CHARLESTON – Spilman Thomas & Battle PLLC announced that the firm was ranked as a Tier 1 Metropolitan “Best Law Firm” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers in 24 areas of law across four of its office locations – Charleston, Morgantown, Pittsburgh and Roanoke, Va.
BRIDGEPORT – The Steptoe & Johnson PLLC mining, oil and gas, and real estate law practices have been top ranked nationally in the 2015 edition of U.S. News & World Report “Best Law Firms.”
CHARLESTON – Spilman Thomas & Battle has announced that attorney Dale W. Steager served once again as editor for the 2015 edition of the “Guidebook to West Virginia Taxes,” published annually by the West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants.
CHARLESTON – Seven Jackson Kelly attorneys recently were named among Who’s Who in Energy 2014 in the Pittsburgh Business Times and the Denver Business Times.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Record reached out to the campaigns of candidates for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives for their thoughts on various issues covered by the newspaper.
MORGANTOWN – Rob Alsop, special counsel at Bowles Rice and former chief of staff to Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, has been appointed vice president for legal and governmental affairs and entrepreneurial engagement at West Virginia University, effective Oct. 27.
MORGANTOWN – Steptoe & Johnson has announced that member William E. Galeota has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
CHARLESTON – Leadership West Virginia has announced a “Moving West Virginia Forward: Reclaiming Our State” Leadership Conference will be held Oct. 15–16 at the Erickson Alumni Center on the campus of West Virginia University in Morgantown.
CHARLESTON – An Ohio County woman is suing over claims her husband was killed while operating an aircraft that collided with a negligently positioned communications tower.
HUNTINGTON – The regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday praised six West Virginia communities and agencies for their redevelopment of brownfields throughout the state.
