Highly Professional Legal Service in a Variety of Legal Disciplines
An Historic Ashland Law Firm Serving Eastern Kentucky
At VanAntwerp, Monge, Jones, Edwards & McCann, LLP, our skilled attorneys provide individuals and businesses in Eastern Kentucky with high-quality litigation representation and transactional services. Since originally forming in the early 1920s, our firm has been dedicated to putting in the hard work to meet our clients' needs. Contact us by e-mail or call toll free at 1-800-598-VMJE (8653).
The wide range of legal disciplines in which we provide representation include:
- Energy law: We represent energy companies and landowners in litigation and transactions regarding the natural resources of coal, oil, natural gas and other types of energy.
- Insurance defense: Our firm defends insurance companies and their insureds against personal and commercial claims, including professional negligence.
- Medical malpractice defense: Our lawyers have over 30 years of experience representing medical professionals and institutions and injured patients in medical malpractice litigation.
- Employment law: We represent both employers and employees in resolving labor and employment matters, including; collective bargaining, discrimination and harassment claims, employment contract drafting and disputes, trade secret litigation, unemployment claims and drafting personnel policies.
- Estate planning and administration: We assist individuals in drafting wills, trusts, powers of attorney, healthcare directives, probate and estate administration, and related litigation.
- Education Law: We represent school boards, superintendants and administrators in school-related matters including advice on school law and representation in administrative proceedings and litigation.
- Corporate and commercial law: We assist companies with their day-to-day corporate governance and financing issues.
- Economic development: We have extensive experience successfully negotiating incentives for growth and development with state and local governmental agencies.
- State occupational safety and health affairs: We are one of few law firms that regularly advise industrial and manufacturing clients in the Commonwealth of Kentucky occupational safety and health laws and regulations.
- Environmental law: We advise industrial clients on compliance with government environmental regulations and resolution of disputes and violations.
- Toxic tort litigation: We have experience defending nationally-known manufacturers and their chemical products against claims of contamination, damage and injury.
- Governmental affairs: Our firm regularly interacts with elected officials and can assist you in effectively lobbying for your legislative agenda.
- Banking: We represent lenders and borrowers involved in acquiring, divesting, merging, consolidating or reorganizing funds.
- Real property acquisitions and financing: Our firm is staffed with lawyers who have a broad range of experience in real estate law, both residential and commercial.
- Construction disputes: We are experienced in serving the legal needs of residential and commercial property owners, contractors, architects, developers and investors.
- Civil law mediation: By serving as a neutral third party mediator, we assist individuals and businesses in resolving disputes in a timely and cost-effective manner without the necessity of trial.
Contact us online or by telephone to schedule a consultation.

