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General Information
Year founded:
1999
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Overview
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For over 40 years, and with more than 150 years combined experience, West Virginia has turned to the legal team of lawyers from DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC (formerly known as DiTrapano Barrett DiPiero McGinley & Simmons, PLLC) in Charleston, West Virginia for top quality representation. This boutique firm's team of highly talented and experienced lawyers have tried and won, or litigated and settled, many personal injury and accident cases, wrongful death cases, medical malpractice, coal mining injuries and accidents, car and truck accidents, serious workplace accident cases, defective product cases, employment cases, and a wide range of business and complex commercial and class action litigation.
To achieve its successes, DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC has five lawyers with tremendous experience. The firm's lawyers work as a team, and the diverse backgrounds and unique talents of the firm's attorneys, all of whom are listed in "Best Lawyers," enable DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC to handle each client’s case with insight, understanding, and preparedness.
The firm's lawyers' experience include working as an assistant United States’ Attorney, and holding prestigious judicial clerkships, working closely with judges in the federal Court of Appeals and United States District Courts, as well as with the Supreme Court of West Virginia.
The firm has represented West Virginia state agencies for more than thirty years and has been involved in high-profile public cases. The firm's lawyers have represented the State of West Virginia in ground-breaking lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors, recovering tens of millions of dollars for State taxpayers. The firm helped recover more than $60 Million on behalf of the State workers’ compensation fund from mining companies who were using contract miners and ran up huge unpaid debts. The firm represents the State’s largest newspaper and has represented two West Virginia governors.
The firm is proud of its decades long reputation of excellence in helping West Virginians that continues today as strong as ever. DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC remains dedicated to this long tradition of top quality legal representation and helping its clients by remaining one of the most successful law firms in West Virginia.
To achieve its successes, DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC has five lawyers with tremendous experience. The firm's lawyers work as a team, and the diverse backgrounds and unique talents of the firm's attorneys, all of whom are listed in "Best Lawyers," enable DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC to handle each client’s case with insight, understanding, and preparedness.
The firm's lawyers' experience include working as an assistant United States’ Attorney, and holding prestigious judicial clerkships, working closely with judges in the federal Court of Appeals and United States District Courts, as well as with the Supreme Court of West Virginia.
The firm has represented West Virginia state agencies for more than thirty years and has been involved in high-profile public cases. The firm's lawyers have represented the State of West Virginia in ground-breaking lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors, recovering tens of millions of dollars for State taxpayers. The firm helped recover more than $60 Million on behalf of the State workers’ compensation fund from mining companies who were using contract miners and ran up huge unpaid debts. The firm represents the State’s largest newspaper and has represented two West Virginia governors.
The firm is proud of its decades long reputation of excellence in helping West Virginians that continues today as strong as ever. DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC remains dedicated to this long tradition of top quality legal representation and helping its clients by remaining one of the most successful law firms in West Virginia.
Rankings
DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC is metro ranked in 6 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
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Charleston-WV
Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: General Practice
Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tier 1 for Employment Law - Individuals
Tier 1 for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Rankings
Regional Rankings
Charleston-WV
Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: General Practice
Tier 1 for Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Tier 1 for Employment Law - Individuals
Tier 1 for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tier 1 for Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Tier 2 for Bet-the-Company Litigation
Practice Areas
The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
- Appellate Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Employment Law - Individuals
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - First Amendment
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
- Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
- Mining Law
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
- Sports Law
Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC has 3 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in
America®.
By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made DiPiero Simmons McGinley & Bastress, PLLC eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings.
For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards.
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Main Location
Charleston,
WV
604 Virginia Street, East
Charleston, WV 25301
United States
877-240-9152
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Management and Personnel
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Sean McGinley