Representative Experience
- Lead counsel for chemical companies in toxic tort, product liability and medical monitoring class actions
- Lead counsel in employment matters, including gender discrimination/harassment claims
- Lead counsel for businesses and employers in catastrophic injury and death cases involving alleged deliberate intent
- Lead counsel for companies in litigation before the Mass Litigation Panel in West Virginia
- Lead counsel for manufacturers and distributors in product liability cases, including medical device and pharmaceutical products
- Lead counsel for businesses and employers in sexual harassment cases
- Lead counsel for businesses in cases involving commercial disputes, breach of contract and tortious interference with a business relationship
- Lead counsel for insurers in cases involving bad faith and violation of the Unfair Trade Practices Act, extracontractual and coverage issues
- Trial Advocacy Institute, University of Virginia, 1996
Education
- West Virginia University, B.A., cum laude, 1984
- University of Richmond, T. C. Williams School of Law, J.D., 1987
Admissions
- West Virginia State Bar
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Awards & Distinctions
- Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Affiliations
- Defense Research Institute
- American Bar Association
- Permanent Member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
- Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
- West Virginia University Alumni Board
- West Virginia State Bar Foundation, past president
- Leadership West Virginia, Alumnus, 1996
Publications