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James W. Heslep

Education

  • J.D. West Virginia University
    B.A. William & Mary

Bar Admissions

  • West Virginia


James W. Heslep
Member

James W. Heslep
Member

James Heslep focuses his practice in the defense of workplace injuries and illnesses and allegations of workplace safety violations. He has represented employers in more than 1,000 protests before the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Office of Judges. He has extensive experience in appellate practice of workers’ compensation matters before both the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Board of Review and the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Mr. Heslep is also experienced in the defense of civil actions arising under the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act. He is a regular presenter at regional and national seminars on workers’ compensation issues and serves as an Adjunct Faculty Member to the Business Department of Fairmont State University, where he teaches Employment Law.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Defended general contractor in workers’ compensation coverage dispute with sub-contractor
  • Defended multi-national manufacturer in deliberate intent claim arising from traumatic limb amputation
  • Defended multi-national manufacturer in deliberate intent claim alleging repetitive stress injury
  • Defended local municipality in occupational fatality claim
  • Defended operator of long term care facilities in claims of medically-resistant staph infections

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2004
    Steptoe & Johnson

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • Leadership Harrison (2007-08)
  • 40 Under 40, The State Journal Generation Next (2008)
  • Harrison County Bar Association

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

  • Board of Directors, Criss-Cross, Inc.
  • West Virginia Safety Alliance
  • Safety Committee, Contractors Association of West Virginia

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • “Workers’ Compensation Update,” West Virginia Employment Law Letter (2005)
  • Basic Workers’ Compensation (2006 seminar)
  • “Employer Liability,” West Virginia Employment Law Letter (2006)
  • Advanced Workers’ Compensation (2006 seminar)
  • “Workers’ Compensation Update,” West Virginia Employment Law Letter (2007)
  • “How to Stay Legal Even if Your Employees Aren’t,” Mountain State Manufacturing (cover article Summer 2007)
  • Advanced Workers’ Compensation (2007 seminar)
  • Workers’ Compensation Update (2007 seminar)
  • Construction Law for Engineers, Architects, and Contractors (2007 seminar)
  • “Work-Related Injuries,” West Virginia Employment Law Letter (2008)
  • “OSHA Penalties,” West Virginia Employment Law Letter (2008)
  • Workers’ Compensation Update (2008 - seminar)
  • "Occupational Safety,” West Virginia Employment Law Letter (2009)
  • Managing Employees’ Pre-Existing Conditions (2009 seminar)
  • Workers’ Compensation Update (2009 seminar)
  • Workers’ Compensation Return to Work Issues (2010 seminar)