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Lori A. Dawkins

Education

  • J.D. West Virginia University
    M.S. State University of New York
    B.S. West Virginia University

Bar Admissions

  • West Virginia


Lori A. Dawkins
Member

Lori A. Dawkins
Member

Lori Dawkins focuses her practice in the area of business litigation.  A former officer in the United States Air Force, she served in Desert Storm and received the Medal of Commendation, Air Force Achievement Medal, and Southwest Asia Service Medal.   

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Litigated an action for a large multi-national pharmaceutical company to recover for the faulty design, construction and installation of a $4.3 million wastewater treatment plant.
  • Appeal to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on a petition for writ of prohibition involving a complicated discovery issue in a multi-million dollar condemnation case.
  • Complex condemnation action involving permanent easements for the storage of natural gas, permanent well road easements, and permanent pipeline easements.
  • Commissioners' hearing involving a unique piece of property and complex appraisal issues. The case involved complex issues with respect to the valuation of leased lands, wetlands, numerous minerals, including fine fissel shale taken from a quarry area, and damage caused by the diversion of surface water.
  • Handled dispute involving the widening of a state route and access to business establishments.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2005
    Steptoe & Johnson
  • 2000-2005
    Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling
  • 1995-2000
    Steptoe & Johnson
  • 1989-1993
    Commissioned Officer, United States Air Force

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • Contractors Association of West Virginia
  • Adjunct Professor, West Virginia University College of Law

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

  • President, Board of Directors, Humane Society of Harrison County
  • Board, Northern West Virginia Quarter Horse Association
  • Staff Parish Committee, Bridgeport United Methodist Church
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • "Shareholders’ Preemptive Rights," West Virginia Law Review