Best Law Firms in West Virginia for Bet-the-Company Litigation

For over 40 years, and with more than 150 years combined experience, West Virginia has turned to the legal team of lawyers from DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC (formerly known as DiTrapano Barrett DiPiero McGinley & Simmons, PLLC) in Charleston, West Virginia for top quality representation. This boutique firm's team of highly talented and experienced lawyers have tried and won, or litigated and settled, many personal injury and accident cases, wrongful death cases, medical malpractice, coal mining injuries and accidents, car and truck accidents, serious workplace accident cases, defective product cases, employment cases, and a wide range of business and complex commercial and class action litigation.

To achieve its successes, DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC has five lawyers with tremendous experience. The firm's lawyers work as a team, and the diverse backgrounds and unique talents of the firm's attorneys, all of whom are listed in "Best Lawyers," enable DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC to handle each client’s case with insight, understanding, and preparedness.

The firm's lawyers' experience include working as an assistant United States’ Attorney, and holding prestigious judicial clerkships, working closely with judges in the federal Court of Appeals and United States District Courts, as well as with the Supreme Court of West Virginia.

The firm has represented West Virginia state agencies for more than thirty years and has been involved in high-profile public cases. The firm's lawyers have represented the State of West Virginia in ground-breaking lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors, recovering tens of millions of dollars for State taxpayers. The firm helped recover more than $60 Million on behalf of the State workers’ compensation fund from mining companies who were using contract miners and ran up huge unpaid debts. The firm represents the State’s largest newspaper and has represented two West Virginia governors.

The firm is proud of its decades long reputation of excellence in helping West Virginians that continues today as strong as ever. DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC remains dedicated to this long tradition of top quality legal representation and helping its clients by remaining one of the most successful law firms in West Virginia.

Nelson Mullins has grown to be a major national law firm with strong roots in the business community and an appreciation for new directions in the business world.

Nelson Mullins meets the needs of its clients in litigation, corporate, labor and employment, securities, tax and other business areas. Many clients, including growth companies, expanding local businesses and major international companies, retain the firm to provide all of their legal services. Other clients are national companies requiring assistance with specific regional or local legal matters. The firm also has significant experience representing international companies interested in locating facilities in the Southeast.

Nelson Mullins provides creative solutions to complex legal and business problems while offering value-added service to firm clients. With more than 35 diversified practice areas, many of Nelson Mullins' clients, from individuals to worldwide organizations, look to the firm for full legal services. Start-up assistance for entrepreneurial endeavors, complex multi-action litigation defense, and representation of underwriters and investment bankers are only a few of the services that are provided by firm attorneys.

The firm is large enough to ensure promptness of service, yet personal enough to maintain our established reputation for individual client attention. Nelson Mullins provides the highest level of service to clients, while continuing to develop new areas of talent and knowledge.

The firm has adopted a program of closely managing its own performance, particularly with respect to quality of service and practice development. The firm closely communicates regarding clients' requirements and the potential fees and expenses that may result from the firm's work. Attorneys communicate with clients about available cost-saving measures.

Professional Affiliations
The lawyers of Nelson Mullins are members of more than 100 professional organizations and bar associations, and hold leadership positions in many of them. Selected firm lawyers are members of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Defense Research Institute, and the Product Liability Advisory Council. Additionally, the firm holds membership in two premier law firm associations.

American Law Firm Association
Nelson Mullins is the designated member firm of the American Law Firm Association for Columbia, Greenville and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The basic object of ALFA, through its member firms, is to improve the quality and efficiency of legal services and to provide those services to clients at reasonable cost. Member firms of ALFA practice independently and not in relationship for the joint practice of law.

State Capital Global Law Firm Group
Nelson Mullins is the South Carolina member of the State Capital Global Law Firm Group, an association of independent law firms. Member firms are located in all 50 U.S. state capitals and in business markets and financial centers around the world. Attorneys from member firms bring a broad range of skills and experience. Firm members of the State Capital Global Law Firm Group practice independently and not in a relationship for the joint practice of law.