PERSONNEL FILE: Spilman Promotes Several Associates to Senior Attorneys

CHARLESTON -- Spilman Thomas & Battle is pleased to announce that Angela D. Herdman, David B. Hanna and Carter R. Brothers recently were promoted to Senior Attorneys.

Herdman is located in the Charleston office and primarily practices in the areas of insurance coverage and bad faith, general litigation, insurance law and personal injury litigation. She received her B.A. in Communications in 1986 from Purdue University and her J.D. in 2000 from West Virginia University College of law.

Hanna is currently located in the Morgantown office, but he will be moving to Charleston shortly. His primary areas of practice are general litigation, insurance law, toxic torts, product liability, and consumer finance. Hanna received his B.A. in History in 1998 from Hampden-Sydney College. He received his J.D. in 2001 from West Virginia University College of Law.

Brothers is located in the Roanoke, Va., office. His primary areas of practice are estate planning and administration, taxation, bond finance, and corporate law. He received his B.A. in 1990 from Williams College. He received his J.D. in 1997 from Vanderbilt University and his LL.M. in Taxation in 1998 from the University of Florida.

Spilman Thomas & Battle is a full-service law firm with more than 100 attorneys. Founded in 1864, Spilman has offices in Charleston, Morgantown and Wheeling in West Virginia; Pittsburgh, Pa; Winston-Salem, N.C.; and Roanoke, Va.