Managing Partner at the firm The Webb Law Firm, PLLC
Areas of Practice
Family Law(60%); Personal Injury(20%); Medical Malpractice(10%); Employment Law(10%); Child Custody; Divorce; Divorce Mediation; Domestic Relations; Domestic Torts; Domestic Violence; Equitable Distribution; Family Mediation; Interstate Support; Marital Agreements; Marital Property Distribution; Marital Property Law; Marital Property Settlements; Matrimonial Law; Name Changes; Paternity; Post Divorce Modification; Postnuptial Agreements; Premarital Agreements; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Restraining Orders; Separation Agreements; Spousal Support; Alimony; Child Support; Adoption; Children; Adoption Law; Child Abuse and Neglect; Child Custody Mediation; Child Dependency; Child Protection; Grandparents Custody; Grandparents Visitation Rights; Independent Adoptions; Parental Rights; Parenting Time; Private Adoptions; Third Party Custody; Visitation Rights; Assault and Battery; Driving While Intoxicated; DUI/DWI; Misdemeanors; Guardianship and Conservatorship; Guardian Ad Litem; Medical Negligence; Annulment; Cohabitation Agreements; Uncontested Divorce; Accidents; Automobile Accidents and Injuries; Automobile Negligence; Bodily Injury; Brain Injury; Catastrophic Injury; Head Injury; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Motorcycle Accidents; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Third Party Wrongful Death; Wrongful Death
Admitted
1987, West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Law School
Ohio Northern University College of Law, 1985; University of Notre Dame London Summer Law Program, London, U.K., 1985; West Virginia University, J.D., 1987
College
Marshall University, B.A., 1983
Membership
West Virginia Bar Association (Member, Family Law Committee) and American Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Former National Chair, Family Law Section); American Association for Justice.
Biography
Counsel: Finance Committee, West Virginia House of Delegates, 1990; Finance Committee, West Virginia Senate, 1993. Elected Member, West Virginia House of Delegates, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002. Principal Drafter: Shared Parenting Statute, 2000; Principal Drafter, Recodification of Family Law Statute, 2002. Former Contract Advisor, NFL Players Association. Certified Child Custody Mediator; Former Vice Chair, West Virginia Child Health Care Commission. Member: Legal Access Plans, LLC; CLC Incorporated; Lawpoint Referral Service.
Reported Cases
Shortt v. Damson, 649 S.E.2d 283 (WV 2009); Stuck v. Stuck, Lexis 218 WV 605, 625 SE2d 363; Lucas v. Lucas, 592 SE2d 646, 212 W. Va. 721; 575 S.E.2d 331, 2002 (W.V. 2003); Hager v. Hager, 591 S.E.2d 177 (WV 2003); State ex rel. Drake v. Hill, 585 S.E.2d 47 (W.V. 2003); W. Va. Dep't of Health & Human Res. v. Lambert; Zirkle v. Zirkle, 208 W. Va. 374, 540 SE2d 591 (WVa 2000); Tom's Convenient Food Mart, Inc. v. West Virginia Human Rights Commission, 206 W.Va. 611, 527 SE2d 155 (WV 1999); Pauley v. Gilbert, 206 W.Va. 114, 522 SE2d 208 (1999); Provident Life & Accident v. Bennett, 199 W.Va. 236, 483 S.E.2d 819 (WV 1997); State v. Jones, 193 W.Va. 378, 456 S.E.2d 459 (WV 1995); Robert Darrell O. v. Theresa Ann O., 192 W.Va. 461, 452 S.E.2d 919 (WV 1994).
Born
Columbus, Ohio
Rate Information
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
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