Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC

What Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC does

Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC is a West Virginia-based full-service law firm established in 1991, organized as a Professional Limited Liability Company and headquartered in Charleston. The firm operates three offices across the state (Charleston, Morgantown, and Wheeling) and serves enterprise clients in healthcare, construction, transportation, insurance, and commercial litigation. Practice areas span Construction Law, Healthcare and Long-Term Care Facility Defense, Transportation Law (with 24/7 rapid response capability), Professional Liability, Employment Law, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Appellate Advocacy, and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Its underlying platform is a traditional professional services delivery model rather than a technology product, with no proprietary software, APIs, or AI capabilities disclosed. The firm's revenue model is professional services billing through hourly rates, contingency fees for select litigation, and flat fees for specific matters, with no publicly disclosed fee schedules; pricing is quote-based and varies by matter complexity, practice area, and attorney seniority. Go-to-market relies on reputation and peer recognition through legal directories (Chambers USA, Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Best Law Firms) and referrals, supplemented by USLAW NETWORK membership, thought-leadership publications, and a LinkedIn presence. Managing Member J. Tyler Dinsmore leads the firm, with a management committee including Ted Martin and others overseeing practice groups. The firm's value proposition centers on combining the sophistication of a larger firm with the cost efficiency and West Virginia-specific expertise of a regional practice, an approach it brands as a "right-sized firm with tested lawyers."

Name

Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC

Legal name

Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC

Website

https://flahertylegal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC is a West Virginia-based full-service law firm founded in 1991, serving enterprise clients across healthcare, construction, transportation, insurance, and commercial litigation through three offices in Charleston, Morgantown, and Wheeling.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

Keywords

• Legal practice services
• Commercial litigation
• Healthcare law defense
• Construction law services
• Transportation law representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Charleston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Traditional law firm revenue through professional legal services billed on hourly rates, contingency fees for certain litigation matters, and flat fees for specific services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC is a full-service West Virginia law firm delivering sophisticated legal representation across multiple practice areas, including construction law, healthcare law, transportation law, commercial litigation, professional liability defense, employment law, appellate advocacy, bankruptcy, alternative dispute resolution, and corporate/transactional matters. The firm serves enterprise and institutional clients—healthcare systems, construction companies, transportation carriers, insurance carriers, manufacturers, and other businesses—through three West Virginia offices.

Product overview

Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC is a West Virginia-based law firm offering comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas rather than a technology product. The firm's offerings include Construction Law Services, Professional Liability Services, Long-term Care Facilities Services, Employment Law Services, Appellate Services, Transportation Law Services, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Services, and Alternative Dispute Resolution Services. These practice areas serve clients in litigation, corporate transactions, healthcare, insurance, and various other industries across the firm's three West Virginia office locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Construction Law Services Full-service construction law representation for developers, builders, contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers, and insurance companies in disputes arising from construction projects.
• Professional Liability Services Representation and defense of professionals including appraisers, accountants, engineers, architects, attorneys, home inspectors, realtors, surveyors, and contractors in liability matters.
• Long-term Care Facilities Services Defense of long-term care facilities in medical negligence claims, wrongful death actions, standard of care issues, and Medicare lien resolution.
• Employment and Labor Law Services Employment and labor law counsel covering hiring, compliance, discipline, termination, and employment litigation matters.
• Appellate Services Appellate advocacy services handling appeals from routine matters to high-profile cases with significant public interest.
• Transportation Law Services Legal representation for transportation companies and insurance carriers involving severe injury or death cases, with 24/7 rapid response team capabilities.
• Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Services Representation in commercial bankruptcy cases, creditor's rights matters, restructuring, and distressed business transactions.
• Alternative Dispute Resolution Services Resolution of disputes through arbitration, mediation, and other ADR procedures for cost-effective and timely conflict resolution.
• Commercial Litigation Services Commercial litigation representation leveraging tested legal experience and West Virginia-specific knowledge to handle complex business disputes.
• Healthcare Regulatory, Transactions, and Compliance Services Regulatory and transactional counsel for the healthcare industry, navigating the complex health care terrain including regulatory compliance and transactions.
• Corporate and Transactional Services Counsel for the changing landscape of business law, providing corporate and transactional services to clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully represented Ben's Creek Carbon in Chapter 11 bankruptcy preserving coal mining operations and hundreds of jobs
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• USLAW NETWORKcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirm is an active member of USLAW NETWORK, an international network of independent law firms providing reciprocal referral relationships and collaborative resources for serving clients across jurisdictions.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Jackson Kelly PLLC: West Virginia-based full-service regional law firm with comparable multi-office footprint and overlapping practice areas in litigation, healthcare, energy, and labor law—Flaherty's most direct in-state competitor for sophisticated commercial work.
• Bowles Rice LLP: Charleston-headquartered regional law firm with offices across West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and surrounding states, serving similar enterprise clients in energy, healthcare, banking, and commercial litigation—directly comparable practice mix and geography.
• Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: Multi-state regional firm with significant West Virginia presence and strong energy, litigation, and healthcare practices—competes directly for the same sophisticated enterprise mandates in WV.
• Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC: West Virginia-rooted regional law firm with offices across the Mid-Atlantic, offering overlapping commercial litigation, energy, healthcare, and employment law services to enterprise clients.

Broad incumbents

• Dinsmore & Shohl LLP: Larger full-service regional law firm headquartered in Cincinnati with significant West Virginia presence, offering broader geographic reach and similar practice-area coverage in commercial litigation and healthcare.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/flaherty-sensabaugh-&-bonasso-pllc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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