D. C. Offutt, Jr. practices in the following areas of law: Medical Malpractice; Hospital Liability; Health Care; Legal Malpractice; Products Liability; Insurance Defense; General Litigation Admitted: 1978, West Virginia; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1988, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1989, Kentucky; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky Law School: West Virginia University, J.D., 1978 College: West Virginia University (B.A., 1971; M.P.A., 1972) Member: West Virginia State Bar (President, 1997-98; President-Elect, 1996-97; Vice President, 1995-96; Board of Governors, 1992-1998; Chairman, 1997-1998 and Member, 1989—, TechNet Committee; Law and Medicine Committee, 1991—); Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (Board of Governors, 1990-93; Cabell County Bar Association (President, 1986); American Bar Association (State Bar Delegate, House of Delegates, 1998-1999). Biography: Order of the Coif. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, 2005; Outstanding Lawyers of America, 2003—; The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 2001—; Who's Who in American Law, 1979—. Editor-in-Chief, Vol. 80, West Virginia Law Review, 1977-1978. Distinguished Faculty: West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel, 1992, 1994; West Virginia University College of Law, 2002—. General Counsel, 1978-1979 and Deputy Director, 1979-1981, West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Member: West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Commission on the Future of the Judiciary, 1997-1998; West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Committee on Standardized Civil Jury Instructions, 2000-2001. Born: Marlinton, West Virginia, February 21, 1949 |
