Roger Hanshaw Named "Lawyer of the Year" for Environmental Law

August 24, 2022

Charleston, West Virginia – Bowles Rice LLP attorney Roger G. Hanshaw was recently recognized by Best Lawyers® as the 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” for Environmental Law in the Charleston, West Virginia metro region.

Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments.

Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism, and their integrity.

In addition to the “Lawyer of the Year” award, Hanshaw was also listed in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the following practice areas:

  • Energy Law
  • Energy Regulatory Law
  • Litigation - Environmental

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

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Bowles Rice is a full-service law firm with more than 110 attorneys serving clients from six offices located in Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown, and Parkersburg, West Virginia; Southpointe, Pennsylvania; and Winchester, Virginia.