Don's practice is almost exclusively as a mediator, focusing services on multi-party, multi-issue litigation, including coal mining disasters, class actions, automotive product liability, medical malpractice, labor and employment, pharmaceutical, insurance and major personal injury cases. He has mediated 1000s of state and federal court cases over the last 15 years.
Case Experience
Admiralty
Automotive
Banking & Finance
Business Dissolution
Class Actions
Commercial/Business
Community Associations
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Discrimination
Elder Abuse
Employment
Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
Environmental
Health Care
Industrial
Insurance
Legal Malpractice
Medical Devices
Medical Malpractice
Mining
Nursing Homes
Personal Injury
Pharmaceuticals
Premises Liability
Product Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Railroad & Trucking
Religious Institutions
Sexual Harassment
Torts
Wrongful Death
Education
West Virginia University 1979 BSBA (magna cum laude)
West Virginia University College of Law 1982 J.D.
Memberships & Affiliations
Fellow, West Virginia Bar Foundation
West Virginia Bar
Kentucky Bar
Admitted to U.S. Court of Appeals (Fourth Circuit)
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