Andrew P. Arbogast
Member | Chair, Litigation Department | Co-Chair, E-Discovery Practice Group
Charleston, WV
office 304.340.3869
mobile 304.206.1354
  • Overview
  • Services
  • Distinctions
  • Admissions
  • Memberships
  • Personal Interests
  • Resources
  • Results

Mr. Arbogast's primary areas of practice are litigation, asbestos litigation, deliberate intent, toxic tort, product liability, medical monitoring, and mass tort litigation

Education

  • West Virginia University, B.A., Political Science, 1997
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 2000
  • Trial Advocacy Institute, University of Virginia, 2006

Experience

  • Representing clients in complex toxic tort and mass consolidation cases
  • Defending clients in litigation matters in state and federal courts in West Virginia and Pennsylvania
  • Litigating cases before West Virginia's Mass Litigation Panel
  • Experience in aviation-related matters, including advising clients on Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) record-keeping, post-accident investigations, and insurance claims and negotiation
  • Litigating cases to verdict in state courts
  • Defending clients against personal injury, wrongful death and products liability claims, including deliberate intent and premise liability lawsuits in toxic tort litigation
  • Representing a manufacturing client in FAA airspace safety negotiations related to construction at facility
  • Defending manufacturers, suppliers, employers and premise owners in asbestos litigation in West Virginia since 2005

 

Asbestos Litigation Chemical Deliberate Intent Litigation Litigation Medical Monitoring Product Liability Litigation Toxic Tort Litigation

Distinctions

  • Nominated by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
  • Listed in West Virginia Super Lawyers as a Rising Star 

Admissions

  • West Virginia State Bar
  • West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
  • United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia

Memberships

  • Leadership West Virginia, Class of 2008
  • Kanawha County Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Defense Trial Counsel
  • American Bar Association

Personal Interests

  • Instrument-rated, private pilot and co-owner of a high-performance, complex, piston-engine aircraft
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