Atty. Grant Shuman
Grant Shuman is a native of Charleston, West Virginia, with over twenty years of multi-disciplinary practice devoted to finding creative, practical solutions for a broad range of employee benefits issues, leading agile, responsive teams, and providing trusted counsel to clients ranging from local businesses to Fortune 500 companies. He works from HBL’s Charleston, West Virginia office.
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Grant Shuman is a Special Counsel based in Charleston, West Virginia. They have 25+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2001. Their practice focuses on employment and litigation. Admitted to practice in West Virginia United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia (2001). Educated at West Virginia University (J.D., 2001) and James Madison University (B.A. English, 1998). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Serands clients in Charleston, WV and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Grant Shuman is a native of Charleston, West Virginia, with over twenty years of multi-disciplinary practice devoted to finding creative, practical solutions for a broad range of employee benefits issues, leading agile, responsive teams, and providing trusted counsel to clients ranging from local businesses to Fortune 500 companies
- He works from HBL’s Charleston, West Virginia office
- Grant’s primary areas of practice are ERISA legal compliance and ERISA litigation
- In addition, Grant is the Chairman of the Board of the Willy Foundation, Inc., which is a private family foundation dedicated to supporting leadership, community service, academic excellence, and athletic achievement in our community’s youth
- Representative Experience • Representing pension benefit plans and welfare benefit plans before state and federal courts in ERISA and managed care matters such as billing disputes, benefit claims, allegations of breach of fiduciary duty, discrimination claims, and subrogation actions • Advising employers, insurers, welfare benefit plans, pension benefit plans, and plan administrators concerning ERISA compliance, including drafting legal opinions, plan documents, summary plan descriptions, and third-party administration agreements • Representing and advising employers, pension benefit plans, welfare benefit plans, managed care organizations, and health care entities in matters involving regulatory compliance, billing, governmental oversight, and policy implementation, including disputes with CMS, privacy issues under HIPAA, and guidance regarding the requirements of the PPACA • Representing employers in employment litigation before state and federal courts, particularly in cases involving termination of employment in breach of public policy and discrimination Professional Affiliations • Defense Research Institute
- Life, Health & Disability Committee Selected Cases • Ohio Valley Jobs Alliance, Inc. v
- Public Service Comm’n of W. Va., 2018 WL 5734679 (W
- Va
- Nov. 11, 2018) (Memorandum Decision) • Gates v
- Morris, 2018 WL 1582470 (S.D.W
- Va
- Mar. 29, 2018) • Robie v
- Price, 2017 WL 3188572 (S.D.W
- Va
- July 27, 2017) • Young v
- Afflicted Holdings, LLC, 2017 WL 2272075 (S.D.W
- Va
- May 24, 2017) • Stenger v
- Carelink Health Plans, 2016 WL 1417219 (W
- Va
- April 8, 2016) (Memorandum Decision) • Dooley v
- Matrix Absence Management, Inc., 2015 WL 4644446 (N.D.W
- Va
- Aug. 4) Accolades • AV® Preeminent™ Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell • Nominated for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for ERISA Litigation (2019 – Present) • Named the Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year” for Litigation – ERISA Law in Charleston, West Virginia for 2022 • Listed by West Virginia Super Lawyers as a Rising Star in General Litigation, Employee Benefits/ERISA and Utilities (2010-2016)
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Employment lawyers represent workers in wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, wage & hour disputes, and severance negotiations.
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Civil litigation attorneys for breach of contract, business disputes, civil rights, and class action lawsuits.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in West Virginia
Practicing law in West Virginia. Legal matters in West Virginia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Charleston are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate West Virginia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in West Virginia brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in West Virginia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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