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Jonathan R. Ellis

Education

  • J.D. Washington & Lee University
    B.A. Concord College

Bar Admissions

  • West Virginia


Jonathan R. Ellis
Associate

Jonathan R. Ellis
Associate

Jonathan Ellis focuses his practice in the areas of mine safety and health law, deliberate intent and premises liability litigation, and environmental law.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Represented coal mine operator in contest of “flagrant” violations assessed by MSHA at over $1.1 million
  • Defended continuous miner operator and outby foreman in decertification actions before the West Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board of Appeals
  • Defended mine superintendent in a 110(c) action instituted by MSHA
  • Defended coal mine operators in deliberate intent and premises liability lawsuits
  • Counseled client during a joint investigation by MSHA and the WVOMHS&T of an underground mining fatality

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2006
    Steptoe & Johnson

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • American Bar Association
  • Charles A. Tutwiler Scholar, Washington & Lee University School of Law
  • Graduated summa cum laude, Concord College

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

  • West Virginia Coal Association
  • Kentucky Coal Association, Health & Safety Committee
  • Energy & Mineral Law Foundation
  • National Mining Association
  • Kanawha Valley Mining Institute
  • Tug Valley Mining Institute
  • American Inns of Court
  • MENSA

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • "MSHA's "Simplified" Proceedings," West Virginia Coal Association 38th Annual West Virginia Mining Symposium, February 2011
  • "MSHA's "Flagrant Violations" Rule: Defenses That Work, Don't Work, or Might Work," EMLF, 2009