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James S. Crockett Jr.

Of Counsel

Charleston, WV

office 304.340.3824

mobile 304.552.9094

Overview

Services

Distinctions

Admissions

Memberships

Publications & Presentations

Community Involvement

Resources

Results

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

Appellate Litigation Battle Group-Litigation Construction Law Consumer Finance Deliberate Intent Litigation Energy Law Environmental Law Insurance Insurance Defense Product Liability Litigation Toxic Tort Litigation

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

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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

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