Robert Stonestreet focuses his practice on land, energy, and environmental law. He has a wide array of regulatory and courtroom experience, including representation of clients in matters involving lease and land disputes, environmental permitting, enforcement actions, serious personal injury/wrongful death, land contamination, toxic exposure, and complex commercial disputes.
During his nearly 20 years in practice, Mr. Stonestreet has tried multiple cases to verdict before state and federal courts and administrative agencies. In October 2022, he served as trial counsel in a sub-surface trespass case in which a jury awarded over $70,000,000 in favor of his client for damage to mineral reserves. Mr. Stonestreet has played prominent roles in multiple appellate proceedings, which include: West Virginia Land Resources, Inc. v. American Bituminous Power Partners, LP, 2023 W.Va. LEXIS 267, 2023 WL 3991964 (June 14, 2023); SWN Production Company, LLC v. Conley, 243 W. Va. 696, 850 S.E.2d 695 (2020); Triad Hunter, LLC v. Eagle Natrium, LLC, 132 N.E.3d 1272 (Ohio 7th Dist. Ct. App. 2019); Central West Virginia Energy Co. v. Mountain State Carbon, LLC, 636 F.3d 101 (4th Cir. 2011); and Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation v. West Virginia Department of Transportation, 227 W. Va. 653, 713 S.E.2d 809 (2011).
Babst Calland is a law firm with a reputation for delivering the highest level of client service. Our philosophy is simple. As an integrated group of attorneys, we work as a team, not as a group of sole practitioners.
We have been providing focused legal services to corporations, closely-held businesses and municipalities since 1986. We do not strive to be all things to all people. Instead, we strive to be the best in our focused practice areas. We approach our client’s business as if it were our own and treat everyone with the same level of respect. Together, we solve problems and allocate resources to provide the highest level of service in the most cost-effective manner possible. We began as a firm offering environmental, energy and business law services because our founding shareholders had in-depth knowledge in these areas. Although we have expanded our scope of practice, we still subscribe to an “in the trenches” approach by shaping solutions to solve problems. Many of our attorneys have prior experience working in both the public and private sectors. Our attorneys have a deep understanding of the issues our clients face, and can help them deal with their most pressing legal concerns in a practical and cost-effective manner.
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