WEST VIRGINIA RECORD

CLARKSBURG -- Steptoe & Johnson is pleased to announce that a total of 37 of the firm's lawyers are included in the 2010 class of West Virginia Super Lawyers, with 10 lawyers included as "Rising Stars."

The editors selected the following Steptoe & Johnson attorneys:

Super Lawyers

1) Laurie C. Barbe - Insurance Coverage

2) Kenneth J. Barton Jr. - Real Estate

3) Rodney L. Bean - Employment & Labor

4) Henry C. Bowen – Workers' Compensation

5) Susan S. Brewer - Professional Liability/Defense

6) Bryan R. Cokeley - Employment Litigation/Defense

7) Gordon H. Copland - Business Litigation

8) Patrick D. Deem – Mergers & Acquisitions

9) David E. Dick - Employment & Labor

10) Louis E. Enderle Jr. - Real Estate

11) Sharon O. Flanery - Energy & Natural Resources

12) William E. Galeota - Business Litigation

13) Patrick D. Kelly - Health Care

14) W. Henry Lawrence - Business Litigation

15) Steven P. McGowan - Energy & Natural Resources

16) C. David Morrison - Employment Litigation/Defense

17) Patricia Proctor – Business Litigation

18) Ancil G. Ramey - Appellate

19) Larry J. Rector - Employment Litigation/Defense

20) Christopher L. Slaughter - Employment & Labor

21) Robert M. Steptoe Jr. - Employment & Labor

22) Joanna I. Tabit - Employment Litigation/Defense

23) L. Frederick Williams Jr. – Mergers & Acquisitions

24) Walter L. Williams - Health Care

25) William D. Wilmoth - Business Litigation

26) James M. Wilson - Personal Injury Defense/General

27) Richard M. Yurko Jr. – Employment Litigation/Defense

Rising Stars

1) Aimee N. Daugherty – Personal Injury Defense/Medical Malpractice

2) David E. Goddard - Professional Liability/ Defense

3) Matthew B. Hansberry – Employment Litigation Defense

4) Teresa A. Kleeh - Personal Injury Defense/Products

5) Thomas S. Kleeh - Employment Litigation/Defense

6) Michael B. Pallay – Intellectual Property

7) Peter J. Raupp – General Litigation

8) Davin L. Seamon – Real Estate

9) Kristian E. White – Business/Corporate

10) Monte L. Williams - General Litigation

Steptoe & Johnson is a regional business-focused firm with strengths in energy, labor, employment and litigation. It comprises over 180 lawyers resident in eight locations throughout West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. For nearly a century, Steptoe & Johnson has demonstrated its commitment to quality, devoting personal attention, experience, skill, and resources to client-focused service.

For more information, visit the firm's website at www.steptoe-johnson.com.