Robinson & McElwee Listed in U.S. News Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” for 2024

Robinson & McElwee PLLC has been recognized in three metropolitan tiers in three cities in the 2024 U.S. News – Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” list.  Firms included in this list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers, according to the Best Lawyers© press release.

Metropolitan Tier 1

Akron

  • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts & Estates Law

Charleston-WV

  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Construction Law
  • Employment Law – Management
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Real Estate Law
  • Utilities Law

Morgantown

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Transportation Law

 

Metropolitan Tier 2

Akron

  • Litigation – Trusts & Estates

Charleston-WV

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Law
  • Energy Law
  • Labor Law – Management
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Litigation – Labor & Employment
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Morgantown

  • Litigation – Construction

 

Metropolitan Tier 3

Akron

  • Commercial Litigation

Charleston-WV

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

 

For a firm to receive a tier designation there must be present a high level of respect for that firm among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for their capabilities, their professionalism and their integrity.  The tier rankings were determined through the firm’s overall evaluation derived from a combination of clients’ impressive feedback, the high regard attorneys from different firms in the same practice area hold for Robinson & McElwee, and information provided by the firm.


Robinson & McElwee Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers 2024

Fifteen lawyers from Robinson & McElwee PLLC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in ThBest Lawyers in America© 2024.

The Robinson & McElwee attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 for Charleston, WV include:

  • Craig S. Beeson, Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Joseph S. Beeson, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Kent J. George, Commercial Finance Law, Construction Law, Corporate Law
  • Heather G. Harlan, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Tax Law
  • Mark H. Hayes, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Robert E. Lannan II, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
  • Douglas C. McElwee, Land Use and Zoning Law, Natural Resources Law, Real Estate Law
  • John C. Palmer IV, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • William C. Porth, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law, Utilities Law
  • Joseph M. Price, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Bradley Sorrells, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Real Estate Law

 

The Robinson & McElwee attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 for Clarksburg, WV include:

  • Richard W. Gallagher, Commercial Litigation
  • Stephen F. Gandee, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, and Transportation Law

 

The Robinson & McElwee attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2024 for Alliance, OH include:

  • Brent A. Barnes, Commercial Litigation
  • Michael A. Ogline, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Tax Law

 

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor 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.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”


Robinson & McElwee PLLC Recognized by Chambers USA 2023

The newly released edition of Chambers USA 2023 recognized five Robinson & McElwee attorneys as leaders in their field for their practices in West Virginia:

  • Kent George, Real Estate (Band 1) and Corporate/Commercial (Band 2)
  • Heather Harlan, Tax (Band 2)
  • Doug McElwee, Real Estate (Band 1)
  • Joseph Price, Labor & Employment (Senior Statespeople)
  • David Russo, Labor & Employment (Band 3)

Robinson & McElwee was also recognized as a leading firm in three practice categories in West Virginia:

  • Real Estate (Band 2)
  • Labor and Employment (Band 3)
  • Corporate/Commercial (Band 2)

Chambers USA ranks the leading firms and attorneys in a wide range of practice areas by conducting in-depth, client-focused research. The results are published each year in a guide that serves as a legal resource for industry-leading companies and organizations. Rankings are assessed on criteria such as technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities that the client considers relevant.


Robinson & McElwee Listed in U.S. News Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” for 2023

Robinson & McElwee PLLC has been recognized in three metropolitan tiers in three cities in the 2023 U.S. News – Best Lawyers© “Best Law Firms” list.  Firms included in this list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers, according to the Best Lawyers© press release.

Metropolitan Tier 1

Akron

  • Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
  • Tax Law
  • Trusts & Estates Law

Charleston-WV

  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Construction Law
  • Employment Law – Management
  • Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Real Estate Law
  • Utilities Law

Morgantown

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Transportation Law

Metropolitan Tier 2

Akron

  • Litigation – Trusts & Estates

Charleston-WV

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate Law
  • Energy Law
  • Labor Law – Management
  • Land Use & Zoning Law
  • Litigation – Labor & Employment

Morgantown

  • Litigation – Construction

 

Metropolitan Tier 3

Akron

  • Commercial Litigation

Charleston-WV

  • Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Litigation – Bankruptcy
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

 

For a firm to receive a tier designation there must be present a high level of respect for that firm among other leading lawyers and clients in the same communities and the same practice areas for their capabilities, their professionalism and their integrity.  The tier rankings were determined through the firm’s overall evaluation derived from a combination of clients’ impressive feedback, the high regard attorneys from different firms in the same practice area hold for Robinson & McElwee, and information provided by the firm.


Robinson & McElwee Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers 2023

Thirteen lawyers from Robinson & McElwee PLLC were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in ThBest Lawyers in America© 2023.

The Robinson & McElwee attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 for Charleston, WV include:

  • Joseph S. Beeson, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Kent J. George, Commercial Finance Law, Construction Law, Corporate Law
  • Mark H. Hayes, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
  • Robert E. Lannan II, Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
  • Douglas C. McElwee, Land Use and Zoning Law, Natural Resources Law, Real Estate Law
  • John C. Palmer IV, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants
  • William C. Porth, Administrative / Regulatory Law, Energy Law, Utilities Law
  • Joseph M. Price, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment
  • Bradley Sorrells, Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation – Bankruptcy, Real Estate Law

The Robinson & McElwee attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 for Clarksburg, WV include:

  • Richard W. Gallagher, Commercial Litigation
  • Stephen F. Gandee, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Construction, and Transportation Law

The Robinson & McElwee attorneys listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 for Alliance, OH include:

  • Brent A. Barnes, Commercial Litigation
  • Michael A. Ogline, Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law, Litigation – Trusts and Estates, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor 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.  Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”


Robinson & McElwee Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers

Selected from among only five percent of attorneys in the Mountain State, three of Robinson & McElwee’s attorneys were honored with inclusion in the West Virginia 2022 Super Lawyers Magazine.

After the completion of a patented selection process in the region, comprised of peer nomination, independent research and peer review, these attorneys were selected to be included in Super Lawyers’ listing of exceptional attorneys:

  • Stephen D. Annand, General Litigation
  • Richard W. Gallagher, Employment & Labor
  • Mark H. Hayes, Class Action, Mass Torts

The Super Lawyers Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters, is a research-driven, peer influenced rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The mission of Super Lawyers is to bring visibility to those attorneys who exhibit excellence in practice.