Practice Details
- Representing clients in varied civil litigation throughout West Virginia’s state and federal courts
- Representing clients involved in complex litigation, including antitrust and class actions
- Representing clients in state and federal court appeals
- Providing consultation to lawyers outside the firm who are involved in complex state and federal court appeals
Professional Affiliations
- West Virginia State Bar
- Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
Experience
- Served as Clerk to the Honorable K. K. Hall of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1990 until 1999
- Board Member, West Virginia Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, 2004–2008
- Principal Author, “The Insider’s Guide to the West Virginia Appellate Courts,” a chapter in the Appellate Practice Compendium, a 2012 publication of the American Bar Association’s Council of Appellate Lawyers
Court Admissions
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and all lower State courts
Education
- B.A. cum laude in Political Science, Fairmont State College, 1985
- J.D., West Virginia University, 1988; Order of the Coif; Co-Editor, National Coal Issue, West Virginia Law Review
