has a broad-based litigation practice in the areas of product liability, personal injury, medical malpractice, toxic tort and asbestos defense. He serves both plaintiffs and defendants, including individuals, privately held entities, and Fortune 100 companies. He has extensive experience handling class action litigation.
Representative Matters
• Briefed and argued Bowers v. Westinghouse, a notable medical monitoring case.
Professional Affiliations
Kanawha County Bar Association
West Virginia Bar Association
Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
American Bar Association
Defense Research Institute
Past Co-President , Wake Forest Alumni Association
Community Involvement
University of Charleston, Member of the Board of Trustees
Director, West Virginia Wildcats Basketball Organization
Special Recognition
Selected for inclusion in Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America
Selected for inclusion in West Virginia Super Lawyers
Articles/Speeches/Presentations
• "Duty of reasonableness in cost-plus contracts," Eckert Seamans Construction Law Update, Spring 2009.
• Presented at the West Virginia Class Action and Mass Torts Multi-Plaintiff Litigation in West Virginia Continuing Legal Education, July 2006.
• Co-author of Evidentiary Issues in Mass Tort Litigation.
• "The "Peripheral" Asbestos Defendant: Confronting Dartez Allegations and the Phantom of Product Exposure," Asbestos Personal Injury Litigation Seminar for the Defense Research Institute, November 1996.