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Jason P. Foster

Education

  • J.D. West Virginia University
    B.S. United States Naval Academy

Bar Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • West Virginia


Jason P. Foster
Associate

Jason P. Foster
Associate

Jason Foster concentrates his practice in the area of general litigation and defense of insurance companies in first party and bad faith cases.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Defended tort claims filed against an assistant prosecutor
  • Defended a ruling issued by a county Building Code Appeals Board regarding permitting requirements for certain storage structures
  • Represented insurance company against claims of statutory and common law bad faith regarding certain life insurance policies
  • Defended glass manufacturer in products liability case involving claims that glass used in construction was unsafe, hazardous, unreasonably dangerous and defective
  • Defended law enforcement officer in wrongful death case involving claims of civil rights violations including excessive force and deliberate indifference to a serious medical condition

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2007
    Steptoe & Johnson
  • 1998-2004
    Surface Warfare Officer, USNR

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • Chair, Insurance Law Committee, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
  • Defense Research Institute
  • American Bar Association