Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC is pleased to announce that 21 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
Additionally, two Flaherty attorneys were named Best Lawyers® 2016 Lawyers of the Year. Only one lawyer in each area of practice is honored as lawyer of the year in their community. Lawyers honored for 2016 include: Jeffrey Holmstrand for Appellate Practice–Defendants in Morgantown, WV, and Edward Martin for Health Care Law–Defendants in Charleston, WV.
Best Lawyers, based on a peer-review survey, has been compiled annually since 1983. Leading attorneys cast votes on the capabilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Because of the methodology used by Best Lawyers and because lawyers are not permitted to pay a listing fee, inclusion is considered an honor. The American Lawyer has called Best Lawyers “the most respected list of attorneys in practice.”
Flaherty attorneys acknowledged in 2016 Best Lawyers and the practice areas for which they were recognized are:
Charleston
- Erica Baumgras, Insurance Law
- Michael Bonasso, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
- Christopher Brumley, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants
- Robert Coffield, Health Care Law
- Andrew Cooke, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
- Dustin Dillard, Litigation–Health Care, Medical Malpractice Law–Defendants
- Thomas Flaherty, Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Malpractice Law–Defendants, Mediation, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants
- Sam Fox, Health Care Law
- Richard Jones, Litigation–Health Care, Medical Malpractice Law–Defendants, Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
- James Lane, Jr., Litigation–Real Estate, Real Estate Law
- Timothy Mayo, Employment Law–Management
- Edward Martin, Health Care Law, Medical Malpractice Law–Defendants
- Mark Robinson, Medical Malpractice Law–Defendants
- Don Sensabaugh, Jr., Litigation–Healthcare, Medical Malpractice Law–Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants
- John Andrew “Jack” Smith, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation–Construction, Litigation–Insurance, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants
- Nathaniel Tawney, Commercial Litigation, Litigation–ERISA, Litigation, Insurance
- Jeffrey Wakefield, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants
Morgantown
- Stephen Brooks, Medical Malpractice Law–Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants
- Peter DeMasters, Litigation–Construction, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants
Wheeling
- David Givens, Medical Malpractice Law–Defendants
- Jeffrey Holmstrand, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions–Defendants, Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
