The attorneys at Allan N. Karlin & Associates have over 40 years of experience aggressively representing their clients in state and federal courts. Lawyers at the firm are committed to the principle that every client deserves the same high quality, aggressive representation that large defense firms offer to Corporate America. The 2003-2004 Employment and Labor Law Section of Chambers USA recognized Allan N. Karlin, referring to his work in employment law, as the "preeminent plaintiffs’ lawyer in West Virginia," noting that Mr. Karlin was "praised for his ‘tenacity, aggression, and creativity.’" Because of their work as attorneys in the field of employment law, both Allan N. Karlin and Jane E. Peak are listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
The firm has extensive experience working with clients who have been wronged by their employers or seriously injured by the negligence of physicians, attorneys, stock brokers, drug companies and others. The firm has also represented coal miners in cases involving workplace injuries and wrongful deaths including the explosion at Blacksville No. 1 in 1992 and the Sago Mine disaster in 2006. Although most of the attorneys' cases have been in West Virginia, they have also appeared in courts in California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.
Some of the reported cases in which Allan N. Karlin & Associates has been involved include:
Harris v. Martinka Coal Co., 201 W.Va. 578, 499 S.E.2d 307 (1997)
Page v. Columbia Natural Resources, 198 W.Va. 378, 480 S.E.2d (1996)
Casteel v. Consolidation Coal Co., 181 W.Va. 501, 383 S.E.2d 305 (1989)
Poling v. Pre-Paid Legal Services, 212 W.Va. 589, 575 S.E.2d 199 (2002)
McKenzie v. Carroll Int'l Corp., 610 S.E.2d 341 (2004)
Firm attorneys have also been active in public interest work. Allan N. Karlin has served for many years on the Board of Directors of the Fund for Law in the Public Interest. He has also served as a special counsel to the West Virginia Judicial Investigation Commission and as Chairperson of the West Virginia Lawyer Disciplinary Board. All of the firm’s attorneys are committed to work on public interest cases in addition to their regular practice with the firm.