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News & Media
September 30, 2011
Robinson & McElwee is expanding its presence in The Mountain State with the opening of its Wheeling office, marking its third office in the state.
The new office, which will be managed by West Virginia and Ohio licensed attorney, Lisa M. Schmitt, will support clients working in exploration of the Marcellus and Utica shale plays in West Virginia and Ohio, with particular focus on mineral title certification.
January 3, 2011
The membership of Robinson & McElwee PLLC has elected Kent J. George to a fifth three-year term as Managing Member. The membership also elected Douglas C. McElwee and David L. Yaussy to three-year terms as Assistant Managing Members.
August 16, 2010
Robinson & McElwee PLLC is the lead sponsor for the Forum on the Future of Coal, which will be held during the afternoon of Wednesday, September 8 at the University of Charleston. Dr. Steven Chu, secretary of the US Department of Energy, and Senator Jay Rockefeller will speak on Carbon Capture and Sequestration.
For additional information please read the August 14, 2010 Chaleston Gazette article entitled, Energy secretary to speak at UC.
May 10, 2010
Robert P. George, of counsel attorney with the Charleston firm of Robinson & McElwee, has been awarded the Honorific Medal for the Defense of Human Rights of the Republic of Poland.
January 6, 2010
Robinson & McElwee would like to congratulate our attorneys who have been selected as Best Lawyers in America for 2010. Best Lawyers in America performs an exhaustive survey of over 40,000 participating attorneys in the United States and the District of Columbia. For more information log on to: www.bestlawyers.com
January 4, 2010
Mark H. Hayes, Of Counsel at Robinson & McElwee PLLC, has been selected for the Graduate College Advisory Board at Marshall University. The board’s mission is to promote the activities of the graduate college to the external community, to provide advice and input on graduate education to the dean, and to help identify and obtain private funding for graduate student professional activities. Dr.
January 4, 2010
Mark H. Hayes, Of Counsel at Robinson & McElwee PLLC, has been selected for the Graduate College Advisory Board at Marshall University.
October 6, 2009
Congratulations to E. Ryan Kennedy for being selected as the Young Lawyers' Substantive Liaison to the DRI Professionalism and Ethics Committee for 2009-2010.
June 24, 2009
Robinson & McElwee is proud to announce the following members have been recognized as 2009 West Virginia SuperLawyers: Timothy M. Miller (Civil Litigation Defense), David L. Yaussy (Environmental Litigation), Douglas C. McElwee (Real Estate), William C. Porth (Utilities), and Joseph M. Price (Employment & Labor).
June 23, 2009
Charleston associate Anne C. Blankenship (Energy & Environmental) and Clarksburg associate Mary E. Snead (Civil Litigation Defense) have been named as 2009 West Virginia Rising Stars by SuperLawyers.com.
SuperLawyers objective is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of outstanding attorneys that can be used as a resource for attorneys and consumers searching for legal counsel. Peer nominations and evaluations are combined with third party research to determine the attorneys who are listed.
May 1, 2009
David K. Higgins has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Association, WV Chapter. Mr. Higgins is a member of Robinson & McElwee’s Corporate Department. Mr. Higgins practice involves litigation, state and federal taxation, state and federal securities law, representation of banks and bank holding companies. He also has extensive experience in wills and trusts, mergers and acquisitions, commercial financing and general corporate law.
March 12, 2009
E. Ryan Kennedy, Associate in the firm's Clarksburg office, has been selected to participate in the National Litigation Academy which is an annual training seminar sponsored by the Alliance Defense Fund.
December 16, 2008
Attorney Robert P. George, Of Counsel to Robinson & McElwee PLLC and Princeton University’s McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, received the Presidential Citizens Medal at a ceremony at the White House on December 10. A distinguished constitutional scholar, George is the director of Princeton University’s James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions and a member of the US President’s Council on Bioethics. Last spring he received the Heritage Foundation’s $25,000 Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship for embodying the virtues of America’s founders.
September 5, 2008
Robinson & McElwee sponsored is 2nd Annual Employer Advocate Seminar on September 5th at the Bridgeport Conference Center at Charles Pointe in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The free, half-day seminar featured three panel discussions about the ways businesses can prepare for requests to produce electronic information, includings e-mails, word processing documents, and financial data, as well as a dicusssion of workers' compensation insurance and employment practice information. The seminar was well received.
August 1, 2008
Clarksburg member and Litigation chair, Steve Gandee, was inducted into the 2008 class of the Curtis Elam Athletic Hall of Fame at Glenville State College on Saturday, May 19. Gandee, known as “Reno” to his teammates and friends, is a native of Clendenin, West Virginia and Herbert Hoover High School . He graduated from Glenville State College in 1982. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a member of the football and baseball teams.
May 30, 2008
Rob Lannan, Member, Energy & Environment, attended the ceremonial signing of Senate Bill 622 on April 2, at the West Virginia State Capitol. The bill, known as the Voluntary Rural and Outdoor Heritage Conservation Act, was passed on March 8 by the West Virginia Legislature. Led by efforts of the The Nature Conservancy, along with other partners from the conservation community, the legislation will provide dedicated funding for land conservation through the Outdoor heritage Conservation Fund.
May 26, 2008
Dave Yaussy (Chair, Energy & Environment) may not be the biggest liar, but he is the bigger liar. While his tall tale didn't net him the coveted "Golden Shovel Award," he did place second in the popular Liars Contest held during West Virginia's 32nd annual Vandalia Gathering. The popular event is hosted by Goldenseal Magazine. The top three winners receive cash prizes with the first place winner receiving the Golden Shovel trophy. Winners stories will be published in a future edition of Goldenseal.
January 28, 2008
Sporty family converts living room into basketball court
By Julie Robinson for the Charleston Gazette
JANE LEW - When Clarksburg lawyer Steve Gandee, 47, grew up in Clendenin, he and his two brothers played hotly contested basketball games in their small home's narrow hallway. They fashioned a basket out of a coat hanger and the orange mesh from onion bags and hung it at one end of the hall.
January 18, 2008
Robinson & McElwee PLLC is pleased to announce that Christopher L. Hamb has become a member of the firm effective January 1, 2008. Mr. Hamb, a graduate of Hobart College and Vermont Law School, practices in the firm's litigation department. Mr. Hamb is primarily involved in civil litigation in federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels; his practice also involves corporate transactions and acquisitions, banking and real estate. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Hamb practiced at The Law Office of William E. Hamb.'
December 31, 2007
David Higgins, a member in Robinson & McElwee's Corporate Department, and member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 30, has been appointed to the following House committees: Banking & Insurance, Constitutional Revision and Government Organization. Higgins, a Fayetteville native, is also a member of the Charleston City Council and chairman of West Virginia Racing Thunder. He is also a trustee of the Craik-Patton House Foundation
