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Steven R. Minor

Steven R. Minor

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Business Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Employment, Litigation, Personal Injury, State, Local & Municipal
230 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 300, Bristol, VA 24201

    About Steven R. Minor

    Practice Areas
    • Business Law
    • Civil Rights
    • Constitutional Law
    • Employment
    • Litigation
    • Personal Injury
    • State, Local & Municipal
    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
    Representative Cases
    • Heirs of Deskins v. Consol Energy, 2012 WL 503636 (W.D. Va. 2012)
    • Barrett v. DCSE, 2011 WL 3074782 (Va. Ct. App. 2011)
    • Treads USA, LLC v. Boyd, 2010 WL 3810224 (W.D. Va. 2010)
    • 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)

    Qualifications

    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)
    • Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
    Past Positions
    • Hon. Judge Glen M. Williams, United States District Court Western District of Virginia, Law Clerk, 1989 - 1990

    Articles

    Published Works
    • 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, VSB), September, 2002
    • Asserting Qualified Immunity in the Fourth Circuit, 12 The Journal of Civil Litigation 289, Fall, 2000
    • On Litigating Fraud in Virginia, 24 Journal of Civil Litigation 153 (VADA), Summer, 2012

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    Steven R. Minor
    Phone:
    (276) 466-8400,(800) 814-1892
    Website:
    https://www.elliottlawson.comhttp://swvalaw.blogspot.com (SW Virginia Law Blog)
    Address:
    230 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 300, Bristol, VA 24201
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