My practice was purely civil litigation from the outset in 1985, including both plaintiff and defense work. As mediation became more widely utilized in West Virginia I began getting requests to mediate cases based upon my experience in both sides of civil litigation. My mediation practice and referral base grew to the point that I chose to devote my practice entirely to mediation and ADR. I have mediated a wide variety of cases throughout West Virginia and continue to expand my practice. I served as mediator in the King Coal Highway mountaintop removal mass tort litigation.
Case Experience
ADA Disability
Admiralty
Automotive
Civil Rights
Commercial/Business
Community Associations
Condominiums
Construction
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Debt Collections
Discrimination
Divorce (High Asset)
EEOC
Elder Abuse
Eminent Domain
Employment
Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
ERISA
Family Businesses
Health Care
Insurance
Labor/Unions
Landlord/Tenant
Legal Malpractice
Lemon Law
Libel & Slander
Local Govt./Municipalities
Medical Devices
Medical Malpractice
Mortgage Foreclosure
Natural Disasters
Nursing Homes
Partnerships
Pensions
Personal Injury
Police
Premises Liability
Probate
Product Liability
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Railroad & Trucking
Real Estate
Religious Institutions
Sexual Harassment
Title Disputes
Torts
Trusts / Estates
Wage & Hour/FMLA
Wrongful Death
Education
Washington University, St. Louis MO - Economics/Psychology - 1982
West Virginia University, College of Law - J.D. - 1985
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