Of Counsel
Charleston, WV
office 304.340.3824
mobile 304.552.9094
Mr. Crockett's primary areas of practice are complex commercial litigation, including business torts, coal litigation, environmental litigation and bankruptcy litigation.

Education

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, B.A., 1974; M.A., 1976
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, doctoral work, 1976 - 1978
  • The College of William & Mary, J.D., 1981

Experience

  • Representing commercial owners in major construction litigation
  • Representing employers in fatality cases
  • Representing coal companies and lessors in environmental and commercial cases
  • Representing land owners in condemnation cases
  • Representing natural gas producer in sales litigation
  • Representing medical device manufacturers in mass tort litigation
  • Representing companies in shareholder litigation
  • Representing debtor and served as primary trial and appellate counsel in national mass tort bankruptcy case
  • Representing the Resolution Trust Corporation and its successors on a regional basis
  • Representing national food processing company in major Clean Water Act cases in state and federal courts
  • Representing numerous banks and other financial institutions in a wide variety of litigation matters
  • Representing officers and directors in a variety of cases involving derivative claims, disputed dissolutions and corporate governance issues
  • Representing clients in more than 25 appeals in various United States Circuit Courts and argued 19 of those appeals, including the trial of a contempt charge in the Fourth Circuit

Distinctions

  • AV® Preeminent™ Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation - Construction and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
  • Recognized by West Virginia Super Lawyers
  • Order of the Coif
  • Omicron Delta Kappa

Admissions

  • West Virginia State Bar
  • Virginia State Bar
  • West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
  • Supreme Court of Virginia
  • United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
  • United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
  • United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Eighth and District of Columbia Circuits
  • United States Supreme Court

Memberships

  • Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
  • Energy and Mineral Law Foundation
  • West Virginia Bar Foundation

Publications & Presentations

  • Speaker, Litigation Counsel of America 2012 Spring Conference & Induction of Fellows, Santa Barbara, Ca. (May 2012)
  • Business Torts: Tortious Interference with Contractual Relationships and the Virginia Business Conspiracy Statute, Virginia Law Foundation CLE

Community Involvement

  • President, Religious Coalition for Community Renewal, 2007 - 2008