Education

• Marshall University, B.A., 1977
• West Virginia University, J.D., 1980

Experience

• Litigating numerous trials in circuit courts and United States District Courts
• Serving as trial counsel for corporate clients in mass toxic exposure matters, including class actions and medical monitoring
• Serving as lead counsel for corporate clients in consolidated product liability matters
• Defending medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers
• Serving as liaison counsel for manufacturers in mass tort litigation in federal and state courts
• Serving as lead counsel in commercial disputes
• Defending hospitals, individuals and corporations in health care litigation, both civil and criminal
• Litigating cases regarding hospital privileges
• Representing clients in Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse cases
• Serving as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1981 - 1991

Distinctions

• Recipient of the 2019 DRI Mary Massaron Award for the Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession
• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Nominated by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense - White Collar
• Recognized as a Leading Commercial Litigation Attorney in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
• Listed in West Virginia Super Lawyers
• West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow
• American Inns of Court, Judge John A. Field, Jr. Chapter, Master of the Bench, emeritus

Admissions

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

Memberships

• DRI:
  • Past National Director
  • Chair, DRI Center for Law and Public Policy External Policy Groups Committee
  • Past Chair, DRI Center for Law and Public Policy Lawyers for Civil Justice Committee
  • Public Policy Committee
  • Past Board Liaison to Drug and Medical Device Substantive Law Committee
  • Past Member, Women in the Law Steering Committee
  • Past Member, State Representatives Task Force
  • Past Member, Minority Scholarship Committee
  • Past State Representative for West Virginia
• International Association of Defense Counsel:
  • Vice Chair of Communication, Trial Tactics and Techniques Committee
  • Faculty Member, IADC 2011 Trial Academy
  • 2014 Mid-Year Meeting CLE Steering Committee
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• Past President, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• Former Member, West Virginia Bar Foundation Board of Directors
• Former Member, West Virginia State Bar Board of Governors
• American Bar Association

Community Involvement

• Fund for the Arts, the Kanawha Valley's United Arts Fund, Past President of Board of Directors and Past Vice President of Allocations