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November 6, 2023

Farrell, White & Legg PLLC Ranked by Best Law Firms® in 2024

Huntington, WV, November 6, 2023 — Farrell, White & Legg PLLC has been recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms^®, ranked by Best Lawyers^®, regionally in 10 practice areas.

Firms included in the 2024 Best Law Firms^® list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. To be considered for this milestone achievement, at least one lawyer in the law firm must be recognized in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®.

Achieving a tiered ranking in Best Law Firms^® on a national and/or metropolitan scale signals a unique credibility within the industry. The transparent, collaborative research process employs qualitative and quantitative data from peer and client reviews that is supported by proprietary algorithmic technology to produce a tiered system of industry-led rankings of the top 4% of the industry.

Receiving a tier designation represents an elite status, integrity and reputation that law firms earn among other leading firms and lawyers. The 2024 edition of  Best Law Firms^® includes rankings in 75 national practice areas and 127 metropolitan-based practice areas. Additionally, one “Law Firm of the Year” was named in each nationally ranked practice area.

August 23, 2023

4 Farrell, White & Legg PLLC Lawyers Recognized as Best Lawyers® Award Recipients

Huntington, WV, August 23, 2023 — Farrell, White & Legg PLLC is pleased to announce that 4 lawyers have been included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

“For more than 40 years, the rigorous methodology of Best Lawyers has ensured the integrity and esteem of our legal recognitions,” said Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer. “It is with great pleasure that we continue to provide potential clients with the pinnacle measurement of credibility through our Best Lawyers awards as they search for counsel.”

Best Lawyers has earned the respect of the profession, the media and the public as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals. Its first international list was published in 2006 and since then has grown to provide lists in more than 75 countries.

Lawyers on The Best Lawyers in America list are divided by geographic region and practice areas. They are reviewed by their peers based on professional expertise and undergo an authentication process to make sure they are in current practice and in good standing.

Farrell, White & Legg PLLC would like to congratulate the following lawyers named to 2024 The Best Lawyers in America list:

• Michael J. Farrell – Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Joseph M. Farrell, Jr. – Arbitration, Criminal Defense: General Practice, Education Law, Litigation – Labor and Employment, and Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Erik W. Legg – Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
• Tamela J. White-Farrell – Health Care Law, Litigation – ERISA, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, and Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

Tamela J. White-Farrell Named 2024 Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” in the Charleston-WV Area.

Huntington, WV, August 23, 2023 — Farrell, White & Legg PLLC attorney Tamela J. White-Farrell was recently recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Health Care Law.

Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this a significant and coveted accolade. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments.

Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.

In addition to the “Lawyer of the Year” award, Tamela J. White-Farrell was also listed in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^® in the following practice areas:

• Litigation – ERISA
• Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
• Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

For more than four decades, Best Lawyers has assisted those in need of legal services to identify the lawyers best qualified to represent them in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, recognition by Best Lawyers is considered a singular distinction.

J. Ben Shepard Named to 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America

Huntington, WV, August 23, 2023 — Farrell, White & Legg PLLC is pleased to announce that 1 lawyer has been included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch^® in America.

Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America recognizes associates and other lawyers who are earlier in their careers for their outstanding professional excellence in private practice in the United States.

“The unparalleled methodology of Best Lawyers ensures the value and esteem of our legal rankings through both our traditional awards and our expanded ‘Ones to Watch’ accolades,” said Best Lawyers CEO Phillip Greer. “Clients trust Best Lawyers as a credible and reliable way to identify the most elite lawyers, and it is with great pride that we continue to provide this valued service in the country.”

Lawyers recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America are divided by geographic region and practice areas. Candidates can only be considered for one recognition at a time, either “Ones to Watch” or traditional Best Lawyers awards. “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” is not a seed list to “The Best Lawyers” and all hopeful candidates must be nominated, vetted by their peers and undergo an authentication process before they are recognized by Best Lawyers. Lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, recognition by Best Lawyers is considered a singular distinction.

Farrell, White & Legg PLLC would like to congratulate the following lawyer recognized in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America:

• J. Ben Shepard – Commercial Litigation

February 13, 2023

Defense Trial Counsel Young Lawyers Skills CLE By Farrell, White & Legg Young Lawyers

On February 9, 2023, the West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel hosted a Young Lawyers Skills CLE in Morgantown, WV.  The event was coordinated by Jayson Hamrick of Farrell, White & Legg PLLC.  Julian Pecora and Austin Lewis were both selected to be a presenter at the event.  Julian presented on Paralegal/Support Staff Utilization and Austin Lewis presented on being second chair at trial.

November 29, 2021

FWL Associate Attorneys Honoring the WV Courts

Farrell, White & Legg attorneys, Austin Lewis, Julian Pecora, Jayson Hamrick and Nick Wright attending the reception for Honoring WV’s Courts & the Practice of Law in the Mountain State on November 15, 2021.

August 20, 2020

Farrell, White & Legg Attorneys Recognized in the 27th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©

Farrell, White & Legg PLLC is proud to announce that six of its attorneys were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.

Michael J. Farrell is recognized in multiple areas of law that include Mass Tort and Class Action Defense, Product Liability Defense, Commercial Litigation, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation and Personal Injury Defense Litigation categories.

Tamela J. White is recognized in multiple areas of law that include ERISA Litigation, Medical Malpractice Defense, Product Liability Defense and Health Care Law categories.

Joseph M. Farrell Jr. is recognized in multiple areas of law that include Labor and Employment Law Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law Defense and Arbitration categories.

Erik W. Legg is recognized in Product Liability Litigation Defense and Medical Malpractice Defense categories.

Bernard S. Vallejos is recognized in multiple areas of law that include Healthcare Litigation, Healthcare Law, Insurance Litigation and Malpractice Law Defense categories.

February 19, 2020

Tamela J. White presented Pharmaceutical Law and Policy Making Seminar

Tamela J. White presented Pharmaceutical Law and Policy Making: Course Review for Licensure Examination” at Marshall University School of Pharmacy, 2020

Learn more about Tammy White