Dallas F. Kratzer III

Representative Experience

• Successfully defended the client’s right to arbitration in an appeal to the Fourth Circuit
• Represented an oil and gas producer in state and federal proceedings in Ohio and West Virginia
• Defended publicly traded international online retailer in matters involving purchases and fraudulent refunds, contract disputes, and property damage claims
• Successfully moved to dismiss state civil RICO claims
• Briefed and argued appeals in state and federal appellate courts

Licensed In

• Ohio
• West Virginia

Education

• J.D. West Virginia University College of Law

• B.A. Wheeling Jesuit University

Memberships

• Vice President, Main Street Wilmington Board of Directors
• Assistant Coach, Wilmington High School Boys’ Lacrosse
• Attackman, Cincinnati Men’s Lacrosse Club
• Former Board Member, West Virginia Fund for Law in the Public Interest
• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• Judge John A. Field Jr. American Inn of Courts
• Order of the Coif
• Order of the Barristers

Publications

• Who Bears the Burden of Liability? The Law of Joint and Several Liability, Setoffs, Contribution, and Implied Indemnity in the Eastern Coal States, 35 E. Min. L. Found. § 19 (2014) (coauthor)
• Deliberate Intent Developments, W. Va. Def. Trial Counsel Ann. Notebook (May 2014)
• Up, Up & Away: How Siegel & Shuster’s Superman Was Contracted Away & DC Comics Won the Day, 115 W. Va. L. Rev. 1143 (2013)
• Associate Editor, W. Va. Law Review (Volume 114)
• Senior Managing Editor, W. Va. Law Review (Volume 115)