Profile:

I practice law in the following areas: Personal Injury, Deliberate Intent, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Coverage and Tort Defense, Civil Litigation, Products Liability, Insurance Bad Faith, Arson, Insurance Fraud, Fire & Exposion, Construction, Employment, Defamation, Energy Litigation (Coal, Oil & Gas), Large Loss Subrogation, Legal Malpractice, Medical and Legal Licensure (ethics); Health Care Disputes between doctors and hospitals; and Commercial Contract Business Litigation.

Areas of Practice:

Business Law, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Personal Injury, Real Estate

More About My Practice:

I am a civil trial lawyer, have represented both plaintiffs (20%) and defendants (80%), have tried more than 200 jury trials throughout West Virginia, in both Federal Districts and most of the State Circuit Courts.  I also handle administrative litigation involving lawyer and doctor licensure and ethics issues, and I accept assignments as an expert witness in legal malpractice cases, fee disputes, insurance coverage and claim handling (bad faith) cases.  Mediation and Arbitration.

Additional Information:

Education: United States Naval Academy, B. S. 1967; University of Kentucky, J.D., 1974.
Native West Virginian (Mingo County)
Year Admitted to the West Virginia State Bar: 1974; Admitted in all Federal and State Courts. 
Service:  U. S. Naval Officer, 1967-1971. 
Statewide Practice, Member of Frost Brown Todd LLC, a Regional Firm with 80 Practice Groups, 450 lawyers, 5 states (WV, KY, OH, IN, TN), in 11 Cities, with Excellent Firmwide Support.