West Virginia Legal Research Services for Attorneys
The National Legal Research Group was founded in 1969 to provide quality research and writing services to law firms of all shapes and sizes. More than 50 years, 50,000 clients and 185,000 research projects later, we still have the same goal.
We have served over 700 attorneys in West Virginia on over 1,980 research projects. We list some of these attorneys below, along with what they have said about our services.
NLRG offers a broad range of work products, both objective and advocacy. Our objective products can help you evaluate a case or give you sources to cite in a work product of your own. Our most common advocacy product is a motion brief or trial brief. Earlier in the case, we can draft complaints, answers, and motions, including discovery motions. We also draft signature-ready appellate briefs to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Here is a broader discussion of the types of products we prepare.
Many of our clients are solo practitioners and small firms. We take great pride in allowing these clients access to the same legal research firepower enjoyed by larger firms, at an affordable price. We cannot work for non-attorneys.
We have over 25 research attorneys. Some work at our headquarters building just west of Charlottesville, Virginia; others work remotely. We list below our attorneys who most regularly work on West Virginia cases. You can also view full biographies of our entire attorney staff. We specialize by area of law, and many of our attorneys have years of experience working in their areas. All of our research projects are done by human attorneys; we use AI only as one among many research tools.
Our normal turnaround time is 2-3 weeks, but we can sometimes do quick email or telephone reports in as little as 1-2 days, though at a higher billing rate. Here is a full list of our billing rates.
West Virginia Legal Research Attorney Spotlight
Co-President Suzanne Bailey
B.A., University of Virginia, 1980. J.D., University of Detroit School of Law, 1983. Member, Michigan, New York, & Virginia Bars. After clerking for a federal judge in Michigan, Suzanne moved to New York City, where she was an Assistant Corporation Counsel and later a Deputy Chief Assistant Corporation Counsel. She joined NLRG in 1991, specializing in Government Law, Civil Rights, and Criminal Law. She joined NLRG's Management Committee in 2015 and is now NLRG's Co-President.
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Senior Attorney Anne Hemenway
B.A., Harvard University, 1979, Cum Laude. J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1985. Member, New Mexico Bar. Anne worked as a legislative assistant for former Senator Birch Bayh and former Senator Joe Tydings in Washington, D.C. Upon graduating from law school, she practiced commercial law for five years before joining NLRG. Read Full Bio.
Senior Attorney Robert Westendorf
B.A., Rutgers University. J.D., Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. Member, New Jersey bar. When not working, Robert enjoys taking walks, watching movies and sports (especially football and golf), and reading books from a variety of different genres, including fiction, sports, politics, and theology. Read full bio.
Senior Attorney Cassidy Crockett-Verba
B.A., Old Dominion University, 2017. J.D., University of Richmond School of Law, 2021. Member, Virginia Bar. Cassidy came to us in 2023, after working fo the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. She focuses mainly on commercial law and family law. Read Full Bio
Testimonials
"I can't think of anything that could have been better. Specifically addressed issues presented in a concise, easy to understand fashion. You did an excellent job of returning a quality work product to me in a timely fashion with the estimated budget. Thanks!"
—Scott Andrews, Huntington, WV
"Anne [Hemenway] was very helpful, always available and the brief was excellent."
—Edward K. Rotenberry, Princeton, WV
