Nine lawyers from Robinson & McElwee PLLC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014. The newly released edition of The Best Lawyers in America 2014 recognized these attorneys for their work in West Virginia, naming three as “Lawyer of the Year” in their areas of practice. Only a single lawyer in each practice area in each community is honored by Best Lawyers as a “Lawyer of the Year.”
The Robinson & McElwee attorneys named 2014 “Lawyer of the Year” Charleston-WV include:
- Joseph S. Beeson, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- David K. Higgins, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Joseph M. Price, Labor Law – Management
Additionally, the Robinson & McElwee attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 include:
- Joseph S. Beeson, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Kent J. George, Commercial Finance Law
- David K. Higgins, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Robert E. Lannan, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
- John C. Palmer, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Paul G. Papadopoulos, Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law, Tax Law
- William C. Porth, Energy Law
- Joseph M. Price, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor & Employment.
- David L. Yaussy, Environmental Law
Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which almost 50,000 leading attorneys cast nearly five million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”
Robinson & McElwee’s practice is multifaceted and includes natural resources law, including oil and gas title matters; corporate law; commercial real estate development; environmental law; state and local taxation; labor and employment law; utility law; litigation; bankruptcy; estate planning and administration; commercial transactions; and government relations.
