Grant Shuman
Special Counsel
Charleston, WV
Practicing employment in Charleston since 2001.
- 25+
- Years practicing
- 4.1 ★
- 22 client reviews
- 1
- Bar admission
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Grant Shuman is a special counsel based in Charleston, WV. The practice focuses on Employment and Litigation. Grant has over 25 years of legal experience. Rated 4.1 out of 5 from 22 client reviews.
- Based in
- Charleston, WV
- Experience
- over 25 years
- Known for
- Employment · Litigation
- Handles Employment and Litigation matters from Charleston, WV.
- Over 25 years of practice as a licensed attorney.
- Recognized with AV Preeminent.
About Grant Shuman: Grant Shuman is a special counsel based in Charleston, WV. The practice focuses on Employment and Litigation. Grant has over 25 years of legal experience. Rated 4.1 out of 5 from 22 client reviews.
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Practice focus
Grant Shuman represents clients in Charleston, West Virginia across the following areas of law. Each area links to other verified attorneys with the same focus.
Biography
About 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. 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)
Credentials
Education
West Virginia University
J.D. · 2001
James Madison University
B.A. English · 1998
Jurisdictions
Bar admissions
West Virginia United
2001 · ACTIVE
Recognition
Awards & honors
AV Preeminent
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Office locations
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What clients say about Grant Shuman
4.1
22 client reviews
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What areas of law does Grant Shuman practice?
Grant Shuman focuses on Employment and Litigation.
Where is Grant Shuman located?
Grant Shuman primarily serves clients in Charleston, West Virginia, with an office at 600 Quarrier St..
How experienced is Grant Shuman?
Grant Shuman has 25 years of legal practice, having been licensed since 2001.
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