Steven R. Minor - Bristol, VA

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Steven R. Minor Overview

Steve Minor represents plaintiffs and defendants in jury trials and other proceedings in state and federal court in Southwest Virginia and surrounding areas. His practice has centered on a wide range of federal litigation, particularly civil rights and employment law claims, and diversity cases based on warranty or products liability claims. He has represented in litigation and provided counsel to local governments and small businesses from this area, and served as local counsel for national and international firms with business or litigation in Southwest Virginia. He has tried more than a dozen cases before juries or arbitration panels, sought and defended claims for injunctions in state and federal court, and argued seven appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and three state court appeals in Virginia. He has appeared before all the state and federal courts of record in the counties and cities that make up the Abingdon and Big Stone Gap divisions of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He is admitted to practice in the state courts of Tennessee and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and has appeared in state or federal courts in Kentucky, West Virginia, North Carolina, the District of Columbia, and Ohio.

Frequent Case Types

Read more about the types of cases I often handle.

• Employee training attorneys in Bristol, VA

Practice Areas

• Business & Commercial Law
• Civil Rights
• Constitutional Law
• Employment Law - Employer
• Litigation and Appeals
• Personal Injury - Defense
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Warranty and Products Claims

Litigation

• 80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder

Bar Admissions

• Virginia, 1989
• Tennessee, 2001
• U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1990
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 1991
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Virginia, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1993
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1990
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

Other Affiliations

• Virginia Bar Association (Board of Governors, 2006 to 2009)
• Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, 2005 - Present
• Board of Directors, Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, 2003 - Present
• Virginia State Bar
• Local Government Attorneys of Virginia
• Tennessee Bar Association
• Bristol Virginia Bar Association (President, 2004)

Education

• The College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1989
  J.D.
  Honors: American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law
  Law Review: William & Mary Law Review, Member, 1987 - 1989
• University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1986
  B.A.
  Major: Philosophy
  Major: American Government

Past Positions

• Hon. Judge Glen M. Williams, United States District Court Western District of Virginia, Law Clerk, 1989 - 1990

Photos

Address

110 Piedmont Avenue
Suite 300
Bristol, VA 24201

Phones

276-466-8400
800-814-1892 (Toll free)

Faxes

276-466-8161

Emails

Contact Us

Websites

http://www.elliottlawson.com
http://swvalaw.blogspot.com (SW Virginia Law Blog)

Articles

Fourth Circuit Report, Certworthy, DRI Appellate Advocacy Committee Newsletter, Summer, 2007

Fourth Circuit Report, Certworthy, DRI Appellate Advocacy Committee Newsletter, Summer, 2006

Fourth Circuit Report, Certworthy, DRI Appellate Advocacy Committee Newsletter, Summer, 2005

Fourth Circuit Report, Certworthy, DRI Appellate Advocacy Committee Newsletter, Winter, 2005

Litigating the Motive of the Governmental Board - One Member at a Time, 14 Journal of Civil Litigation 373 (VADA, Winter 2003)

Why Local Government Should Not Be Subject to Punitive Damages Under the ADEA, 13 Journal of Local Government Law 2-4 (Local Government Law Section, Virginia State Bar, September 2002)

Asserting Qualified Immunity in the Fourth Circuit, 12 The Journal of Civil Litigation 289 (VADA, Fall 2000)

