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Members, Attorneys and Staff of Kay Casto & Chaney are actively involved in the community. Click on the below links to read more about recent events and accomplishments of our firm and our attorneys. Prior results are not a guarantee of future results.
February 2, 2012
The attorneys and staff of Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC are proud that member attorney Constance H. Weber is a part of the Leadership West Virginia Class of 2012. Alumni of the leadership training include Kay Casto and Chaney PLLC attorneys Teresa J. Dumire, Thomas H. Ewing, Ann L. Haight, John R. McGhee, Jr., and Debra Scudiere. Click here for more on the Class of 2012.
January 20, 2012, Kay Casto & Chaney is proud to announce that three of its members have been named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers. Craig M. Kay has been named the Best Lawyers’ 2012 Charleston-WV Litigation & Controversy - Tax Lawyer of the Year. Robert B. Allen has been named the Best Lawyers’ 2012 Charleston-WV Mediation Lawyer of the Year. William W. Booker has been named the Best Lawyers’ 2012 Charleston-WV Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law Lawyer of the Year.
After more than a quarter of a century in publication, Best Lawyers is designating “Lawyers of the Year” in high-profile legal specialties in large legal communities. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America (2012) is based on more than 3.9 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
The lawyers being honored as “Lawyers of the Year” have received particularly high ratings in our surveys by earning a high level of respect among their peers for their abilities, professionalism, and integrity.
Steven Naifeh, President of Best Lawyers, says, “We continue to believe – as we have believed for more than 25 years – that recognition by one’s peers is the most meaningful form of praise in the legal profession. We would like to congratulate William W. Booker on being selected as the ‘Charleston, WV Best Lawyers Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law Lawyer of the Year’ for 2012.”
November 9, 2011, attorney L. Kevin Levine was a panelist for the Kanawha County Bar Association's Social Media CLE.
November 3, 2011, member attorney Robert B. Allen was among the presenters of "High Profile Criminal Cases" CLE for the Young Lawyers Division of the WV Bar Association.
November 3, 2011, attorney L. Kevin Levine presented a seminar on "Intellectual Property" at Kanawha Valley Community and Technical College.
October 13, 2011, attorney L. Kevin Levine was featured as "star" at the Charleston Area Alliance's, Networking with the Stars at the Charleston Town Center Marriott.
September 8, 2011, member attorney John R. McGhee, Jr. served as an adult volunteer for a first public showing of the new Boy Scouts of America high adventure base in Fayette County. This showing will include a public flag raising ceremony on the property with Stephen Bechtel of the Bechtel family and Bechtel Construction who donated $50M to the project.
September 6, 2011 Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC is proud to announce that 15 of its attorneys have been named to the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers® in 25 practice areas, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession.
August 1, 2011 Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC announced today Robert B. Allen has joined its Charleston office. “We are proud to have an attorney of Bob’s skill and character join our firm,” said Michael T. Chaney, a member of the law firm’s management committee. “Bob is an extremely highly regarded litigator and mediator; his litigation practice includes high-profile civil matters and white-collar criminal cases,” Chaney added.
July 27, 2011 WV Circuit Court Judge Phillip D. Gaujot granted summary judgment and ruled in favor of the Plaintiffs, represented by Shannon P. Smith, moments before a jury was selected, on a counterclaim filed by the Defendant, who was a tenant of a residence owned by the Plaintiffs, alleging that the Plaintiffs should pay for the damages to his personal property following multiple pipes freezing and bursting in the residence.
June 13, 2011 Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC announced that member attorneys William W. Booker, Craig M. Kay, Constance H. Weber, and Stephen A. Weber were included in 2011 Chambers USA© The Clients Guide of America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
June 22, 2011 Member attorney Stephen A. Weber served as faculty of NBI's Employment Laws Made Simple, a one-day live seminar at The Summit Conference Center in Charleston.
May 26, 2011
Member attorney Steven L. Thomas presented "Ethical Issues of Bankruptcy" which is part of a WV Continuing Legal Education seminar.
May 11, 2011
Member attorney Constance H. Weber presented be "How to Make Certain Your Job Application and Employee Handbook Won't Haunt You Someday" at the 2011 Deem HR Conference held at the Ramada Inn in South Charleston.
