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Focusing on insurance defense litigation
EDUCATION
- B.A. in political science, West Virginia University, 1999; summa cum laude
- J.D., West Virginia University College of Law, 2003; Marilyn E. Lugar Trial Association, trial coordinator, public interest volunteer
LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
- Associate, MacCorkle Lavender Casey & Sweeney, PLLC, 2002 to present
- Clerk, West Virginia Public Defender Corp., 11th Judicial Circuit, summer 2002
- Clerk, West Virginia Senior Legal Aid, 2001-02
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
- Admitted to practice law in West Virginia, 2003
- Admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
- Experienced with suits involving negligence, professional negligence, and general litigation, as well as infant and wrongful death proceedings
- Experienced in defending insurance first-party and third-party bad-faith issues
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Member, West Virginia State Bar
- Member, Monongalia County Bar Association
- Member, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia and Defense Research Institute
- Phi Beta Kappa
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- Associate
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- 2002
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- General Litigation
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- West Virginia, 2003
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- West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, May, 2003
- Juris Doctorate
- Honors: Marilyn E. Lugar Trial Association
- Honors: 2003 American Trial Lawyers Association Competitor
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 1999
- Bachelor of Arts
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
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- West Virginia State Bar Association
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- West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel
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- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
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- American Bar Association
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- West Virginia Public Defender Corporation, 11th Judicial Circuit, Clerk,
2002
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- West Virginia Senior Legal Aid, Clerk,
2001
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2002
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- April 16, 1977, Charleston, West Virginia
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