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| | Address | 150 Clay Street
Second Floor, P.O. Box 615 | | Morgantown, West Virginia 26507-0615 | | (Monongalia Co.) | | | |
| | | Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Trial and Appellate Practice. Corporation, Taxation, Banking, Real Property, Administrative, Labor, Coal, Natural Resources, Health Care, Hospital Law, Bankruptcy, Commercial, Public Utilities, Energy, Environmental, Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, Domestic Relations, RICO Litigation, Product Liability, Toxic Torts, White Collar Crime, Employment Discrimination, Securities, Construction Law, Professional Malpractice, Insurance Defense, Admiralty, Legislative Practice, Workers Compensation, Black Lung, Health and Safety Law, Insurance Law, Asbestos, Consumer Debt Regulation, Immigration and Naturalization, International Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, OSHA, MSHA, Technology. | Firm Profile:
Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC has been engaged in the general practice of law in Charleston, West Virginia, since 1864, in Morgantown, West Virginia, since 1988, in Wheeling, West Virginia since January 2006; in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since 2004; in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, since June 2006; and in Roanoke, Virginia since 2007. The firm is committed to maintaining the standards of excellence in performance and service established by its founders, and expects continued growth as it pursues its commitment to providing legal services to the business communities of West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and neighboring states. | | Firm Size: 104 | Representative Clients:
Acordia; AETNA, Inc.; AIG; Airgas Safety, Inc.; AKZO Nobel; Allegiance Healthcare Corp.; Alliance Resource Partners, L.P.; American Red Cross; Arch Coal, Inc.; B F Goodrich Aerospace, Inc.; Bank of America, N.A.; Bank One, West Virginia; Baxter Healthcare Corp.; Baxter International, Inc.; Bayer Corporation; BB&T Corporation; Beazer East, Inc.; Bluefield Regional Medical Center; Bluestone Coal Corporation; Cabot Oil and Gas; CAMC Foundation; Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital; Capital One Bank; Cardinal Health; Carelink Health Plans; CDG Management, LLC; Century 21 Mortgage; Charleston Area Medical Center; Charter Communications; Chevron U.S.A. Products Company; The CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc.; CitiFinancial, Inc.; City of Charleston; Coca Cola Bottling Company; Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Cotiga Development Company; Coventry Health Care; CSX Transportation, Inc.; CVS Pharmacy; Cytec Industries, Inc.; E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Eat' n Park Hospitality Group; Erie Insurance Group; Ernst & Young; Federal National Mortgage Association; Fifth Third Bank; First American Title Insurance Company; First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co.; FMC Corporation; Gateway Communications, Inc.; GE Plastics; General Electric Corporation; Goodrich Corporation; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; Green Tree Servicing LLC; H&R Block; Harnischfeger Industries; Highland Hospital; Honeywell International, Inc.; Huntington National Bank; IKON Office Solutions; Independent Oil & Gas Association; International Coal Group; Komatsu Zenoah America, Inc.; Koppers Industries, Inc.; The Kroger Company; Lignetics of West Virginia; Lucent Technologies, Inc.; Massey Coal Services, Inc.; Meadow River Hardwood Lumber Co.; Mettiki; Mid-Ohio Valley Medical Group, Inc.; Mine Safety Appliances Company; Mylan Laboratories, Inc.; Ohio Valley Eye Physicians and Surgeons, P.L.L.C.; Orix Financial Services, Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Pechiney Cast Plate; Pechiney Services of America; Physicians Outpatient Surgery Center, Ltd.; Platinum Properties, LLC; Polymer Alliance Zone, Inc.; PPG Industries, Inc.; Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc.; St. Mary's Medical Center; Speed Mining, Inc.; State Farm Insurance Company; Sun Coke Company; Telecheck Services, Inc.; Time Warner; U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Union Carbide Corporation; United Anesthesia, Inc.; United Bank, Inc.; United Parcel Service; United Hospital Center; University of Charleston; US Steel, LLC; Vecellio & Grogan, Inc.; Verizon Communications, Inc.; Wachovia Bank, N.A.; Washington Mutual Bank, F.A.; Weirton Steel Corporation; WesBanco Bank, Inc.; West Virginia Economic Development Authority; West Virginia HMO Association; West Virginia Media; West Virginia United Health System, Inc.; West Virginia University Hospitals; West Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. |
Other Office Locations of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.A.
Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Ward D. (Jerry) Stone, Jr. (Member) born Morgantown, West Virginia, March 14, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (A.B., 1962; LL.B., 1965). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Adjunct Professor, College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University, 1973-1975. Member, 1973-1978, 1986-1996 and President, 1973-1974, 1986-1994, Monongalia County Board of Education. Mental Hygiene Commissioner, 1974-1986. Member, State of West Virginia Board of Bar Examiners, 2001—. Member: Monongalia County (President, 1982-1983) and West Virginia Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar (Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1972-1973). Practice Areas: Real Estate - Commercial and Residential; Domestic Relations Law; Litigation; Wills; Estates and Estate Planning; Retail Collections; Commercial Collections; General Practice. Email: Ward D. (Jerry) Stone, Jr. | | Carl H. Cather, III (Member) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 1, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: University of Colorado (B.S., 1981); West Virginia University (J.D., 1984). Agent, First American Title Insurance Company. Member: Monongalia County and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Real Estate; Contracts; Financing; Real Estate; Leases and Leasing; Banks and Banking; Business Law; Finance. Email: Carl H. Cather, III | | Nancy A. Green (Member) born Uniontown, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1949; admitted to bar, 1984, West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1979; J.D., 1984). Golden Key. Member: Monongalia County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Deliberate Intent; Toxic Tort; Product Liability Law; Insurance Defense. Email: Nancy A. Green | | James A. Walls (Member) born Sewickley, Pennsylvania, March 25, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.A., 1984; J.D., 1989). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Corporate Law; Labor Law. Email: James A. Walls | | William T. Holmes (Member) born Wheeling, West Virginia, July 30, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.A., Accounting, cum laude, 1975; J.D., 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Trustee, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1984-1987. Member: Marion County, Monongalia County and West Virginia Bar Associations; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Real Estate Development; Commercial Loans; Consumer Lending; Retail Leasing; Collections; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy; Real Estate Title Insurance; Corporate Law; Industrial Real Estate Law; Mineral Title. Email: William T. Holmes | | Michael S. Garrison (Member) born Fairmont, West Virginia, November 6, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, West Virginia; 1999, District of Columbia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., cum laude, 1992; J.D., with honors, 1996). Rotary International Scholar, University of Oxford, St. Anne's College, Oxford, England, 1992-1993. Congressional Internship, Office of Congressman Alan B. Mollohan, 1989. President, West Virginia University, 2007-2008. Chief of Staff to Governor Bob Wise (DWV), 2001-2003. Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Tax and Revenue, 2001. Administrative Assistant, Office of Senator Robert C. Byrd, 1992. Member: West Virginia Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; District of Columbia Bar. Practice Areas: Government Relations; Economic Development; Litigation; Labor and Employment. Email: Michael S. Garrison | | SENIOR ATTORNEYS | | Matthew P. Heiskell (Senior Attorney) admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania; 2000, New York; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 2006, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. Education: Woodberry Forest School (1990); West Virginia University (B.A., Political Science, 1995); Duquesne University School of Law (J.D., 1998); American University, Washington College of Law (LL.M., International Trade and Banking, 1999). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Matthew P. Heiskell | | Larissa C. Dean (Senior Attorney) born Pomona, California, May 30, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, New York; 2000, New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York and District of New Jersey; 2006, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: University of California, Riverside (B.A., 1989); Georgetown University (J.D., 1996). Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York State and New Jersey State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Labor; Employment. Email: Larissa C. Dean | | Ryan M. Debski (Senior Attorney) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Pennsylvania; 2008, West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fourth and District of Columbia Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1997); Duquesne University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member, Pittsburgh Human Resources Association (PHRA). Member: West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Ryan M. Debski | | ASSOCIATES | | Brian J. Warner (Associate) born Charleston, West Virginia, March 7, 1979; admitted to bar, 2003, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., Finance, 2000); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 2003). Associate Editor, West Virginia University College of Law, Law Review. Member: Kanawha County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Litigation; Real Estate. Email: Brian J. Warner | | Tamara B. Williamson (Associate) born 1966; admitted to bar, 2005, West Virginia. Education: Gustavus Adolphus College (B.A., 1989); West Virginia University (J.D., 2005). Member: Monongalia County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar. Languages: Swedish. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Tamara B. Williamson | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Charleston, West Virginia Office: Spilman Center, 300 Kanawha Boulevard, East, P.O. Box 273, 25321-0273. Telephone: 304-340-3800 Fax: 304-340-3801.
Wheeling, West Virginia Office: 1217 Chapline Street, P.O. Box 831, 26003. Telephone: 304-230-6950. Fax: 304-230-6951.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Office: One Oxford Centre, Suite 3440, 301 Grant Street, 15219. Telephone: 412-325-3301. Fax: 412-325-3324. Email: stb@spilmanlaw.com. URL: http://www.spilmanlaw.com.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Office: 110 Oakwood Drive, Suite 500, 27103. Telephone: 336-725-4710. Fax: 336-725-4476.
Roanoke, Virginia Office: 310 First Street, Suite 1100, P.O. Box 90, 24002-0090. Telephone: 540-512-1800. Fax: 540-342-4480.
| (For complete biographical data on all personnel, see Professional Biographies at Charleston, West Virginia) | | Maintains an office in more than one location. |
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