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• Personal Injury Litigation
• Commercial and Insurance Litigation
• Workplace Liability
• Products Liability
• Governmental Liability
• Medical Negligence

Bar Admissions:

• 1974 West Virginia

Court Admissions:

• United States Supreme Court
• United States Courts of Appeals for both the Fourth and Sixth Circuits
• United States District Courts for both the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• United States Claims Court
  
  

Education:

• 1974 - J.D. - West Virginia University College of Law
• 1971 - B.S. - Business Administration, West Virginia University

Professional Involvement:

• Member of HospitalityLawyer.com
• Past President of the West Virginia State Bar, Former Chairman, Board of Governors, served two terms, Board of Governors
• Former member, Visiting Committee of the West Virginia University College of Law
• Governing counsel member, West Virginia Law Institute
• Member of the Board of Directors, Legal Aid Society of Charleston
• Charter member, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, officer and a member of Board of Governors for six years
• Past President, Kanawha County Bar Association
• Past Vice President, West Virginia Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association, West Virginia Bar Association, and Kanawha County Bar Association

Community Involvement:

• Ronald McDonald House of Southern West Virginia
• Friends of Children
• Daymark, Inc.
• St. Anthony School Board
• IOLTA Advisory Committee of the West Virginia Bar Foundation

Teaching & Lecturing:

• Controlling Liability After an Accident - West Virginia Motor Truck Association, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Click Here for Powerpoint Presentation

Awards & Honors:

• Martindale-Hubbell Listing
• Listed among the top one percent of lawyers in the nation in the last five bi-annual editions (10 years) of the Best Lawyers in America based on an extensive nationwide survey and peer evaluations.
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates
• Fellow, in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers
• Member, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
• Member, American Inns of Court
• Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference

Legal Experience:

• 1991--Present - Member, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, PLLC
• 1974--1991 - Associate and Partner, Kay, Casto & Chaney, Charleston, West Virginia