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Practice Concentrations:

• Workplace Liability
• Medical Malpractice defense
• Products Liability
• Claims against employers arising under the Deliberate Intention Exception to Workers’ Compensation Immunity

Education:

• J.D., West Virginia University College of Law (1993)
• B.A., Philosophy, Psychology & English, Lynchburg College, Virginia (1990)

Bar Admissions:

• West Virginia (1993)
• Ohio (2008)

Court Admissions:

• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Professional Involvement:

• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Board of Governors
• Defense Research Institute
• American Bar Association
• Kanawha County Bar Association

Teaching & Lecturing:

• Presenter, Deliberate Intention Exception to Workers’ Compensation Immunity, West Virginia State Bar Association Annual Meeting (1999)

Writings & Publications:

• Editor, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting Notebook (2001)
• Co-author of article Fighting for the Full Offset in Deliberate Intention Exception Claims: Strategies and Considerations for Pretrial, Settlement, and Trial (2001)
• Co-author of article The "Subjective Realization" Requirement in Deliberate Intention Cases In the 90's: When Has A Plaintiff Produced An Issue of Fact Sufficient to Reach A Jury? WVDTC Notebook (1999)
• Author of Handbook The Deliberate Intention Exception to Workers’ Compensation Immunity: The First Century of Deliberate Intention Law (1999)

Awards & Honors:

• 2010 Best Lawyers
• Leon and Rosalee Hebb Scholarship
• M.E. Lugar Trial Association
• Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

Community Involvement:

• Lynchburg College Alumni Association
• United Leukodystrophy Foundation