Press Releases

<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 ...

<p><strong>Charleston, W.Va.</strong> - The management team of the law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle announced today that T. Randolph Cox has been named the “Charleston, WV Best Lawyers Government Relations Lawyer of the Year” for 2011. Only a single attorney in each specialty in each community is recognized as such ...

Winston-Salem, N.C. – The law firm of Spilman Thomas & Battle (Spilman) announced today that <a href="~/Attorneys/A-C/Adams,-Rayford-K--Trip-III" target="_blank"><span>Rayford K. (Trip) Adams III</span></a>, Counsel in its <a href="~/Locations/Winston-Salem" target="_blank">Winston-Salem office</a>, was recently named to Business North Carolina magazine’s 2013 Legal Elite list for bankruptcy law ...

<strong>Charleston, W.Va. </strong>— Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (Spilman) announced that nearly 50 community banking leaders gathered today for the firm’s Executive Resource: Symposium on West Virginia Community Banking. The event focused on best practices for managing a successful community bank amidst today’s unprecedented regulatory pressure, competition from nonbanks and new, preference-changing technologies ...

<p><strong>"Slicing A Shadow" West Virginia Style. Complex Changes In State Tax Rules</strong></p> <p><strong>Summary</strong></p> <p>During the past three years, the West Virginia Legislature made numerous changes in the state’s corporation net income tax, some of which also affect the state’s business franchise tax. Many, but not all, of these changes first apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2008 ...

<p><strong>2009 West Virginia Corporation Net Income Tax Returns and Instructions</strong></p> <p>The State and Local Tax Practice Group at Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC has studied the new West Virginia corporation net income/business franchise tax return due March 15, 2010, and has identified a number of problems with the forms and instructions ...

Hanson Bridgett Welcomes Counsel Brian Schnarr March 7, 2017 (SAN FRANCISCO, CA) – Hanson Bridgett LLP is pleased to announce that Brian Schnarr has joined the firm as counsel in its construction practice group. Resident in the San Francisco office, Brian’s practice focuses on litigating various matters including construction and product defect, toxic tort, business and contract disputes, corporate fraud, and trade secret misappropriation ...

2017 LCLD Fellow and Pathfinder March 7, 2017 – Hanson Bridgett is pleased to announce that Alison Wright and Candice Shih have been chosen to be a 2017 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow and Pathfinder respectively. Alison Wright is a partner and chairs the Employee Benefits group. She practices in the area of corporate and employee benefits law ...

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the addition of IP veteran Van Lindberg to its Intellectual Property group in the firm’s San Antonio office. Lindberg will be focusing his practice on the intersection of technology and law. Lindberg was most recently Vice President of Intellectual Property at Rackspace, where he led Rackspace’s vigorous defense against patent trolls and worked to end patent law abuse ...

Delphi acted as advisor to IRLAB in connection with an IPO of approx. SEK 115 million as well as its listing on Nasdaq First North Premier. The first day of trading was 28 February 2017. IRLAB is a drug discovery and development company providing novel treatment for disorders of the brain, with focus on Parkinsons disease and dementia ...

A team led by Dr. Anne de Boer, partner at business law firm Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, advised KraussMaffei Group on the acquisition of IBS Plamag GmbH in Plauen. The team advised the group on due diligence and the negotiation and drafting of contracts. Financial due diligence and project management was performed by or jointly with FAS AG. KraussMaffei Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of machinery and equipment for the production and processing of plastics and rubber ...

Asters Law Firm acts as a legal counsel to ED&F Man, a leading transnational company operating in 60 countries worldwide, in connection with issuing of UAH 195 million customs guarantee by Ukrgasbank, one of the largest Ukrainian banks, in favor of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine for ED&F Man. This project was the first in Ukraine to involve customs guarantee issued by a Ukrainian bank. "The Customs Code of Ukraine provides for use of a customs guarantee ...