Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer is proud to announce its nominees to The Best Lawyers in America.© Co-founder David L. Shuman was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 23rd edition of the Best Lawyers in America in the area of Medical Malpractice-Defendants. Another Co-founder, William R. Slicer, was selected by his peers for inclusion [...]
CHARLESTON, WV (February 11, 2016) -- Shuman, McCuskey, and Slicer PLLC is pleased to announce that it has elected William R. Slicer to serve as its Managing Member. Mr. Slicer co-founded the firm 16 years ago to represent companies, professionals, and individuals in high stakes civil litigation. Mr. Slicer has maintained the highest Martindale-Hubbell™ rating [...]
Shuman, McCuskey and Slicer PLLC is honored to have been selected as a 2016 Metro Tier 2 “ Best Law Firm” by U.S. News and World Report®. Rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer reviews, and review of additional information provided by law firms. [...]
Congratulations to SMS Co-Founder Dave Shuman, who was again nominated as a Super Lawyer. SMS also wants to congratulate its attorneys, Brian Warner, Natalie Schaefer, Philip Sword, Kimberly Bandy, and Joseph Cramer, who were nominated as Super Lawyers Rising Stars! Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who [...]
SMS is pleased to announce that Charleston attorney Natalie C. Schaefer has become an Owner of the Firm. Ms. Schaefer graduated from WVU College of Law in 2002, where she graduated Order of the Coif and Order of Barristers. Ms. Schaefer is licensed in West Virginia, the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia, the [...]
Effective December 1st, 2015. Download and review the Powerpoint below which spells out the new changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Download Changes To The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Congratulations to our two newest attorneys, Caleb David and Marc Mignault, who were admitted to the West Virginia bar.
Firm Member David L. Shuman and associate David L. Shuman, Jr. recently obtained a complete defense jury verdict in a medical malpractice action tried in Kanawha County. The case involved the selection and use of appropriate anticoagulant therapy to treat a dissection of the Plaintiff's decedent's left internal carotid artery. The Plaintiff alleged that the [...]
SMS is proud to announce that firm Managing Member, Dwayne E. Cyrus, has achieved the peer-reviewed AV® Preeminent™ rating from Martindale-Hubbell. AV Preeminent® is a significant rating accomplishment - a testament to the fact that a lawyer's peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ reflect a [...]
Shuman, McCuskey and Slicer PLLC is honored to have been selected as a 2015 Metro Tier 2 “ Best Law Firm” by U.S. News and World Report®. “For thirty years, U.S. News has provided consumers with accurate, in-depth information and rankings of a wide range of institutions,” says Tim Smart, Executive Editor of U.S. News [...]
