Albert
Cappellanti
Dobbs
Dunbar
Flannery
Foster
Huffman
Little
McJunkin
McLusky
Snyder
Southworth
Wolfe
Eros
Roeder
CHARLESTON -- Forty-nine Jackson Kelly lawyers, representing a cross section of the firm's practice groups and offices, were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Fifteen of the 49 Jackson Kelly attorneys named this year represent more than ten consecutive years of recognition by Best Lawyers. Many other Jackson Kelly lawyers named this year have appeared on the list previously.
Best Lawyers (www.bestlawyers.com) is a leading national benchmark of legal counsel published by the Woodward and White Corporation. The 2007 edition is based on extensive peer-review survey. Some 16,000 leading attorneys throughout the country cast more than half million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their specialties. Lawyers are not allowed to pay a fee to be listed.
Attorneys chosen by Best Lawyers are assessed according to their respective specialties. Jackson Kelly attorneys are featured in 32 of the 57 separate disciplines with Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, Workers Compensation, Environmental and Corporate Law featuring the most multiple Jackson Kelly citations.
Here is the list of Jackson Kelly attorneys honored, along with their practice areas:
CHARLESTON OFFICE
Michael A. Albert**, Corporate Law and Energy Law
David A. Barnette, Antitrust Law, Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property Law
Kathy G. Beckett*, Environmental Law
Robert J. Busse, Workers' Compensation Law
Christopher L. Callas, Energy Law and Public Finance Law
Ellen S. Cappellanti**, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Real Estate Law
Stephen R. Crislip, Legal Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation
William F. Dobbs Jr.**, Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
Charles D. Dunbar**, Banking Law and Corporate Law
A. L. Emch, Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation
David M. Flannery**, Environmental Law
Robert D. Fluharty, Energy Law, Natural Resources Law and Real Estate Law
Michael D. Foster**, Employee Benefits Law
Samme L. Gee, Corporate Law and Public Finance Law
Timothy E. Huffman**, Workers' Compensation Law
Thomas J. Hurney Jr., Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice Law and Personal Injury Litigation
Cheryl H. Ledbetter, Labor and Employment Law
Barbara D. Little**, Environmental Law
Charles W. Loeb Jr., Corporate Law
Elizabeth O. Lord, Corporate Law and Securities Law
J. Rudy Martin, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Insurance Law
Thomas N. McJunkin**, Energy Law, Natural Resources Law and Oil & Gas Law
Robert G. McLusky**, Environmental Law, Mining Law and Natural Resources Law
Ann B. Rembrandt*, Workers' Compensation Law
Dennis C. Sauter, Commercial Litigation
Al Sebok, Labor and Employment Law
Douglas A. Smoot, Workers' Compensation Law
James R. Snyder**, Environmental Law
Louis S. Southworth II**, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law and Tax Law
Kenneth E. Tawney*, Oil & Gas Law
James W. Thomas, Health Care Law
Michael B. Victorson, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation
Roger A. Wolfe**, Labor and Employment Law
CLARKSBURG OFFICE
Marcia A. Broughton, Tax Law and Trusts and Estates
Mary Jane Curran, Workers' Compensation Law
DENVER, COLO., OFFICE
Laura E. Beverage, Natural Resources Law
Ronda Sandquist, Environmental Law
LEXINGTON, KY., OFFICE
Robert Duncan, Product Liability Litigation
William A. Hoskins III, Health Care Law
Jeffrey J. Yost, Tax Law
MARTINSBURG OFFICE
Mary Clare Eros**, Banking Law
E. Leslie Hoffman, White-Collar Criminal Defense
William J. Powell, White-Collar Criminal Defense
Taunja Willis-Miller, Health Care Law and Public Finance Law
MORGANTOWN OFFICE
Stephen M. LaCagnin, Commercial Litigation, Labor and Employment Law and Personal Injury Litigation
William S. Mattingly, Workers' Compensation Law
George E. Roeder III**, Workers' Compensation Law
WASHINGTON, D.C., OFFICE
Dennis Whittlesey, Gaming Law and Native American Law
WHEELING OFFICE
Larry Blalock, Labor and Employment Law
* denotes first-year listing
** denotes listed for at least 10 years