Representative Experience
- Experience in complex toxic tort actions and mass consolidations
- Experience in product liability defense in both the state and federal court systems
- Successfully litigated cases to completion in both state and federal courts
- Has acted as one of four defense liaison counsel for statewide asbestos litigation
Education
- Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1983
- Washington and Lee University, J.D., 1986
- West Virginia University, doctoral work in political sciences, 1993 - 1996
Admissions
- West Virginia State Bar
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Affiliations
- Leadership West Virginia Class of 2003
- Kanawha County Bar Association
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section
- American Judicature Society
- Defense Research Institute
Distinctions
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Best Lawyers in America®, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Publications
Other
- Assistant Professor of Political Science, Wheeling Jesuit University, 1996 - 2001