Focusing on insurance defense litigation

EDUCATION

• B.A. in accounting, Wheeling Jesuit University, 1999; magna cum laude
• B.S. in political science, Wheeling Jesuit University, 1999; magna cum laude
• J.D., Washington and Lee University School of Law, 2002

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

• Associate, MacCorkle Lavender Casey & Sweeney, PLLC, 2002 to present
• Law clerk for Judge Frederick P. Stamp, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, summer 2000

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

• Admitted to practice law in West Virginia, 2002
• Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia
• Admitted to practice before West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Experienced with insurance coverage litigation, including interpleader actions and summary proceedings
• Experienced in general insurance defense, including motor vehicle liability, premises liability claims, personal injury, property damage, deliberate intent, and claims of false arrest, as well as violations of 28 USC 1981
• Participated in/conducted several hundred depositions, including plaintiffs, fact witnesses, doctors, economists, other experts, and defendants
• Successfully handled matters before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Member, West Virginia State Bar and West Virginia Bar Association
• Volunteer with Make-a-Wish Foundation and with Boys and Girls Club as a mentor