Thirty Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers®

Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso is pleased to announce that thirty of the firm’s attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© or Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.

Additionally, three Flaherty attorneys were named as Best Lawyers 2021 Lawyers of the Year for Charleston. Only one lawyer in each area of practice is honored as “Lawyer of the Year” in their community. Attorneys honored for 2021 include Richard D. Jones - Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Mark A. Robinson - Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and John Andrew “Jack” Smith - Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants.

Flaherty attorneys acknowledged in 2021, 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
• Robert L. Coffield – Health Care Law
• Dustin Dillard – Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• 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
• Amy R. Humphreys – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• Richard D. Jones – Litigation – Health Care; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• James W. Lane, Jr. – Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law; Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy
• Amy Rothman Malone – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Edward C. Martin – Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Timothy L. Mayo – Employment Law – Management
• Bryan Price – Litigation - Banking and Finance
• Mark A. Robinson – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Don R. Sensabaugh, Jr. – Litigation – Healthcare; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
• John Andrew “Jack” Smith – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants; Litigation – Construction; Litigation – Insurance; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants; Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Jeffrey M. Wakefield – Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Ones to Watch - Charleston:

• Megan Fulcher Bosak – Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants; Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants
• Eric M. Johnson – Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation
• Caleb P. Knight – Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Health Care Law
• Shereen Compton McDaniel – Health Care Law; Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Jason A. Proctor – Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Morgantown:

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

Ones to Watch - Morgantown:

• John T. McCartney – Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law

Wheeling:

• David S. Givens – Medical Malpractice Law – 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.