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Charity K. Lawrence

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Charleston, WV

office 304.720.4056

mobile 304.382.2223

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Ms. Lawrence’s primary areas of practice are general litigation, including personal injury, asbestos, products liability and workers' compensation litigation.

Education

Marshall University, B.A., Journalism, summa cum laude, 2004
West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 2007
University of Virginia National Trial Advocacy College, 2012

Experience

Representing clients in general litigation matters
Defending employers in workers’ compensation claims related to workplace injuries, occupational disease, occupational pneumoconiosis and hearing loss
Representing clients in asbestos litigation, toxic tort, and mass consolidation cases
Defending clients against personal injury, wrongful death and products liability claims, including deliberate intent and premise liability lawsuits in toxic tort litigation
Representing clients in insurance defense and personal injury litigation

Asbestos Litigation Insurance Insurance Coverage & Bad Faith Litigation Medical Monitoring Product Liability Litigation Toxic Tort Litigation Workers' Compensation

Admissions

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

Memberships

Vice-Chair, Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability General Committee, American Bar Association
Newsletter Editor, American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Workers’ Compensation and Employer Liability Committee
Member Designee, Southeast Region, National Workers Compensation Defense Network
Defense Research Institute: Former Publications Vice Chair, Lawyers’ Professionalism and Ethics Committee
Former Chair, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Insurance Law Committee

Publications & Presentations

Panelist, "Workers' Compensation and the Telecommuter," National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network Southeastern Regional Conference, May 5, 2023
Panelist, “Look Before You Leap: Analyzing Differences in Compensability of Workplace Injuries,” National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network, September 21, 2021
Panelist, National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network State Sidebar 2020, November 6, 2020
Panelist, “End of 2016 West Virginia Legislative Session—A review of significant new laws,” April 2016
Co-Author, West Virginia Chapter, Misrepresentation in the Life, Health, and Disability Insurance Application Process: A National Survey, Second Edition, 2015
Author, “Attorneys’ Fees and Prosecuting Bad Faith/UTPA Cases,” DTCWV Spring Newsletter, 2014
Co-Author, “ABA Amends Model Rules of Professional Conduct to Address Changes Brought by Technology and Globalization,” Professionalism Perspectives, Vol. 14 No. 1, a publication of DRI, May 2013
Co-Author, “Insuring Your Growing Assets in the Appalachian Shale Plays,” The Shale Play Today, November 2012

Community Involvement

Church at the Depot Board of Trustees
Former Member, The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation Scholarship Committee

Where Does Employer Liability for Workplace Injuries in a Post-COVID World End? Liable at Work, but SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights, Issue 2, 2022 Spilman Elects Two New Members Are Vaccine-Related Injuries Compensable Under West Virginia Workers' Compensation? SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights, Issue 4, 2021 West Virginia's New Intermediate Appellate Court Fundamentally Changes Workers' Compensation Litigat West Virginia's New Intermediate Appellate Court Fundamentally Changes Workers' Compensation Litigat SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights: Issue 3, 2021 Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 12 West Virginia's COVID-19 Jobs Protection Act Order Closing Claim for TTD Benefits Affirmed National Insurance Carrier Wins Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff Dismisses Auto Insurance Provider

Experience

Representing clients in general litigation matters

Defending employers in workers’ compensation claims related to workplace injuries, occupational disease, occupational pneumoconiosis and hearing loss

Representing clients in asbestos litigation, toxic tort, and mass consolidation cases

Defending clients against personal injury, wrongful death and products liability claims, including deliberate intent and premise liability lawsuits in toxic tort litigation

Representing clients in insurance defense and personal injury litigation

Memberships

Vice-Chair, Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability General Committee, American Bar Association

Newsletter Editor, American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Workers’ Compensation and Employer Liability Committee

Member Designee, Southeast Region, National Workers Compensation Defense Network

Defense Research Institute: Former Publications Vice Chair, Lawyers’ Professionalism and Ethics Committee

Former Chair, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Insurance Law Committee

Publications & Presentations

Panelist, "Workers' Compensation and the Telecommuter," National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network Southeastern Regional Conference, May 5, 2023

Panelist, “Look Before You Leap: Analyzing Differences in Compensability of Workplace Injuries,” National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network, September 21, 2021

Panelist, National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network State Sidebar 2020, November 6, 2020

Panelist, “End of 2016 West Virginia Legislative Session—A review of significant new laws,” April 2016

Co-Author, West Virginia Chapter, Misrepresentation in the Life, Health, and Disability Insurance Application Process: A National Survey, Second Edition, 2015

Author, “Attorneys’ Fees and Prosecuting Bad Faith/UTPA Cases,” DTCWV Spring Newsletter, 2014

Co-Author, “ABA Amends Model Rules of Professional Conduct to Address Changes Brought by Technology and Globalization,” Professionalism Perspectives, Vol. 14 No. 1, a publication of DRI, May 2013

Co-Author, “Insuring Your Growing Assets in the Appalachian Shale Plays,” The Shale Play Today, November 2012

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