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
Memberships & Affiliations
West Virginia State Bar
Vice Chairperson, State Bar Committee on CLE
Past Member, WV Association for Justice
Past Member, American Association for Justice
Past Member, WV Defense Trial Counsel
Past Member, DRI
Past President, Kanawha County Bar Association
Rates Information
Rate is $300.00 per hour for mediation; $450.00 per hour for arbitration.
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