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Managing Partner at the firm Offutt Nord
Areas of Practice
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)
Membership
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
Employment History: Managing Member, Offutt Nord, PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia, 1993; Partner, Jenkins, Fenstermaker, Krieger, Kayes & Farrell, Huntington, West Virginia, 1986-1993; Associate Attorney, Jenkins, Fenstermaker, Krieger, Kayes & Farrell, Huntington, West Virginia, 1981-1986; Deputy Director and General Counsel, West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Institute, West Virginia 1978-1981.
Honors and Recognition: President, West Virginia State Bar, 1997-1998; President-Elect, West Virginia State Bar, 1996-1997; Vice President, West Virginia State Bar, 1995-1996; Board of Governors, West Virginia State Bar, 1992-1998; Board of Governors, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, 1990-1993; President, Cabell County Bar Association, 1986; Member, Commission on the Future of the West Virginia Judicial System, 1997-1998; Chairman, Subcommittee on Access to Justice, Commission on the Future of the West Virginia; Judicial System, 1998. Member, Supreme Court Pattern Jury Instructions Committee, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 2000; State Bar Delegate to the American Bar Association's House of Delegates, 1998-1999; The Best Lawyers in America, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury Litigation, 2005;Outstanding Lawyers of America, 2003; The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, 2001; Who's Who in American Law, 1979-Present; West Virginia Super Lawyers, Medical Malpractice - 2007; West Virginia's Top Lawyers - 2008. Fellow, West Virginia Bar Foundation; Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America; West Virginia State Bar TechNet Committee, 1989-Present; West Virginia State Bar Law and Medicine Committee, 1991; Distinguished Faculty, West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel, 1992, 1994. Chairman, West Virginia State Bar TechNet Committee, 1997-1998. Visiting Committee, West Virginia University College of Law, 2002-2005.
Published Articles: Employment Rights of the Physically Handicapped, 78 W. Va. Law Review 258, 1978.
Born
Marlinton, West Virginia, February 21, 1949
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