April 21, 2011
Member attorney Barney W. Frazier presented New Workers’ Compensation Case Law and Litigation Issues during the West Virginia Self-Insurers Association's annual meeting at the Charleston Town Center Marriott.
April 19, 2011
Attorney L. Kevin Levine presented the basics of music copyrights and the structure of the music industry at Huntington High School in Huntington, WV.
April 14-15, 2011
Member attorney John R. McGhee attended the WV State Bar annual meeting as newly elected member of the Board of Governors at the Embassy Suites in Charleston, WV.
April 6, 2011
Attorneys L. Kevin Levine and Robert L. Bandy presented the Entertainment Art Law for Film Workshop, which included issues that often arise during screenwriting, pre-production, production, and post-production at West Virginia State University. Additionally, the discussion included agreements and licenses, and provide basic background on copyright law.
January 28, 2011
KCC Attorneys Erin J. Webb and Jack Hoblitzell, after a four day trial in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, obtained a directed verdict in favor of their client, the Plaintiff, in seeking to enforce the terms of a commercial lease against a tenant who failed to pay rent and who damaged our client’s property in violation of the lease while vacating the property at the end of the term.
January 6, 2011
Member attorney John R. Hoblitzell has been elected chairman of Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.'s Board of Trustees for 2011. Mr. Hoblitzell has served as a member of the CAMC Board of Trustees and the CAMC Health System Board of Directors since 2005.
January 5, 2011
Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC is pleased to announce that paralegal, Loretta J. Walker, has completed the advanced paralegal certification on discovery by the National Association of Legal Assistants.
January 3, 2011
Our Morgantown office has relocated. Our new address is 1085 Van Voorhis Road, Suite 100, Morgantown, WV 26505.
November 22, 2010
Member attorney Debra Scudiere submits recommendation to Acting-Governor Earl Ray Tomblin as part of new Judicial Vacancy Advisory Commission.
Kay Casto & Chaney is proud to have member attorney Constance H. Weber among the STARS at the Charleston Area Alliance's Speed Networking with the Stars on November 16th.
September 15, 2010
Kay Casto & Chaney ranked by US News and World Report.
August 4 , 2010
14 Kay Castso & Chaney Attorneys Listed in 2011 Best Lawyers
Member attorney James M. Sturgeon will present at the 61st Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Tax Institute held in Morgantown at the Waterfront Place Hotel on October 18th. His presentation is titled "Textron and Uncertain Tax Positions" which will provide information to CPAs regarding preparing tax returns for difficult tax issues.
June 25, 2010
10 Kay Castso & Chaney Attorneys Listed in 2010 West Virginia Super Lawyers
June 18, 2010
4 Kay Casto & Chaney Members recognized in 2010 Chambers USA Client Guide
May 18, 2010
Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC announced today that it has opened a branch office located at Corridor G in the professional building that houses The Pied Piper of Charleston, Inc. The office serves as the home of the firm’s Entertainment Law Group, headed by attorney L. Kevin Levine. In addition to office and conference room space for the Entertainment Law Group, the facility also features a 45-seat auditorium for seminars and workshops. Mr. Levine was featured in a Charleston Gazette article discussing entertainment law and the new location. Click here to read the entire story.
May 11, 2010
The Energy & Mineral Law Foundation hosted the 31st Annual Institute May 9th - May 11th, 2010 in Amelia Island Plantation, Florida. Click to view Water and Energy: Balancing Essential Needs for the Quality of Human Life, presented by Joyce McConnell, Dean of the West Virginia University College and Law, and Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC attorney Shannon P. Smith. To download a pdf of the presentation, Click Here.
May 7-8, 2010
Member attorney John R. McGhee served as co-chairman of the Boy Scout Camporee held on the WV State Capitol grounds as part of the Buckskin Council’s celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Boy Scouting in America. More than 700 campers spent the night at the Capitol and approximately 1,500 participated in the Saturday's scouting and high adventure activites.
