Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts


Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

The Farrell Building, 914 Fifth Avenue, Huntington, West Virginia 25701-2004

Established: 1995

Practice Areas

  • Product Liability
  • Medical Malpractice Defense
  • Class Actions
  • Health Care
  • Business Litigation
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Bad Faith
  • Employment Litigation
  • Education Law
  • Toxic Torts
  • Appellate Advocacy
  • Tort Liability
  • Criminal Law
  • Nursing Home Litigation
  • Automobile Litigation
  • Asbestos and Mass Tort Litigation
  • Asbestos Litigation
  • Antitrust
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Commercial General Liability
  • Complex Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law (Management Side)
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Disciplinary Board Representation
  • Privileges and Credentialing Disputes
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • False Claims Act (Qui Tam) Actions
  • Occupational Safety & Health
  • Mass Litigation Panel Litigation
  • Fraud & Abuse

About Us

The skill and experience of our lawyers will match and exceed the performance capacity of much larger firms. Our clients know they will receive the highest quality representation in complex and difficult cases. Our Firm responds quickly and efficiently to the rapidly changing challenges confronting insurers, corporations and professionals. We believe in delivering quality representation with integrity and professionalism. We are committed to communication with our clients and developing ongoing relationships based on trust. We take pride in serving our clients, our communities and out system of justice.

Client Information

Insurance Clients

Personnel Information

Managing Member


Michael J. Farrell

Huntington, WV

Admitted
  • West Virginia, 1974
  • Kentucky, 1989
Additional Biographical Details:

Ranked 3rd in State's Top 10 Best Lawyer in West Virginia by Super Lawyers; Band 1, 2018 Chambers USA; 2018, Best Lawyers; 2014 Lawyer of the Year Employment; 2012 Lawyer of the Year for "Bet the Company Litigation," West Virginia Super Lawyers; AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

Memberships:
  • Litigation Counsel of America
  • American College of Trial Lawyers
  • International Association of Defense Counsel
Education:
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1974

Members


Joseph M. Farrell, Jr.

Huntington, WV

Admitted
  • West Virginia, 1980
  • Kentucky, 2012
Additional Biographical Details:

Frequent CLE Lecturer regarding Medical Malpractice, Litigation and Trial Practice; Past President, Cabell County Board of Education; AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell; West Virginia Super Lawyer

Memberships:
  • West Virginia State Bar (Board of Governors, 1987-1992 and 2007-2010)
Education:
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1979

Tamela J. White

Huntington, WV

Years of Experience: 23

Admitted
  • West Virginia, 1993
  • Ohio, 1994
  • Kentucky, 1999
Additional Biographical Details:

Chambers USA; Best Lawyers in America; Martindale-Hubbell-AV Rated; West Virginia Super Lawyer (2010-Present); Marshall University Harless Foundation, Inductee for West Virginia Women's Education Forum (2015); Christy Kinsey Steward Award, Women's Philanthropy Association, Cabell Huntington Hospital (2016)

Memberships:
  • International Association of Defense Counsel
  • Litigation Counsel of America
Education:
  • The Ohio State University, B.S.N., 1985
  • Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, J.D., 1993
  • Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, M.P.H., 2011

Erik W. Legg

Huntington, WV

Admitted
  • West Virginia, 1998
  • Ohio, 2005
  • Kentucky, 2017
Additional Biographical Details:

Healthcare Litigation, Chambers USA; Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Best Lawyers in America; AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell; Personal Injury Defense - Products, West Virginia Super Lawyers

Memberships:
  • Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (President)
  • Defense Research Institute
  • International Association of Defense Counsel
Education:
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1998

Non-Equity Partner


  • James Ben Shepard

Associate Attorneys


  • Austin Lewis
  • Nicholas Wright

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