Alex McLaughlin serves as Of Counsel to Calwell Luce diTrapano PLLC and works primarily in the areas of environmental law, toxic torts, and products liability. He has represented clients in a variety of complex, multi-party civil litigation settings, including state and federal class actions, consolidated mass actions before the West Virginia Mass Litigation Panel, and federal court multi-district litigation. He has also represented numerous individual clients in toxic tort, pharmaceutical, and other cases involving complex medical causation and scientific issues. Alex was one of the lead attorneys in the class-action case arising from the Freedom chemical spill and subsequent water contamination in West Virginia in January 2014, which resulted in a class-wide settlement of approximately $150 million. In 2005, Alex and Stuart Calwell successfully petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States to grant certiorari and vacate the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on an issue of federal preemption of state law in Oken v. Monsanto, 419 F.3d 1312 (11th Cir. 2005). Additionally, Alex has represented clients in a variety of civil litigation settings, including general personal injury cases, employment cases, and surface owner disputes with gas companies. When not practicing law, you'll find Alex shuttling his two children, a boy and a girl, to soccer and gymnastics practices, tournaments, and meets.
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions2004, West Virginia
2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia
2006, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
MembershipsWest Virginia Association for Justice. -
Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolColumbia Law School
Class of 2001
J.D.
James Kent Scholar; Recipient of the Paul R. Hays Prize, Civil Procedure; Recipient of the James A. Elkins Prize, Criminal Law; Senior Editor, Columbia Law Review; Teaching Assistant—Civil Procedure
Other EducationUniversity of New Mexico
Class of 1998
B.A.
History, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
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Law and Arts Center West500 Randolph StreetCharleston, WV 25302U.S.A.
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What year was this attorney first admitted to the bar?Alex McLaughlin was admitted in 2004 to the State of West Virginia.
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Is this attorney admitted to practice in any U.S. Federal Courts?Alex McLaughlin is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
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What law school did this attorney attend?Alex McLaughlin attended Columbia Law School.