Attorney Profiles

Current Employment Position(s):

Member, since 1999

Year Joined Organization:

1999

Areas Of Practice:

60% Mediations/Arbitrations

40% Insurance Law

Litigation Percentage:

25% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certifications/Specialties:

Mediator , Duke University's Private Adjudication Center, Durham, North Carolina

Bar Admissions:

West Virginia, 1982

U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia, 1982

U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1982

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Education:

West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1982

Juris Doctorate

Honors: Order of the Coif

Honors: Order of Barristers

Honors: Duffy Koontz Award

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1976

M.S.L.S., Master of Science in Library Science

Honors: National Library Science Honorary

University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1974

B.A. in Education

Honors: magna cum laude

Honors: With High Honors

Major: English

Minor: Library Science

Published Works:

Constructive Discharge Under Title VII in Institutions of Higer Education, Journal of College and University Law, 1982

Representative Cases:

Adams v. Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A., 387 S.E.2d 288 (W.Va. 1989)

 

Adkins v. Chevron, USA, Inc., 485 S.E.2d 687 (W.Va. 1997)

 

Barth v. Keffer, 464 S.E.2d 570 (W.Va. 1996)

 

Brown v. Community Moving & Storage, Inc., 414 S.E.2d 452 (W.Va. 1992)

 

Castle v. Williamson v. Castle, 453 S.E.2d 624 (W.Va. 1994)

 

Cumberland Chevrolet v. GMC, 420 S.E.2d 295 (W.Va. 1992)

 

Dairyland v. Bradley, 451 S.E.2d 765 (W.Va. 1994)

 

Dairyland Insurance Company v. East, 425 S.E.2d 257 (W.Va. 1992)

 

Dairyland Insurance Company v. Voshel, 428 S.E.2d 542 (W.Va. 1993)

 

Dairyland Insurance Company v. Westfall, 484 S.E.2d 217 (W.Va. 1997)

 

Deel v. Sweeney, 383 S.E.2d 92 (W.Va. 1989)

 

Doe v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 479 S.E.2d 92 (W.Va. 1989)

 

Dunn v. Kanawha County Board of Education, 459 S.E.2d 151 (W.Va. 1995)

 

Hose v. Berkeley County Planning Commission, 460 S.E.2d 761 (W.Va. 1995)

 

Jones v. Patterson, Inc. and Grason Equipment Company, 524 S.E.2d 915 (W.Va. 1999)

 

Martin Oil Company v. Philadelphia Life Insurance Company, 507 S.E.2d 367 (W.Va. 1997)

 

Marvin v. Lavender, 460 S.E.2d 454 (W.Va. 1995)

 

Metropolitan Property and Liability Insurance Company v. Accord, 465 S.E.2d 901 (W.Va. 1995)

 

Miller v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., 455 S.E.2d 799 (W.Va. 1995)

 

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Dairyland Insurance Company, 445 S.E.2d 184 (W.Va. 1994)

 

Pritt v. Suzuki, 513 S.E.2d 161 (W.Va. 1998)

 

Sayres v. Bauman, 425 S.E.2d 226 (W.Va. 1992)

 

Shamblin v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, 332 S.E.2d 639 (W.Va. 1985)

 

Sias v. W-P Coal Co., 408 S.E.2d 321 (W.Va. 1991)

 

Smith v. Perry, 359 S.E.2d 624 (W.Va. 1987)

 

Smith v. Stacy, 482 S.E.2d 115 (W.Va. 1996)

 

State ex re. Jack Crafton, et al v. Honorable Robert A. Burnside, Jr., et al, 528 S.E.2d 768 (W.Va. 2000)

 

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Agrippe, 445 S.E.2d 171 (W.Va. 1994)

 

Wheeler v. Murphy, 452 S.E.2d 416 (W.Va. 1994)

Representative Clients:

American Insurance Group

Fireman's Fund Insurance Company

Geico Insurance

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company

Progressive Paloverde Insurance Company

Royal/Sun Alliance Insurance Company

Scottsdale Insurance Company

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Speaker, National Business Institute

 

Speaker, West Virginia University, College of Law, Continuing Legal Education Program

 

Speaker, West Virginia University, College of Engineering, Continuing Engineering Education Program

 

West Virginia State Bar

 

Speaker, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia

 

Speaker, Legal Assistants of West Virginia

 

Speaker, Kanawha County (West Virginia) Schools

 

Speaker, Keep-A-Child In School

 

Adult Education Instructor, Coastal Carolina Community College, 1974

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Kanawha County Bar Association

Member

 

West Virginia State Bar

Member

 

Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia

Member

 

Keep-A-Child in School

Member

 

Boy Scouts of America

Local Officer

 

United States Arbitration & Mediations

Panel Member

 

Resolute Systems, Inc.

Panel Member

 

JAMS/Endispute

Panel Member

 

Justus/MANA

Panel Member

 

Kanawha City Soccer League

 

Read Aloud West Virginia

Past Employment Positions:

Onslow County Board of Education, Onslow County, North Carolina, Librarian, 1974 - 1976

 

Kanawha County Board of Education, Kanawha County, West Virginia, Librarian, 1976

 

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, Assistant Supreme Court Law Librarian, 1977 - 1979

 

Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Partner, 1982 - 1999

 

Meyre, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck,, Managing Partner, Charleston, West Virginia Office

 

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, Assistant Supreme Court Law Librarian, 1977 - 1979

Fraternities/Sororities:

Phi Delta Phi

Birth Information:

May 26, 1952, Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America