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Date of Birth:
December 22, 1948
Place of Birth:
Huntington, WV
Education:
Bachelor of Science - Journalism West Virginia University, 1971
Doctor of Jurisprudence-
West Virginia University, 1976
E-Mail Address:
wep@juryverdict.com
Professional History:
- Cabell County, WV Prosecuting Attorney Office
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, 1976
- Practice of personal injury and medical malpractice law for injured clients (1976 - Present)
Licensure:
- Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1976 - present); admitted to practice before the United States District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia (1976 -
present); admitted to practice before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (1978 - present)
Governmental Positions and Appointments:
- Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Cabell County, WV, 1976
- Special Assistant Attorney General
Attached to Office of Child
Support & Enforcement
First Judicial Circuit
Wheeling, WV, 1980 - 1985
- Appointed Special Prosecuting Attorney of Ohio County, WV on Various occasions to handle prosecution of criminal cases of the State of West Virginia
Membership and Organizations:
- West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Held office of Executive Committee Member, Secretary, Treasurer, Vice-President, President 1990-91. Board of Governor 1986-present
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member of President's Council, 1990-91
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association
Founding Fellow
- West Virginia State Bar Association
- Ohio County Bar Association
Treasurer - 1980-81
Awards - Distinctions:
- Member of the Year
West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association - 1991-92
- Who's Who in American Law - 1990-91
- Magister (President), Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity
Brooke Inn - West Virginia University College of Law 1975 - 76
- U.S. Army Reserves, 1971 - 1978, Captain
- Private Pilot, FAA Certificate 1988, Instrument Rating, 1997
Reported Cases:
- Donley, et al v. Bracken, M.D., 192 W.Va. 343, 452 S.E.2d 699 (1994)
- Wheeling Clinic v. Van Pelt, 192 W.Va., 620, 453 S.E.2d 603 (1994)
- White v. Berhman 187 W.Va. 323, 418 S.E.2d 917 (1992)
- Kittle v. Icard, 185 W.Va. 126, 405 S.E.2d 456 (1991)
- State ex rel. Sutton v. Spillers, 181 W.Va. 376, 382 S.E.2d 570 (1989)
- State ex rel Levitt v. Bordenkircher, 176 W.Va. 162, 342 S.E.2d 127 (1986)
- State v. Green, 172 W.Va. 727, 310 S.E.2d 488 (1983)
- State v. Morgan, 168 W.Va. 506, 284 S.E.2d 924 (1981)
- State ex rel Boso v. Warmuth, 165 W.Va. 247, 270 S.E.2d 631 (1980)
- Kubachka v. State Worker Compensation Commissioner, 163 W.Va. 601, 259 S.E.2d 21 (1979)
- State ex rel Gray v. McClure, 161 W. Va. 488, 242 S.E.2d 704 (1978)
- O’Neil v. City of Parkersburg, 160 W.Va. 694, 237 S.E.2d 504 (1977)
- Rine v. Irisari, 187 W.Va. 550, 420 S.E.2d 541 (1992).
Practice Areas:
- Medical Malpractice, Legal Malpractice, Personal Injury (Plaintiff only)
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