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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).
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