A complete list of Jenkins Fenstermaker’s 2019 Best Law Firms rankings is as follows:

Metropolitan Tier 1 – Charleston

• Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
• Commercial Litigation
• Commercial Transactions/UCC Law
• Corporate Law
• Employment Law – Management
• Insurance Law
• Litigation – Construction
• Litigation – ERISA
• Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Real Estate Law
• Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Metropolitan Tier 2 – Charleston

• Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Mergers and Acquisitions Law

Firms included in the 2019 Best Law Firms list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. To be eligible for a ranking in a practice area and metro region, a law firm must have at least one lawyer who is included in Best Lawyers®, which recognizes the top 4 percent of practicing attorneys in the United States. Achieving a tiered ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence and is the oldest and most respected peer review publication in the legal profession.

Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC, provides representation in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, backed by more than 90 years of legal experience. Clients can find attorneys dedicated to quality, detail-oriented representation in business and commercial law; wills, trusts and estates; litigation; and labor and employment law.

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Stephen Golder

Stephen Golder was honored as 2019 Charleston, WV “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Real Estate Law.

Lee Murray Hall

Lee Murray Hall was honored as the 2019 Charleston, WV “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Insurance Law.

Robert Sweeney, Jr.

Robert Sweeney, Jr. was honored as the 2019 Charleston, WV “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Litigation-Construction.

Steven Wellman

Steven Wellman was honored as the 2019 Charleston, WV “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Workers’ Compensation Law-Employers.

About Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers is the preeminent national resource for recognizing legal expertise, ethics, and professionalism. Selection is based solely on confidential peer review, and only one lawyer is selected in each geographical area for each area of practice.

About Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC

Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC attorneys pride themselves on quality representation, superior service, and dedication to their clients’ needs. The firm’s lawyers provide counsel and legal representation in business and commercial, labor and employment, and civil litigation matters, as well as estate planning services. Based in West Virginia, the firm also routinely handles legal matters in Kentucky and Ohio. The firm and its attorneys have been nationally recognized in Chambers USA, Martindale-Hubbell, and U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms.

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The attorneys were recognized in the following areas:

• Wesley F. Agee – Mergers and Acquisitions Law
• Henry C. Bowen – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
• Stephen J. Golder – Business Organizations (including LLCs and partnerships); Commercial Transactions/UCC Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Real Estate Law
• Lee Murray Hall – Insurance Law
• Henry Kayes – Trusts and Estates
• Brian S. Lindsay – Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Charlotte A. Hoffman Norris – Employment Law – Management; Health Care Law; Litigation – ERISA
• Thomas E. Scarr – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law – Management; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – ERISA; Litigation – Labor and Employment
• Robert “Bo” Sweeney, Jr. – Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Barry M. Taylor – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Steven Wellman – Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on an exhaustive peer-review evaluation. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC, provides representation in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio, backed by more than 90 years of legal experience. Clients can find attorneys dedicated to quality, detail-oriented representation in business and commercial law; wills, trusts and estates; litigation; and labor and employment law.

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Stephen Golder was honored as 2018 Charleston, WV “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Commercial Transactions and UCC (Uniform Commercial Code) Law.

Charlotte Hoffman Norris was honored as the 2018 Charleston, WV “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Litigation – Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)

Thomas Scarr was honored as the 2018 Charleston, WV “Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Litigation – Construction.

Best Lawyers is the preeminent national resource for recognizing legal expertise, ethics, and professionalism. Selection is based solely on confidential peer review, and only one lawyer is selected in each geographical area for each area of practice.

“We are very proud of our partner’s accomplishments and recognition. The outcomes that these attorneys deliver are the validation of their selections as Lawyer of the Year,” said Steven Wellman, CEO and Managing Member of the firm.

About Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC

Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC attorneys pride themselves on quality representation, superior service, and dedication to their clients’ needs. The firm’s lawyers provide counsel and legal representation in business and commercial, labor and employment, and civil litigation matters, as well as estate planning services. Based in West Virginia, the firm also routinely handles legal matters in Kentucky and Ohio. The firm and its attorneys have been nationally recognized in Chambers USA, Martindale-Hubbell, and U.S. News & World Report’s Best Law Firms.

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