Areas Of Practice
Appellate Practice
Civil Appeals Litigation
Premises Liability
Asbestos Litigation
Products Liability
Bar Admissions
- West Virginia, 1994
- U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia, 1994
- U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1994
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2004
Education
- West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia
- J.D. – 1994
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
- B.A. – 1991
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: Dean’s List
- Major: Sociology
Honors And Awards
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (West Virginia)
- College of Arts & Sciences Achievement Award , 1987 – 1991
- Golden Key Honor Society
- Founding Member and First President, WVU National Residence Hall Honor Society
- Marilyn E. Lugar Trial Association, (1992-1994 Chairperson; Judges Committee, 1993 – Present)
- West Virginia Volunteer Law Clerks Association (Correspondence Committee), 1993
- West Virginia Volunteer Law Clerks Association, (President), 1994
Professional Associations And Memberships
- The West Virginia State Bar, Member
- Kanawha County Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association , Member
- Litigation Section (American Bar Association), Present
- Defense Research Institute, Present
Pro Bono Activities
- West Virginia Volunteer Law Clerks Association, Correspondence Committee, 1993 to 1993
- President, West Virginia Volunteer Law Clerks Association, Correspondence Committee, 1994 to 1994
Past Employment Positions
- Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Writ Clerk, 1996 to 1997
- Federal Bureau of Prisons, Alderson, West Virginia, through West Virginia University , Case Manager, 05/1990 to 08/1990
