Stephen R. Crislip
Steve Crislip is admitted to practice in West Virginia, in the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, the Eastern District of Kentucky, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has been active in the the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA), Defense Research Institute (DRI), the American Bar Association, the West Virginia Bar Association and the West Virginia State Bar. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Association, Fellow of the National Conference of Bar Presidents, and a Fellow of the West Virginia State Bar Foundation.
Steve has always been active in the Charleston community having served ten years on the Board of Directors of the Charleston Family YMCA and is a former Chairman of its Board. He served as a trustee of The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation from 1996 to 2003 and served as Chairman of the Board. He has also served as the Chairman of the Visiting Committee at the West Virginia University College of Law. He also has served on the Board of the Alzheimer's Association, West Virginia Chapter. He has been a lecturer for West Virginia CLE and various other bar‑related groups.
His writings include being a chapter author on evidence for the prototype Fourth Circuit Evidence Handbook and he is now the West Virginia chapter author for The Tort Law Desk Reference, a Fifty‑State Compendium, a Chapter Author for Law Firm Practice Management by Defense Research Institute, as well as The Law of Lawyers' Liability: Fifty State Survey of Legal Malpractice for West Virginia. He is also the author of a legal humor book titled Down To The Hard Road and The Modern History of Jackson Kelly.
Steve is a Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent attorney by Martindale‑Hubbell. He is named in Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America® 2003‑2012 and Law & Politics' 2007‑2013 West Virginia Super Lawyers®. He was also named the 2011 and again in 2012 and 2013 Charleston, West Virginia, Legal Malpractice Lawyer of the Year in the 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
Steve has always been active in the Charleston community having served ten years on the Board of Directors of the Charleston Family YMCA and is a former Chairman of its Board. He served as a trustee of The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation from 1996 to 2003 and served as Chairman of the Board. He has also served as the Chairman of the Visiting Committee at the West Virginia University College of Law. He also has served on the Board of the Alzheimer's Association, West Virginia Chapter. He has been a lecturer for West Virginia CLE and various other bar‑related groups.
His writings include being a chapter author on evidence for the prototype Fourth Circuit Evidence Handbook and he is now the West Virginia chapter author for The Tort Law Desk Reference, a Fifty‑State Compendium, a Chapter Author for Law Firm Practice Management by Defense Research Institute, as well as The Law of Lawyers' Liability: Fifty State Survey of Legal Malpractice for West Virginia. He is also the author of a legal humor book titled Down To The Hard Road and The Modern History of Jackson Kelly.
Steve is a Peer Review Rated AV Preeminent attorney by Martindale‑Hubbell. He is named in Woodward/White's The Best Lawyers in America® 2003‑2012 and Law & Politics' 2007‑2013 West Virginia Super Lawyers®. He was also named the 2011 and again in 2012 and 2013 Charleston, West Virginia, Legal Malpractice Lawyer of the Year in the 18th edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
- Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, President (2006‑2007), President Elect (2005‑2006), Vice President (2004‑2005); National Membership Chairman ( 1998‑2004); National Vice Chairman, Membership (1996‑1997); National Executive Council (1991‑1994); Eastern Regional Membership Chairman (1993); State Chairman (1989‑1997)
- Defense Research Institute, Board Member (2005‑2008) (2011‑2014), Member, Medical and Professional Liability Committee; Construction Litigation Committee; Membership Committee (2010‑2011); West Virginia State Defense Research Institute Representative (2010‑2011)
- West Virginia Bar Association, Executive Council (2005‑present), Membership Chairman (1990‑1992), Committee on Legal Services Plan
- West Virginia State Bar, Civil Rules Committee, Continuing Legal Education Committee (1986‑2003); Committee on Legal Assistants, (1984‑1987); Court Reporters Board of Review (1983‑1985); Bicentennial Committee; Legal Services to the Poor (2000‑2004)
- Kanawha County Bar Association, Legal Services Committee; Local Rules Committee (1988‑1990)
- Fellow American Bar Association
- National Foundation for Judicial Excellence, Member
- Fellow, West Virginia State Bar
- Fellow, National Conference of Bar Presidents
- Award of Merit Winner West Virginia Bar Association 2016
