MEMBERS OF FIRM
Michael W. Carey (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, May 25, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, West Virginia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.A., 1976); West Virginia University (J.D., 1979). Order of the Coif. Editor-In-Chief, West Virginia Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable John A. Field, Jr., Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-1980. United States Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1987-1993. Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States, 1991-1992. Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1980-1986. Vice-Chairman, Attorney General's Advisory Committee, 1992-1993. Chairman, Public Corruption Sub-Committee of Attorney General's Advisory Committee, 1990-1993. Member: West Virginia State Bar; National Association of Former United States Attorneys; Fellow, International Society of Barristers. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Construction Law; Internal Corporate Investigation; Mediation; White Collar Criminal Defense.Email: Michael W. Carey
Robert E. Douglas (Member) born Filbert, Pennsylvania, April 8, 1928; admitted to bar, 1956, West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: West Virginia University (B.S., 1952; J.D., 1956). Phi Delta Phi, Professional Honorary; Trustee in Bankruptcy, United States District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, 1967-1978. Member: West Virginia and American Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar; The American Judicature Society; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Asbestos Defense; Toxic Torts; Mining Law; Corporation Law; Mediation; Arbitration.Email: Robert E. Douglas
John A. Kessler (Member) born Logan, West Virginia, May 14, 1947; admitted to bar, 1976, West Virginia, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., 1970; J.D., 1976). Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1983-1989. Assistant Prosecutor, Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, 1980-1983. [USMCR, 1970-1976]. Practice Areas: Medical Negligence; Criminal Defense; Employment Wrongful Discharge; Personal Injury.Email: John A. Kessler
OF COUNSEL
George M. Scott (Of Counsel) born Reedy, West Virginia, August 5, 1929; admitted to bar, 1954, West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: West Virginia University (A.B., 1952; LL.B., 1954). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Board of Editors, West Virginia Law Review. Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit, State of West Virginia, 1972-1987. Justice, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1999-2000. Member: The West Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1967-1970; First Vice President, 1971); West Virginia Judicial Association (Past President). Practice Areas: Mediation; Arbitration.
ASSOCIATES
S. Benjamin Bryant (Associate) born Huntington, West Virginia, May 12, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit. Education: Marshall University (A.B., cum laude, 1973); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 1978). Member and Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1977-1978. Law Clerk, Chief U.S. District Judge Charles H. Haden, II, Southern District of West Virginia, 1978-1980. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia, 1980-1984, 1988-1994. Member, West Virginia Elections Commission, 1986-1988. Chairman, U.S. Magistrate Merit Selection Committee, U.S District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, 1997. Member: Kanawha County Bar Association; American Bar Association; The West Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Civil Litigation; Appeals.Email: S. Benjamin Bryant
David R. Pogue (Associate) born Wheeling, West Virginia, 1983; admitted to bar, 2008, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Education: West Virginia University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2005); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 2008).Email: David R. Pogue