Representative Cases

• XCoal Energy and Resources LP v. Smith, 2009 WL 3482219 (W.D. Va. 2009)
• Abingdon Livestock Exchange, Inc. v. Smith, 594 F. Supp. 2d 688 (W,D, Va, 2009)
• Sierra Club v. Kempthorne, 2008 WL 5206997 (W.D. Va. 2008)
• Howington v. Quality Restaurant Concepts, LLC, 2008 WL 4659652 (6th Cir. 2008)
• Taylor v. County of Pulaski, 2008 WL 4533977 (W.D. Va. 2008)
• Buchanan County v. Blankenship, 545 F. Supp.2d 553 (W.D. Va. 2008)
• Xcoal Energy & Resources, L.P. v. Smith, 2008 WL 746989 (W.D. Va. 2008)
• Chadwell v. Lee County School Bd., 535 F. Supp.2d 586 (W.D. Va. 2008)
• Buchanan County v. Blankenship, 496 F. Supp.2d 715 (W.D. Va. 2007)
• Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp. v. CNX Gas Co., LLC, 2007 WL 2060787 (W.D. Va. 2007)
• Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp. v. CNX Gas Co., LLC, 2007 WL 593578 (W.D. Va. 2007)
• Penn Virginia Operating Co., LLC v. Equitable Production Co., 466 F. Supp. 2d 718 (W.D. Va. 2006)
• Hickman v. Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, Inc., 460 F. Supp. 2d 693 (W.D. Va. 2006)
• Chadwell v. Lee County School Board, 457 F. Supp. 2d 690 (W.D. Va. 2006)
• Looney v. Italian Village, 2006 WL 2546454 (W.D. Va. 2006)
• BCBE Properties, LLC v. Land-O-Sun Dairies, LLC, 433 F. Supp.2d 723 (W.D. Va. 2006)
• Buchanan County v. Blankenship, 406 F. Supp.2d 642 (W.D. Va. 2005)
• Ashby v. Ramar Coal Co., Inc., 47 Va. App. 8, 622 S.E.2d 230 (2005)
• Mettetal v. Vanderbilt University, 147 Fed. Appx. 577, 2005 WL 2108536 (6th Cir. 2005)
• NKR, Inc. v. Forestland Group, LLC, 2005 WL 1123629 (W.D. Va. 2005)
• Hockett v. Acosta, 2004 WL 1242757 (W.D. Va. 2004)
• Ewing v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., 2003 WL 1883475 (W.D. Va. 2003)
• Marcus Cable Associates, LLC v. City of Bristol, 237 F. Supp.2d 675 (W.D. Va. 2002)
• Gilliam v. Lee County School Board, 2002 WL 31906274 (W.D. Va. 2002)
• McVey v. Stacy, 2002 WL 1869992 (4th Cir. 2002)
• Longwall Associates, Inc. v. Wolfgang Preinfalk GmbH, 2002 WL 91879 (W.D. Va. 2002)
• McCaulley v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., 172 F. Supp.2d 803 (W.D. Va. 2001)
• City of Bristol v. Earley, 145 F. Supp.2d 741 (W.D. Va. 2001)
• Wadkins v. Arnold, 214 F.3d 535 (4th Cir. 2000)
• Cooper v. Lee County, 1999 WL 631240 (4th Cir. 1999)
• United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Trust v. Big Star Coal Co., 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11530 (D.D.C. 1998)
• Harris v. Hayter, 970 F. Supp. 500 (W.D. Va. 1997)
• Brickey v. Smyth County, 994 F. Supp. 1310 (W.D. Va. 1997)
• Terwilliger v. York Intl. Corp., 176 F.R.D. 214 (W.D. Va. 1997)
• Collins v. Mullins, 1996 WL 924766 (W.D. Va. 1996)
• Holland v. Rimmer, 25 F.3d 1251 (4th Cir. 1994)
• Jamison v. United States, 14 F.3d 222 (4th Cir. 1994)
• Ramar Coal Co. v. International Union, UMWA, 814 F. Supp. 502, 144 L.R.R.M. 2421 (W.D. Va. 1993)
• McGlothlin v. Connors, 142 F.R.D. 626 (W.D. Va. 1992)
• Doe v. Connors, 796 F. Supp. 214 (W.D. Va. 1992)
• Kennedy's Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc. v. Cooper, 14 Va. App. 701, 419 S.E.2d 278 (1992)
• Leasing Service Corp. v. Justice, 243 Va. 441, 416 S.E.2d 439 (1992)