Shuman , McCuskey & Slicer

Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer, PLLC, a law firm with offices in Charleston, West Virginia and Morgantown, West Virginia, provides effective legal representation in state and federal courts across West Virginia and in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The firm's attorneys also represent clients in many of the state and federal courts of Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. The Martindale-Hubble Bar Register™ of Preeminent Lawyers lists Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer, PLLC as one of the nation's most distinguished law practices and has recognized the firm as having achieved the highest level of professional skill and integrity. The law firm represents clients in a broad range of legal practice areas, including insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, long-term care or nursing home litigation, employment law defense, state and municipal governmental liability, environmental and natural resources law, silica litigation, product liability and personal injury defense, professional malpractice defense, administrative and regulatory law, bank operations and lender liability defense, estate planning, family law, and mass tort litigation. Mediation, arbitration, and appellate services are also provided. The firm's dynamic attorneys include John McCuskey, former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice; Elizabeth Lawton, former Commissioner for the West Virginia Bureau for Medical Service (Medicaid); Mark Browning, former President of the Kanawha County Bar Association; and several recipients of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Distinguished Faculty Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the education of lawyers and the judiciary. Firm Member David L. Shuman is one of West Virginia's most highly regarded medical malpractice defense attorneys. Mr. Shuman has defended West Virginia physicians successfully for more than 30 years. Mr. Shuman regularly speaks to physicians' groups regarding medical malpractice and legislation that affects physicians. Firm Member William Slicer is a respected and seasoned trial lawyer with extensive expertise in representing companies involved in coal mining and natural gas exploration. Mr. Slicer also represents companies involved in industrial litigation, silica litigation and surface and ground water flood and runoff litigation. The firm's lawyers are active in national and state legal and business associations, including the Defense Research Institute, the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, and the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.