Steptoe & Johnson

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Represented natural gas transmission and storage company in numerous matters pertaining to property protection, gas storage and commercial issues
• Represented international electrical manufacturer in seeking to quash records subpoena from state attorney general
• Federal jury trial for school board in high profile litigation alleging sexual discrimination by high school teacher against student
• Represented pharmacist in Consumer Protection Act complaint filed by state attorney general over internet pharmacy practice
• Served as trial counsel through verdict in several dozen medical malpractice, personal injury and wrongful death matters

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 1990
  Steptoe & Johnson
• 1982-1987
  Registered Pharmacist

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

• The Best Lawyers in America®
• Defense Research Institute
• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• Energy & Mineral Law Foundation
• American Bar Association
• Chairman, Committee on Lawyer Assistance & Intervention, West Virginia State Bar
• Commissioner, ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Chairman of the Board, Public Defender’s Corporation for First Judicial Circuit
• Board, Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce
• Member, WV State Democratic Executive Committee
• Marcellus Shale Coalition
• Ohio Oil and Gas Association
• West Virginia Manufacturers Association, Government Affairs Committee

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• "Managing Risk in the Marcellus Shale: What are the Liabilities, and How Can I Avoid Them?" Webinar, May 2011
• "Reports from China of Nanoparticle-Related Deaths"
• "U.S. Supreme Court Reduces Punitive Damages Award"

Q&A with Law 360 

Class Action Fairness Act of 2005:  Federal Jurisdiction, Exceptions to the Exercise of Jurisdiction and Burdens of Proof