Law Firm Overview

Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer, PLLC , a law firm with offices in Charleston, West Virginia and Morgantown, West Virginia, provides effective legal representation in state and federal courts across West Virginia and in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Martindale-Hubble Bar Register™ of Preeminent Lawyers lists the firm as one of the nation's most distinguished law practices and has recognized the firm as having achieved the highest level of professional skill and integrity. The law firm represents clients in a broad range of legal matters, including insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, long-term care or nursing home litigation, legal malpractice defense, product liability/personal injury litigation, state and municipal governmental liability, administrative/regulatory law, labor/employment law, environmental and natural resources law, silica litigation, health care law, estate planning, complex litigation, insurance bad faith, sexual harassment, construction law, and debtor/creditor litigation.

The firm's dynamic attorneys include John McCuskey, former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice; Elizabeth Lawton, former Commissioner for the West Virginia Bureau for Medical Service (Medicaid); Mark Browning, former President of the Kanawha County Bar Association; and several recipients of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Distinguished Faculty Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the education of lawyers and the judiciary.

Firm Member David L. Shuman is one of West Virginia's most highly regarded medical malpractice defense attorneys. Mr. Shuman has defended West Virginia physicians successfully for more than 30 years. Mr. Shuman regularly speaks to physicians' groups regarding medical malpractice and legislation that affects physicians.

Firm Member William Slicer is a respected and seasoned trial lawyer with extensive expertise in representing companies involved in coal mining and natural gas exploration. Mr. Slicer also represents companies involved in industrial litigation, silica litigation and surface and ground water flood and runoff litigation.

The firm's lawyers are active in national and state legal and business associations, including the Defense Research Institute, the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, and the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Law
• Banking & Finance Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Business Organizations
• Construction Law
• Education Law
• Election Campaign & Political Law
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Sexual Harassment -- Employer
• Estate Planning
• Ethics & Professional Responsibility
• Government Agencies & Programs
• Government Contracts
• Health & Health Care Law
• Hospital Law
• Insurance Defense
• Insurance Law
• Bad Faith
• Motor Vehicle
• Property & Casualty
• Labor Law
• Litigation & Appeals
• Class Actions
• Complex Litigation
• State Appellate Practice
• State Trial Practice
• Personal Injury -- Defense
• Assault & Battery -- Defense
• Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense
• Premises Liability -- Defense
• Property Damage -- Defense
• Slip and Fall -- Defense
• Wrongful Death -- Defense
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Trusts
• Products Liability Law
• Professional Malpractice Law
• Dental Malpractice
• Legal Malpractice
• Medical Malpractice
• Other Professionals Malpractice
• State, Local & Municipal Law

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Business Organizations, Construction Law, Education Law, Election Campaign & Political Law, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Sexual Harassment -- Employer, Estate Planning, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Government Agencies & Programs, Government Contracts, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Bad Faith, Motor Vehicle, Property & Casualty, Labor Law, Litigation & Appeals, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Personal Injury -- Defense, Assault & Battery -- Defense, Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense, Premises Liability -- Defense, Property Damage -- Defense, Slip and Fall -- Defense, Wrongful Death -- Defense, Probate & Estate Administration, Trusts, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Dental Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Other Professionals Malpractice, State, Local & Municipal Law