is pleased to announce that 65 of the firm’s lawyers were recently named in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Lawyers from across the firm’s twelve offices were honored in the publication.

In addition, eleven Jackson Kelly PLLC lawyers were named as Best Lawyers’ 2016 Lawyers of the Year. Only a single lawyer in each area of practice in each community is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” Those who received this honor are: Robby J. Aliff (Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants), Marcia Allen Broughton (Tax Law), Stephen R. Crislip (Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants), Charles D. Dunbar (Banking and Finance Law), Robert F. Duncan (Litigation – Construction), A.L. Emch (Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants), Samme L. Gee (Project Finance Law), John W. Hays (Construction Law), Timothy E. Huffman (Administrative / Regulatory Law), J. Rudy Martin (Arbitration) and Ann B. Rembrandt (Workers' Compensation Law – Employers).

First published in 1983, Best Lawyers is based on an annual peer-review survey. Leading attorneys cast votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in the same and related specialties. Because of the methodology used by Best Lawyers and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered an honor. The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.

AKRON, OH

Mark W. Bernlohr

Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Construction

BRIDGEPORT, WV

Marcia Allen Broughton

Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Tax Law
Trusts and Estates

CHARLESTON, WV

Robby J. Aliff

Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants

David A. Barnette

Information Technology Law
Litigation - Intellectual Property

Robert J. Busse

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Christopher L. Callas

Energy Law

Gretchen M. Callas

Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants

Ellen S. Cappellanti

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and
Reorganization Law
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Corporate Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Real Estate Law

Michael T. Cimino

Mining Law
Natural Resources Law

Stephen R. Crislip

Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

William F. Dobbs, Jr.

Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and
Reorganization Law
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Charles D. Dunbar

Banking and Finance Law
Corporate Compliance Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Financial Services Regulation Law
Litigation - Banking and Finance

A. L. Emch

Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Michael M. Fisher

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Michael D. Foster

Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law

Blair M. Gardner

Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental
Mining Law
Natural Resources Law
Water Law

Samme L. Gee

Corporate Law
Project Finance Law
Public Finance Law

Gary W. Hart

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Timothy E. Huffman

Administrative / Regulatory Law
Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Thomas J. Hurney, Jr.

Health Care Law
Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Barbara D. Little

Environmental Law

Charles W. Loeb, Jr.

Corporate Law
Energy Law
Mining Law

Elizabeth Osenton Lord

Corporate Law
Securities / Capital Markets Law
Securities Regulation

Erin E. Magee

Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment

John A. Mairs

Tax Law

J. Rudy Martin

Arbitration
Insurance Law
International Arbitration - Commercial
International Arbitration - Governmental
Mediation

Jill McIntyre

Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants

Robert G. McLusky

Energy Law
Litigation - Environmental
Mining Law
Natural Resources Law

John Philip Melick

Administrative / Regulatory Law

Laurie K. Miller

Health Care Law

Ann B. Rembrandt

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Al F. Sebok

Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Mining Law

James R. Snyder

Environmental Law
Litigation - Environmental
Mining Law

Louis S. Southworth II

Corporate Law
Government Relations Practice
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tax Law

Brian R. Swiger

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Pamela Dawn Tarr

Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Kenneth E. Tawney

Energy Law
Oil and Gas Law

James W. Thomas

Health Care Law

Robert G. Tweel

Corporate Law
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Tax Law

Michael B. Victorson

Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Environmental
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Roger A. Wolfe

Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management

CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN

Diana L. Wann

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

DENVER, CO

Laura E. Beverage

Energy Law
Mining Law
Natural Resources Law

John S. Zakhem

Government Relations Practice

EVANSVILLE, IN

Marc D. Fine

Corporate Law

James D. Johnson

Appellate Practice

Timothy A. Klingler

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

L. Montgomery Porter

Health Care Law

LEXINGTON, KY

Robert F. Duncan

Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Construction
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

John W. Hays

Construction Law

William A. Hoskins III

Health Care Law

William S. Mattingly

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Kevin M. McGuire

Environmental Law

Jeffrey J. Yost

Tax Law

MARTINSBURG, WV

Robert E. Glenn IV

Real Estate Law

E. Leslie Hoffman

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

William J. Powell

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

MORGANTOWN, WV

Seth P. Hayes

Commercial Litigation

Stephen M. LaCagnin

Commercial Litigation
Employment Law - Management
Labor Law - Management
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

George E. Roeder III

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Kathy L. Snyder

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Taunja Willis-Miller

Health Care Law
Public Finance Law

PITTSBURGH, PA

R. Henry Moore

Mining Law
Natural Resources Law

WHEELING, WV

Larry W. Blalock

Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment

Lucinda L. Fluharty

Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Client Focus, Industry Insight, National Reputation. Jackson Kelly PLLC is a national law firm with more than 175 attorneys located in twelve offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Colorado and the District of Columbia. With a focus on companies working in and around the energy industry, the Firm works with its clients to help resolve their operating challenges by teaming to develop and implement strategies that minimize risks, quickly and effectively. Focusing on clients' industry-specific needs, the Firm serves a wide variety of corporate and public clients and enjoys a national reputation in business, labor and employment, litigation, government contracts, tax, safety and health, permitting, natural resource and environmental law. The Firm’s clients and peers recognize its commitment to providing superior client service as Jackson Kelly has repeatedly been selected as a Go-To Law Firm for the Top 500 Companies in the U.S. and is regularly named to BTI’s Client Service A-Team.