About Allison
Allison Farrell built a nontraditional trail to the regulation. She earned a bachelor’s diploma in English from the University of Montana in 1999 and a grasp’s in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 2000. She then turned to the practice of law, receiving her J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law in 2009.
Before law school, Farrell worked as a reporter and editor. Early positions covered Associate Editor at The Amherst Bee and reporting stints at The Daily Gazette and The Leader Herald. She included local politics as a political reporter for Lee Newspapers in 2002 and later served as Public Relations Director at Glenville State College in 2005. That duration sharpened her abilities in reporting, document review and clean legal writing — abilities she carried into her legal career.
After law program, Farrell joined Steptoe & Johnson LLP in 2009. She later moved to Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC, turning into a member of that firm in 2018. Over the years she has appeared in each state and federal venues, holding memberships that permit practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and the highest court of Appeals of West Virginia. She is likewise licensed to the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Colleagues describe her work as careful and textual content-motivated. She applies the reporting instincts she developed in advance in her profession to case preparation and pretrial motions. Farrell’s background in journalism contributes to thorough legal research and an emphasis on clear, concise briefs and court presentation.
Her expert memberships reflect practice throughout two states. She is a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and of West Virginia. She maintains active admissions to the state high courts and to the federal trial courts that serve West Virginia.
Farrell practices from Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC, the place she handles things in state and federal courts in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Her recent practice makes a speciality of legal proceedings and appellate work in the ones jurisdictions.
