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Friday, March 29, 2024

PERSONNEL FILE: Cyrus achieves AV Preeminent rating

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CHARLESTON – Shuman McCuskey & Slicer PLLC is proud to announce that Managing Member Dwayne E. Cyrus has achieved the peer-reviewed AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

AV Preeminent is a significant rating accomplishment – a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.  Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings reflect a combination of achieving a Very High General Ethical Standards rating and a Legal Ability numerical rating. A threshold number of responses is required to achieve a rating.

The General Ethical Standards rating denotes adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics, reliability, diligence and other criteria relevant to the discharge of professional responsibilities. Those lawyers who meet the "Very High" criteria of General Ethical Standards can proceed to the next step in the ratings process - Legal Ability.

Cyrus joined the firm in 1999 and became a member in 2001. His practice is focused in the areas of insurance coverage, agent errors and omissions, professional liability, public entity, and tort defense litigation.

Cyrus has  more than 25  years  experience  in  handling  insurance  defense  cases  and  claims, including coverage issues at both the trial and appellate levels. He previously served as Claims Legal Counsel for Nationwide Insurance Company for the southern region of West Virginia; in this position, he supervised cases involving issues of insurance coverage and bad faith litigation.

Cyrus has served as lecturer for insurance claims personnel and agents on issues involved in the claims-handling process, including compliance with the Unfair Claims Practices Act.

He previously served as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Mercer County.  Cyrus has four sons and two granddaughters, and he is married to Lou Ann Cyrus, who is also a member of the firm.

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