Representative Experience
- Obtained defense verdict in state court as co-lead trial counsel in a wrongful termination claim
- Obtained summary judgment in federal court for corporate client in a commercial lien priority claim
- Performing all facets of litigation in the primary areas of commercial litigation, product liability litigation, labor and employment litigation, health care litigation, and oil and gas related litigation
Education
- Wheeling Jesuit University, B.A., Valedictorian, summa cum laude, 1999
- West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 2004
Admissions
- West Virginia State Bar
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
- United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
Affiliations
- West Virginia Bar Association
- Ohio County Bar Association
- Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Vice Chair – Product Liability Substantive Group
- DRI, State Legislative Liaison
- DRI, West Virginia Membership Chair for the Products Liability Committee
Publications
- “The U.S. Supreme Court: No Federal Pre-emption of Failure to Warn Tort Actions Against Pharmaceutical Manufacturers,” Defense Counsel Journal, July 2009
- “The U.S. Supreme Court: No Federal Pre-emption of Failure to Warn Tort Actions Against Pharmaceutical Manufacturers,” IADC Toxic and Hazardous Substances Litigation Committee Newsletter, June 2009
- “The Year in Review: 2008-2009 Case Law Update for West Virginia Product Liability,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Notebook of Articles, 2009
- “The Year in Review: 2007 – 2008 Case Law Update for West Virginia Product Liability,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Notebook of Articles, 2008
Presentations
- “Medical Records: How to Obtain Them and What to do with Them,” Wheeling Academy of Law & Science, March 2010
Other
- Wheeling Symphony Board of Directors, 2010 – Present
- Wheeling Symphony Auxiliary, 2009 – Present
- Junior League of Wheeling, 2005 – Present, current President-Elect
- Leadership Wheeling Program, Wheeling Chamber of Commerce, 2006
- M.E. Lugar Trial Association, President, 2003 – 2004
- West Virginia University Judicial Appeal Board, 2003 – 2004