No. of offices | 12 |
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No. of attorneys | Over 160 |
Major practice areas | General Practice |
Key people | Bob Tweel, Managing Member James A. Lowen, Executive Director |
Date founded | 1822 (Benjamin H. Smith) 1865 (Smith & Knight) 1892 (Brown, Jackson & Knight) 1955 (Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell) 2002 (Jackson Kelly) |
Company type | Professional limited liability company |
Website | JacksonKelly.com |
Jackson Kelly PLLC, known as Jackson Kelly, is a full service law firm and one of the 250 largest law firms headquartered in the United States.[1] The firm, which has a strong presence in Appalachia and the Midwestern United States, was formed in 1822 when Benjamin H. Smith began practicing law in what was then Charleston, Virginia. U.S. News & World Report ranks the firm as the nation's best in mining and mineral law, but as a full-service law firm, Jackson Kelly provides legal counseling and litigation to a wide range of clients across many practice areas. The firm employs more than 160 lawyers in offices throughout West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Washington, D.C., and Colorado.