Academy Member Inducted 2015
Map & Directions
Video ConferencingAvailable
- Practice Commenced2001
- # of MEDS (as of 11/7/25)1000
- # of ARBS (as of 11/7/25)5
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
- BECKLEY
- CHARLESTON
- CLARKSBURG
- HUNTINGTON-ASHLAND
- MORGANTOWN
Biographical
Tom has practiced law for 36 years, and has extensive experience as an advocate and a mediator. He has tried approximately 100 trials, and has served as the mediator in over 1,000 matters. He has experience in resolving a broad variety of disputes.
Admitted to practice in all State and Federal Courts in West Virginia.
Case Experience
- Automotive
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Condominiums
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Debt Collections
- Discrimination
- Divorce (High Asset)
- Education
- Elder Abuse
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
- Engineering
- Environmental
- Family Businesses
- Franchise
- Health Care
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Landlord/Tenant
- Legal Malpractice
- Lemon Law
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Medical Devices
- Medical Malpractice
- Mining
- Non-profit Organizations
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceuticals
- Police
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Product Liability
- Professional Fees
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Religious Institutions
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Sports
- Torts
- Trademarks/Patents
- Trusts / Estates
- Unfair Competition
- Wage & Hour/FMLA
- Wrongful Death
Education
B. S. B. Ad. West Virginia University 1985
Accounting (Summa Cum Laude)
J.D. West Virginia University College of Law 1988
Executive Editor, West Virginia Law Review
Memberships & Affiliations
Chair of Training and Education Sub-Committee for Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee for WV State Bar
Completed Basic Mediation and Advanced Mediation Training sponsored by WV State Bar
Lecturer for West Virginia State Bar Advanced Mediation “Lien on Me” July 2012
Rates Information
$250 to $375 per hour, depending upon case complexity and number of parties.