Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce 33 of its attorneys from West Virginia were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Additionally, four West Virginia attorneys received Best Lawyers® 2016 “Lawyer of the Year” designations. In each city, one lawyer from each practice area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” The attorneys received the honor based on reviews by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism and integrity.
Charleston Best Lawyers® 2016 “Lawyers of the Year” are Anna Dailey, Employment Law–Management; Christopher Plybon, Real Estate Law; Thomas Gilpin, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and W. Henry Jernigan, Jr., Product Liability Litigation–Defendants.
Dinsmore attorneys selected for this year’s Best Lawyers® guide include:
Ashland, KY (Recently consolidated with Huntington, WV)
- Alexander Ward, Railroad Law
- James Cleveland, III, Labor Law–Management, Litigation–Insurance, Litigation–Labor & Employment and Railroad Law
Charleston, WV
- Allison Bungard, Employment Law–Management
- Mark Carter, Employment Law–Management, Labor Law–Management
- Anna Dailey, Employment Law–Management, Labor Law–Management, Litigation–Labor & Employment, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
- Monika Jaensson, Copyright Law, Patent Law, Trademark Law
- Henry Jernigan, Jr., Antitrust Law, Arbitration, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Energy Law, Litigation–Antitrust, Mediation, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law, Product Liability Litigation–Defendants
- Donna Kelly, Mining Law
- Brian Moore, Employment Law–Management, Litigation–Labor & Employment
- Kevin Nelson, Employment Law–Management, Insurance Law, Litigation–Insurance, Litigation–Labor & Employment, Privacy & Data Security Law, Technology Law
- Ashley Pack, Litigation–Labor & Employment
- William Robinson, Employment Law–Management
- Forrest Roles, Employment Law–Management, Labor Law–Management, Litigation–Labor & Employment, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
Huntington, WV
- David Bolen, Railroad Law
- Richard Bolen, Natural Resources Law, Oil & Gas Law
- Edward Cunningham, II, Commercial Litigation, Tax Law
- Daniel Earl, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Thomas Gilpin, Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Janet Smith Holbrook, Bankruptcy & Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorganization Law, Litigation–Bankruptcy
- Angela Konrad, Railroad Law
- Daniel Konrad, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation–Banking & Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions Law
- Luke Andrew Lafferre, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions–Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants, Railroad Law
- Paul Loftus, Insurance Law, Railroad Law
- John Mahaney, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law–Management, Litigation–Construction, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions–Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation–Defendants, Railroad Law
- Thomas Murray, Banking & Finance Law, Corporate Law, Financial Services Regulation Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Securities/Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation
- Audy Perry, Trusts and Estates
- Christopher Plybon, Mining Law, Project Finance Law, Real Estate Law
- Scott Sheets, Employment Law–management, Labor Law–Management, Litigation–Labor & Employment
- Andrew Zettle, Eminent Domain & Condemnation Law, Energy Law, Litigation–Environmental
Lewisburg, WV
- Jason Long, Education Law
Morgantown, WV
- Robert Huston Beatty, Jr., Mining Law
- Jill Cranston Rice, Government Relations Practice
- Thomas Rubenstein, Energy Law, Mining Law, Natural Resources Law
- David Thomas, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Financial Services Regulation Law, Litigation–Antitrust, Litigation–Banking & Finance, Litigation–Bankruptcy
Wheeling, WV
- Denise Klug Pentino, Commercial Litigation
In total, 189 attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2016 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® firm-wide and 22 attorneys were named “Lawyer of the Year.”
