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<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> – The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) recently announced that its <a href="~/Services/Corporate---Business-Law">corporate</a> and <a href="~/Services/Real-Estate">real estate</a> practice groups received the highest distinction in the 2013 <em>Chambers USA </em>annual directory of leading law firms and attorneys ...

<p><strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> – The law firm of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC is pleased to announce that Nicholas P. Mooney, II, a member in its Charleston office, was elected President of the Kanawha County Bar Association.</p> <p>Mooney was elected by the members of the KCBA and began his one-year term as president in August.  The KCBA is the local bar association and represents the more than 1800 lawyers in Kanawha County ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that Member <a href="~/Attorneys/A-C/Battle-III">Dill Battle</a> was recently elected president of the Rotary Club of Charleston, West Virginia. His term runs through June 30, 2015.<br /> <br /> The purpose of the Rotary Club is to encourage and foster the ideal of community service as a basis of worthy enterprise ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that Member <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw.com/attorneys/i-q/jones,-heather-heiskell">Heather Heiskell Jones</a> recently was inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA) as a Fellow. Her selection is based on excellence, effectiveness, and accomplishment in litigation, and on superior ethical reputation ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> – The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that several of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in<em> The Best Lawyers in America</em>® 2013 directory of leading attorneys.<br /> <br /> <em>Best Lawyers</em>®, published by Woodward White, Inc ...

<strong>Roanoke, Va.</strong> – Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that two of the firm’s labor and employment attorneys were recognized in <em>Virginia Super Lawyers</em> magazine. King F. Tower was named on the Super Lawyers list, and Carrie M. Harris was named on the publication’s Rising Stars list ...

<h1><span style="font-size:16px;">Court Decision Important to Health Care Industry in W.Va.</span></h1> <strong>Morgantown, W.Va ...

<p><strong>Roanoke, Va. -- </strong>Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC was recognized as a Legal FRONTLeader in the <em>Valley Business FRONT</em> FRONTList 2011 for its Community Banking Group.</p> <p>Spilman attorneys saw that community banks needed assistance navigating through new federal regulations ...

<h3><strong>Admitted as Exclusive Lex Mundi Member for W.Va.</strong></h3> <br /> <strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) was recently selected by Lex Mundi, the world’s leading network of independent law firms, as its exclusive member for the state of West Virginia.<br /> <br /> Lex Mundi’s membership boasts in-depth legal experience in more than 100 countries worldwide ...

The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC announced that attorneys <a href="~/attorneys/d-h/edison,-sally-e">Sally E. Edison</a> and <a href="~/attorneys/r-z/schuler,-ronald-w">Ronald W. Schuler</a> have been selected to the 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers list, and <a href="~/attorneys/i-q/naum,-barry-a">Barry A. Naum</a> has been selected to the 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Rising Stars list ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C. — </strong>Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) is pleased to announce that attorney <a href="~/attorneys/d-h/andrew-j-darcy">Andrew J. Darcy</a> has joined the firm. His primary areas of practice are tax law, estate planning and administration, and corporate law.<br /> <br /> Darcy regularly advises high-net-worth individuals with complex estate planning and asset protection techniques ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va. — </strong>Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) is pleased to announce that attorney Nicholas S. Preservati, as co-owner of coal company Onyx Energy with Gina Boggess, Greg Jessee and Ritch Preservati, recently received the Mountaineer Guardian Safety Award from the West Virginia Coal Association and the West Virginia Office of Miner’s Health, Safety & Training ...

<strong>Roanoke, Va.</strong> – The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that attorney Carrie M. Harris was selected to the 2016 Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Stars list.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.spilmanlaw ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C.</strong> – The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that <a href="~/Attorneys/A-C/Atkinson,-Nathan-B">Nathan B. Atkinson</a>, member in the firm’s <a href="~/Locations/Winston-Salem">Winston-Salem</a>, N.C. office, was recently recognized by Super Lawyers® ...

<p><strong>Wheeling, W.Va.</strong> — The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle announced today that attorney Sue Seibert Farnsworth was among six women honored at the Wheeling YWCA’s annual Tribute to Women for outstanding contribution to the community.</p> <p>The Wheeling YWCA has been honoring women in this fashion for more than 20 years ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C.</strong> – The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that three attorneys were recognized in <em>North Carolina Super Lawyers</em> magazine. Rayford K. “Trip” Adams III was named on the Super Lawyers list, and Erin Jones Adams and R. Scott Adams were named on the publication’s Rising Stars list ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C.</strong> —Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that four attorneys in the firm’s Triad office recently were named to <em>Business North Carolina</em> magazine’s 2017 Legal Elite list ...

<strong>Pittsburgh</strong> —Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced that attorney <a href="~/attorneys/a-c/theo-a-collins">Theo Collins</a> has joined the law firm’s Pittsburgh office.<br /> <br /> Collins is a 2015 graduate of Duquesne University’s School of Law where he earned the Justice Michael A. Musmanno, Cyril H. Wecht, John C. Murray Philanthropy, and Centennial awards ...

<strong>Morgantown, W.Va.</strong> — The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that a team of attorneys recently assisted Fairmont General Hospital in its sale to Alecto Healthcare Services LLC. The sale is expected to be one of many in West Virginia given the current regulatory environment for the health care industry ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C. </strong>— The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced today that attorney <a href="~/Attorneys/A-C/Atkinson,-Nathan-B">Nathan B. Atkinson</a> was formally inducted into The Litigation Counsel of America™ (LCA) as a Fellow. His selection is based upon excellence and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation ...

Wheeling, WV – <a href="~/Attorneys/A-C/Croft,-David-R">David R ...

<strong>Winston-Salem, N.C.</strong> — The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that attorney Jessica K. Burr recently won second place nationally in the Risk Management Association’s (RMA) 2014 Article Writing Competition. She also won first prize locally and second prize regionally ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> — Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced today that <a href="~/Attorneys/I-Q/Jones,-Heather-Heiskell">Heather Heiskell Jones</a>, Member in the law firm’s <a href="~/Locations/Charleston">Charleston office</a>, was named a West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow ...

<p><strong>Winston-Salem, N.C. –</strong> The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC announced that <a target="_self" href="~/Attorneys/R-Z/Roberts,-Stephanie-U">Stephanie U. Roberts</a>, counsel in the firm’s Winston-Salem office, successfully led the DRI Women in the Law Committee’s annual public service project. Her efforts resulted in donations to Dress For Success Phoenix of more than $8,000 in professional clothing ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va. —</strong> The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle announced today that John C. (Max) Wilkinson, counsel in the firm's Charleston office, was honored by the West Virginia State Bar with the 2011 Citizen Soldier Award for helping bring support to orphans in Afghanistan.<br /> <br /> Wilkinson is a member of the West Virginia National Guard's 1092nd Engineer Battalion and has participated in two combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan ...