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Paula L. Durst

Counsel

Charleston, WV

office 304.340.3834

mobile 304.545.4483

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Ms. Durst's primary areas of practice are toxic tort and product liability litigation.

Education

Account Manager for E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
Defense of a series of large toxic tort matters for corporate client in federal court
Defense of class action toxic tort and environmental matter for large corporate client
Defense of wrongful death, employer deliberate intent, toxic tort and product liability matters in state and federal courts
Defense of asbestos and silica premises and product liability defendants
Responsible for document collection and organization of nationwide product liability litigation matter
Defense of general litigation matters, including commercial, employment and labor law, and consumer rights

Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in General Commercial Litigation
Nominated by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

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

Kanawha County Bar Association
American Bar Association, Member, Section of Litigation
Defense Research Institute, Member, Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee and Product Liability Committee

Fund for the Arts, Member, Board of Directors, 1994 - Present
Chair, Wine & All That Jazz Festival, sponsored by Fund for the Arts, 2003 - 2004
Co-Chair, Wine & All That Jazz Festival and Blues Brews & BBQs Festival, sponsored by Fund for the Arts, 2005
Keep a Child in School, Member, Board of Directors, 1993 - 1997
Leadership West Virginia, 1999
Leadership Charleston, 1992

Participant in University of Virginia School of Law Nine-Day Trial Advocacy Institute, 1997

Experience

Account Manager for E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

Defense of a series of large toxic tort matters for corporate client in federal court

Defense of class action toxic tort and environmental matter for large corporate client

Defense of wrongful death, employer deliberate intent, toxic tort and product liability matters in state and federal courts

Defense of asbestos and silica premises and product liability defendants

Responsible for document collection and organization of nationwide product liability litigation matter

Defense of general litigation matters, including commercial, employment and labor law, and consumer rights

Community Involvement

Fund for the Arts, Member, Board of Directors, 1994 - Present

Chair, Wine & All That Jazz Festival, sponsored by Fund for the Arts, 2003 - 2004

Co-Chair, Wine & All That Jazz Festival and Blues Brews & BBQs Festival, sponsored by Fund for the Arts, 2005

Keep a Child in School, Member, Board of Directors, 1993 - 1997

Leadership West Virginia, 1999

Leadership Charleston, 1992

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