Charleston, United States (IBwire.com - November 28, 2012) The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC (“Spilman”) announced that it was honored as a 2013 Go-To Law Firm® for the Top 500 Companies by ALM, a publisher of multiple regional and national magazines tailored to the legal community. This is the fourth consecutive year the firm has been recognized as such.

This distinction is awarded annually through a systematic approach that includes gathering information from general counsel at FORTUNE 500® companies. Each general counsel is asked to list which outside law firm is relied upon most heavily to assist in practice areas such as litigation, corporate & business law transactions/ mergers & acquisitions, securities, labor & employment, intellectual property, Canadian law, and international law.

Spilman was named as a Go-To Law Firm® by

• Aetna for labor litigation;
• Allergan for intellectual property litigation;
• Caterpillar for contracts litigation; and
• The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company for contracts litigation.

ALM is an integrated media company that publishes more than 15 law-related magazines and the website www.law.com. For more information on ALM, please visit www.alm.com.

About Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Spilman Thomas & Battle is a full-service law firm with more than 145 attorneys. Founded in 1864, Spilman has offices in Charleston, Morgantown and Wheeling, WV; Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, PA; Winston-Salem, NC; and Roanoke, VA. For more information please visit www.spilmanlaw.com.

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