May 7, 2010
Member attorneys Richard E. Boyle and James M. Sturgeon attended the West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants annual Projects Day unveiling the new and improved West Virginia State Tax Database (click here for more information).
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. v. Kiptin Developers, LLC
In a jury trial before WV Circuit Court Judge Fred Fox, the Plaintiff, a multi-national industrial supply company which is the tenant of a building owned by the Defendant, alleged that the Defendant should have paid for the damages to its business personal property following a December 2005 fire. After a three-day trial, (the jury deliberated for over two hours) before ruling in favor of the Defendant, which was represented by Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC attorneys Teresa J. Dumire and Shannon P. Smith and co-counsel William E. Galeota of Steptoe & Johnson.
April 16, 2010
Member attorney Ann L. Haight presented Equine Law at the West Virginia Horse Expo April 16th at the West Virginia State Fairgrounds in Lewisburg, WV.
February 9, 2010
The attorneys and staff of Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC are proud that member attorney Teresa J. Dumire is a part of the Leadership West Virginia Class of 2010. Alumni of the leadership training include Kay Casto and Chaney PLLC attorneys Thomas H. Ewing, Ann L. Haight, John R. McGhee, Jr., and Debra Scudiere.
January 19, 2010
Xavier "Javie" Staggs and Steven L. Thomas received summary judgment for our client, a student loan guaranty agency. The motion successfully argued that the Higher Education Act preempts the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act and other state law claims.
November 17, 2009
Attorney L. Kevin Levine successfully argued before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. As a result of his September appearance, the state Supreme Court has reversed a decision by the state Human Rights Commission involving two African American teenagers who were asked to leave Charleston Town Center for disruptive behavior as reported in the Charleston Daily Mail.
Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named member attorney William W. Booker as the "Charleston, WV Best Lawyers Banking Lawyer of the Year" for 2010. Click here for a complete list of the attorneys from Kay Casto & Chaney who made The Best Lawyers in America (2010) list.
Member attorney Constance H. Weber has been elected to the board of directors of the Gabriel Project of West Virginia, Inc.
Member attorney James M. Sturgeon has been named to the Enforcement Practices Committee of the National Association State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA).
October 13, 2009
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided a case that may affect how subpeonaes are served. In State ex rel. Progressive Classic Ins. Co. v. Bedell, No. 34858, the Court held that a subpoena may be served through the Secretary of State upon a non-party corporation for a W.V.R.C.P. 30(b)(7) deposition and a corporation is subject to contempt and sanction orders if it fails to timely respond.
Member attorney James M. Sturgeon presented at the 52nd Annual Tri-State Tax Insititute held at Wheeling Jesuit University on October 20, 2009.
As the newly-elected president of the West Virginia Board of Accountancy, member attorney James M. Sturgeon will be attending the fall chapter meetings of the West Virginia Society of CPAs.
September 28, 2009
John R. McGhee, Jr. and Erin K. Jones obtained summary judgment on behalf of Old Republic Insurance Company in a federal declaratory judgment action involving an insurance coverage dispute, successfully dismissing the action against their client.
September 21, 2009
Xavier "Javie" Staggs obtained summary judgment on all counts for his client, Pocahontas Memorial Hospital, in a suit alleging slander, libel, and tortuous interference with a business relationship.
September 8, 2009
On behalf of our clients, we proudly announce... we won!
Attorney L. Kevin Levine appeared before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals during their session at Marshall University on Tuesday, September 22. The Court heard arguments at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center as part of Marshall's Constitution Week. Click here to read more.
Member attorney John R. McGhee, Jr. presented a continuing legal education class entitled CitiFinancial and "Exclusive Jurisdiction" as part of the 2009 Mountaineer CLE Series held in Morgantown, September 11th.
Member attorney Constance H. Weber presented a case study during Court Watch part of the West Virginia Chamber's Annual Meeting and Business Summit held at the Greenbrier, September 2nd - 4th.
Kay Casto Adds Talent and Experience
An article by associate attorney Erin K. Jones entitled Employee Wellness Programs and the Law: Practical Considerations for West Virginia Employers was published in the 2009 Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting Notebook distributed June 15, 2009 in Myrtle Beach, SC.
