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Deva A. Solomon

Education

  • J.D. West Virginia University
    B.A. West Virginia University

Bar Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • West Virginia


Deva A. Solomon
Associate

Deva A. Solomon
Associate

Deva Solomon focuses his practice in the areas of professional liability, long term care litigation, business litigation, and fiduciary litigation.  He is also certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare to provide continuing education in the State of Pennsylvania.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Represented long term care facilities in wrongful death litigation in West Virginia state courts
  • Sought summary judgment for attorney in legal malpractice claim arising out of divorce proceeding
  • Represented hospitals and physicians in medical malpractice litigation in West Virginia state courts and at trial
  • Defended executors and trustees against claims of breach of fiduciary duties
  • Represented executors and trustees in hearings before fiduciary commissioners

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2008
    Steptoe & Johnson

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
  • Patrick Duffy Koontz Award
  • West Virginia Law Review
  • Order of the Coif

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member, Board of Directors, Tree of Life Synagogue
  • Treasurer, West Virginia B’Nai B’Rith Hillel Foundation
  • Director, West Virginia University Hillel
  • Defense Research Institute, 2009 Long Term Care Litigation Seminar, Pennsylvania Marketing Liaison
  • Defense Research Institute, 2010 Long Term Care Litigation Seminar, Steering Committee Member, and Marketing Liaison for Pennsylvania and West Virginia
  • President and Board Member, The Shack Neighborhood House

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Co-author, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia 2012 Civil Procedure Update
  • Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia 2011 Legal Malpractice Update
  • "Spring Cleaning: Ten Cost Effective Ways to Reduce Risk Before the Heatwave of Litigation Arrives," West Virginia Health Care Association Annual Meeting, May 2011
  • “The 10 Plagues of Risk in Long Term Care: Vaccinate, Isolate, Eradicate!!!” Pennsylvania Health Care Association Annual Meeting, September 2010
  • "Can Government Indefinitely Detain Individuals Accused of Being Enemy Combatants," 34 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 5155 (2008)