Natalie Chapin Schaefer focuses her practice in the area of litigation with an emphasis on product liability and energy litigation.  Ms. Schaefer is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

• Product liability
• Energy litigation
• General litigation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002     Steptoe & Johnson

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• Product Liability Committee, Defense Research Institute
• Insurance Law Committee, Defense Research Institute
• Energy & Mineral Law Foundation

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Chair, Legal Explorers Post 24
• Lawyer Information Services
• National Association of Manufacturers

AWARDS / HONORS

• Order of the Coif
• Order of Barristers
• Winner, 2002 Lugar Trial Association Invitational Competition
• Board, West Virginia University Law Review

PUBLICATIONS

• “The Unusual Suspects: Unlikely Players in the Product Liability Arena,” Co-Author, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• “Administrative Preclusion: Litigation Ammunition?” Co-Author, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia