27 Flaherty Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers®

Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC is pleased to announce that 27 of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Additionally, two attorneys were named Best Lawyers 2025 Lawyer of the Year. Only one lawyer in each area of practice is honored as “Lawyer of the Year” in their community. Attorneys who received the honor for 2025 are Jeffrey M. Wakefield (Insurance Law) and Alonzo D. Washington (Product Liability Litigation - Defendants).

Best Lawyers is compiled annually by geographic region and practice area.  Lawyers are reviewed by their peers on the basis of professional experience and ability. “Ones to Watch” are recognitions given to attorneys who are earlier in their careers for outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

Flaherty attorneys acknowledged in 2025, and the practice areas for which they were recognized are:

Charleston:

• Erica M. Baumgras: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law
• Michael Bonasso: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Christopher A. Brumley: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Construction; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• J. Dustin Dillard: Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• J. Tyler Dinsmore: Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
• Thomas V. Flaherty: Appellate Practice; Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Mediation; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Sam Fox: Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• William Hanna: Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants; Transportation Law 
• Amy R. Humphreys: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Richard D. Jones:  Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• James W. Lane, Jr.: Banking and Finance Law; Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation – Bankruptcy
• Edward C. Martin: Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Bryan Price: Banking and Finance Law; Litigation – Banking and Finance
• Mark A. Robinson: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Salem C. Smith: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• James C. Stebbins: Litigation – Insurance
• Jeffrey M. Wakefield: Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Clarksburg:

• Richard R. Marsh: Litigation - Trusts and Estates

Morgantown:

• Peter T. DeMasters: Litigation – Construction; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Alonzo D. Washington: Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Margaret Droppleman Wassick: Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants

Wheeling:

• David S. Givens: Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Ones to Watch – Charleston:

• Evan Aldridge: Construction Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Transportation Law
• William Aubel: Insurance Law
• Megan Fulcher Bosak: Health Care Law; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Eric M. Johnson: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
• Jason A. Proctor: Product Liability Litigation – Defendants