Montie VanNostrand - Webster Springs, WV
VanNostrand & Morton, PLLC
604 Point Mountain RoadP.O. Box 247
Webster Springs, WV 26288-1230 www.vannostrandmortonlaw.com
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Montie VanNostrand Overview
Montie VanNostrand represents injured and disabled clients of all ages in the effort to obtain monthly Social Security Disability and/or Supplemental Security Income benefits and the medical care, which accompanies these awards. She is a former chairperson of the West Virginia State Bar Committee on Social Security. She is an author of a chapter on Social Security Disability Practice in the West Virginia State Bar Handbook for West Virginia Lawyers.
Montie VanNostrand has appeared before more than a hundred different administrative law judges. She has practiced before the Offices of Hearings and Appeals of Charleston, West Virginia; Huntington, West Virginia; Morgantown, West Virginia; Pittsburgh, PA; Washington, DC; and Charlottesville, VA. She regularly files Social Security appeals in the United States District Courts of the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. She is admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals of the Fourth Circuit and has practiced pro hac vice before the Court of Appeals of the Third Circuit.
Montie VanNostrand represented the appellant in Coffman v. Bowen, 829 F. 2d 514 (4th Cir. 1987). She is a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants, Representatives (NOSSCR) and a former member of the board of directors representing the five states of the Fourth Circuit and the District of Columbia.
Montie VanNostrand is a graduate of the West Virginia University School of Law and a member of the West Virginia State Bar. Her undergraduate degree was earned at Furman University.
Montie VanNostrand is married to the famous West Virginia potter, Brian Van Nostrand. They are the parents of Lise-Marie VanNostrand Shickert, M.A. of Louisville, Ky, and Bryson VanNostrand, architect and proprietor of Lascaux Micro Theatre, of Buckhannon, WV.
Montie VanNostrand is involved in public interest and environmental protection issues, outside of her practice of law. She is a member/supporter of the Sierra Club, World Wildlife Fund, Nature Conservancy, Union of Concerned Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, Green Peace, Earth Justice, Interfaith Alliance, Citizens for Global Solutions, Fair Media Project, National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare, A.C.T., VOTE SMART, West Virginia Citizens Action Group, Co-op America, League of Women Voters, American Civil Liberties Union, Common Cause, Friends of West Virginia Public Radio, and World Link TV.
At the local level, Montie VanNostrand and her family have been active in Put Children First, Inc. a non-profit organization dedicated to the children of Hacker Valley Grade School. She assists her community from time to time with pro bono legal projects involving country churches and cemeteries.
Frequent Case Types
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Practice Areas
- Social Security -- Disability
Current Employment Position(s)
- Managing Partner
Bar Admissions
- West Virginia, 1980
- U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1980
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1980
- U.S. Federal Court, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1985
Other Affiliations
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants, Representatives (NOSSCR) (Sustaining Member)
- West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- West Virginia State Bar (Member)
- Union of Concerned Scientists (Member)
- Natural Resources Defense Council (Member)
- Corporate Accountability International (Member)
- Public Citizen (Member)
- Government Accountability Project (Member)
- Food & Water Watch (Member)
- Ocean Conservancy (Member)
- Disabled American Veterans (Member)
- Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (Member)
- National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (Member)
- Green America (Member)
- Center for Biological Diversity (Member)
- Trust for Public Land (Member)
- National Conference on Media Reform - Boston Seaport World Trade Center, 2011 - Present (Attendee)
Education
- West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia,
1980
J.D. - Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina,
1965
B.A.
Honors: cum laude
Pro Bono Activities
- Member, Sierra Club
- Member, World Wildlife Fund
- Member, Nature Conservancy
- Member, Union of Concerned Scientists
- Member, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Member, Green Peace
- Member, Earth Justice
- Member, Interfaith Alliance
- Member, Citizens for Global Solutions
- Member, Fair Media Project
- Member, National Committee to Protect Social Security and Medicare, A.C.T.
- Member, VOTE SMART
- Member, West Virginia Citizens Action Group
- Member, Co-op America
- Member, League of Women Voters
- Member, American Civil Liberties Union
- Member, Common Cause
- Member, Friends of West Virginia Public Radio and World Link TV
- Sits on the Board of Mountain Cap of West Virginia, Inc., a CDC
- Member, Northern Webster County Development Council
Ancillary Businesses
- Vice President of James Realty Co. of Sumter, Inc.
Honors
- West Virginia State Bar, Workers Compensation Committee Chair, Subcommittee on Social Security, 1985 - Present
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives Board of Directors, 1990 - Present
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Address
604 Point Mountain Road
P.O. Box 247
Webster Springs, WV 26288-1230
Phones
866-576-7153 (Toll free)
304-847-2773
Faxes
304-847-2729
Emails
Offers Free Initial Consultation
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Websites
Articles
Social Security Disability Claims, West Virginia Practice Handbook, 3rd Edition, The Michie Company Law Publishers, 1988
