Ms. Durst's primary areas of practice are toxic tort and product liability litigation.
Education
- University of Kentucky, B.S., with distinction, 1988
- Wake Forest University, J.D., cum laude, 1991
Experience
- Account Manager for E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
- Defense of a series of large toxic tort matters for corporate client in federal court
- Defense of class action toxic tort and environmental matter for large corporate client
- Defense of wrongful death, employer deliberate intent, toxic tort and product liability matters in state and federal courts
- Defense of asbestos and silica premises and product liability defendants
- Responsible for document collection and organization of nationwide product liability litigation matter
- Defense of general litigation matters, including commercial, employment and labor law, and consumer rights
Distinctions
- Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in General Commercial Litigation
- Nominated by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Admissions
- West Virginia State Bar
- State Bar of Georgia
- United States Supreme Court
- 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
- United States Tax Court
Memberships
- Kanawha County Bar Association
- American Bar Association, Member, Section of Litigation
- Defense Research Institute, Member, Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee and Product Liability Committee
Community Involvement
- Fund for the Arts, Member, Board of Directors, 1994 - Present
- Chair, Wine & All That Jazz Festival, sponsored by Fund for the Arts, 2003 - 2004
- Co-Chair, Wine & All That Jazz Festival and Blues Brews & BBQs Festival, sponsored by Fund for the Arts, 2005
- Keep a Child in School, Member, Board of Directors, 1993 - 1997
- Leadership West Virginia, 1999
- Leadership Charleston, 1992
Other
- Participant in University of Virginia School of Law Nine-Day Trial Advocacy Institute, 1997