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Focusing on insurance defense litigation, professional liability, insurance bad faith and construction defects
EDUCATION
- B.S. in business administration, West Virginia University, 1994; cum laude; University Honors Scholar
- J.D., West Virginia University College of Law, 1998
LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
- Member of MacCorkle Lavender Casey & Sweeney, PLLC, 2004 to present; associate, 2001-04
- Associate, McQueen Harmon & Potter, 1998-2001
- Clerk, Public Defender's Office, summer 1997
- Clerk, Family Law Master, summer 1996
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
- Admitted to practice law in West Virginia, 1998; admitted to practice in South Carolina, 2001
- Admitted to practice before U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- Actively defends against claims of negligence, vehicular liability, premises liability, liquor liability, industrial accidents, construction defects, and other related insurance issues, including unfair trade practices and contract actions
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, West Virginia State Bar and Monongalia County Bar Association
- Member, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia and Board of Governors
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- Premises Liability
- Vehicular Liability
- Service of Alcoholic Beverages
- Industrial Accidents
- False Arrest
- False Imprisonment
- Battery
- Bad Faith Issues
- Contract Actions
- Unfair Claims Practices and other related Insurance Issues
- Professional Liability Claims involving Health Care Providers
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- West Virginia, 1998
- South Carolina, 2001
- U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia
- U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
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- West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, May, 1998
- Juris Doctorate
- West Virginia University, May, 1994
- B.S. in Business Administration
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: University Honors Scholar
- Major:
Emphasis in Accounting
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- Rachel Knuckles v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 99-C-716,
(Circuit Court of Raleigh County W.V.)
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- West Virginia State Bar Association
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- Kanawha County Bar Association
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- South Carolina State Bar Association
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- Family Law Master, Clerk,
1996
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- Public Defender's Office, Clerk,
1997
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- McQueen Harmon & Potter, Associate,
1998
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2001
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- 1972, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
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