Background
McClanahan, Elizabeth A. was born on September 1, 1959 in Richlands, Virginia, United States.
McClanahan, Elizabeth A. was born on September 1, 1959 in Richlands, Virginia, United States.
Cambridge University. College of William & Mary (Bachelor of Arts, 1980). Institute for the Study of Hard Mineral Law, Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University.
University of Dayton School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1984).
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Awards, Civil Procedure, Agency and Partnership. Member, University of Dayton Law Review, 1983-1984.
Firm CoChair and Sponsor, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation Special Institute, "Legal Issues Impacting Coalbed Methane Development," (1988). Board Member, Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society, 1984-1987.
Staff Associate, National Center for State Courts, Research and Information Service, 1980 1981.
Case Update Reporter, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, since 1986. Member, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, Scholarship and Grants Committee and Oil and Gas Subcommittee, since 1985. Resources Attorney, Virginia Institute for Law and Citizenship Studies, Incorporated. and VBA Law and Citizenship Committee, 1985-1986.
Worked at Penn Stuart (Abingdon, Virginia) specializing in General Practice. Trials in all State and Federal Courts. Business, Labor, Employment, Corporation, Mining, Oil and Gas, Occupational Disease, Real Estate, Health Care, Bankruptcy and Insurance Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1984, Virginia.
1987, Tennessee and Kentucky. 1988, District of Columbia.
1990, Maryland. 1993, West Virginia. Member, University of Dayton Law Review, 1983-1984.
Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, 1996-1997.
Chairman, Virginia State Council of Higher Education, 1996-1997. Eastern Mineral Law Foundation 13th Annual Institute, "Oil & Gas Law Update," (1992). "Competing Ownership Claims and Environmental Concerns in Coalbed Methane Gas Development in the Appalachian Basin," Journal of Mineral Law & Policy, Volume 7, Number 2.
"Coalbed Methane: Myths, Facts & Legends of Its History-and-The Legislative & Regulatory Climate into the 21st Century," (1996), University of Oklahoma.
Staff Associate, National Center for State Courts, 1980-1981. Penn Stuart and its predecessor firms have practiced law continuously since 1890.
Over the years, the firm has grown in an orderly manner, until it is now one of the largest law firms in Virginia outside of the state"s metropolitan areas and has an expanding practice in Northeast Tennessee. The firm is in general practice, with emphasis on close client relationships and quality of legal services.
Many of its clients are nationally-based corporations with local operations in the region.
The firm has a strong tradition of civic and bar involvement by its members.
Member, University of Dayton Law Review, 1983-1984. Executive Committee and Board of Trustees, Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, 1996-1997. Chairman, Virginia State Council of Higher Education, 1996-1997.
Eastern Mineral Law Foundation 13th Annual Institute, "Oil & Gas Law Update," (1992).
"Competing Ownership Claims and Environmental Concerns in Coalbed Methane Gas Development in the Appalachian Basin," Journal of Mineral Law & Policy, Volume 7, Number 2. "Coalbed Methane: Myths, Facts & Legends of Its History-and-The Legislative & Regulatory Climate into the 21st Century," (1996), University of Oklahoma.
Staff Associate, National Center for State Courts, 1980-1981.