Steptoe & Johnson

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Defended restaurant company in deliberate intent claim arising out of an employee’s slip and fall in the kitchen
• Represented major banks and commercial equipment financing creditors in commercial collections cases
• Defended coal processing companies against negligence claim after worker was injured at coal preparation plant
• Defended malicious prosecution and intentional infliction of emotional distress claim against police officers arising out of controlled drug purchase operation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2009
  Steptoe & Johnson

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

• Executive Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review
• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Generation Charleston
• President, Board of Directors, Charleston Stage Company

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Co-author, “Finding an Effective Gatekeeper for Unfounded Claims: The Case for Aligning West Virginia’s Rule 12(b)(6) Standard,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia 2010 Notebook of Articles