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89 12th Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

Phone: 304.233.4966
Toll free: 866.706.1477
Fax: 304.233.4969

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Practice Areas

Environmental and Toxic Torts Law

Pharmaceutical Liability -
Dangerous Drugs

Flammable Products

Automobile Accidents

Class Actions

Products Liability

Attorney Publications

New Arrivals: Anapol Schwartz - Barry Hill joins the firm's mass tort practice as partner in the Whelling, W. Va., office.

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Appointed and Elected Positions

  1. President, West Virginia Association for Justice, 1987-88.
  2. Vice President, West Virginia Association for Justice, 1985-87.
  3. Parliamentarian, West Virginia Association for Justice, 1983-85.
  4. Outstanding member, West Virginia Association for Justice, 1984.
  5. State Delegate from West Virginia to AAJ (1990-92).
  6. Board of Governors, West Virginia Association for Justice, 1983-present.
  7. Board of Governors, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 1987-2005.
  8. West Virginia Blue Ribbon Panel for drafting pattern jury instructions (1985-termination).
  9. Draftsman for the Law & Medicine Committee of the W.Va. State Bar of an inter-professional code for physicians and lawyers (1988).
  10. West Virginia State Bar Committee for review of the Rules of Civil Procedure (1987-88).
  11. Executive Committee for review & revision of the juror selection process for the U.S. District Court, Northern District of W.Va. (1990).
  12. Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group for the United States District Court for the Northern District of W.Va. (1991-1995).
  13. American Association for Justice (AAJ) Key Person Committee (1987-88).
  14. AAJ President's Council (1987-89).
  15. AAJ President's Council Study Committee (1988-89).
  16. AAJ Insurance Practices Committee (1988-91).
  17. AAJ People's Law School Committee Vice Chairman (1989-90).
  18. AAJ New Orleans Spring Seminar Committee (1989-90).
  19. AAJ Discovery Abuse Committee (1992-93).
  20. AAJ Committee on the Courts (1992-95).
  21. AAJ Convention Planning Committee (1993-95).
  22. Editorial Board, Torts and Insurance Practices Section of the ABA, 1987-88.
  23. Chairman, WVAJ 1984 Midwinter Seminar.
  24. Chairman, WVAJ 1988 Annual Seminar.
  25. Chairman, WVAJ 1997 Midwinter Seminar.
  26. Chairman, WVAJ Amicus Curiae Committee, 1994-1997.
  27. Trustee, WVAJ Political Action Committee, 1986-89.
  28. Court appointed arbitrator in the court annexed arbitration program, U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, 1993-2000.
  29. Adjunct Professor, Saba University School of Medicine, Saba, Netherlands Antilles, 1994-96.
  30. Chairman, Professional Negligence Section of the West Virginia Association for Justice, 2000 to 2002.
  31. Co-Chairman, West Virginia Supreme Court Committee for Drafting a General Civil Jury Charge, 2000.
  32. Co-Chairman, West Virginia Supreme Court Committee for Drafting Standard Medical Negligence Jury Instructions, 2000.
  33. Chairman, AAJ Propulsid Litigation Group, 2000 to present.
  34. Co-Chairman, Plaintiffs' Science & Expert Witness Committee, Propulsid Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1355, U.S.D.C., E.D. La., 2001-2005.
  35. State Liaison Committee, Propulsid Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1355, U.S.D.C., E.D. La., 2001 to present.
  36. Co-Chairman, Class Action Committee, Propulsid Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1355, U.S.D.C., E.D. La., 2001-present.
  37. Settlement Committee; Propulsid Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1355, U.S.D.C., E.D. La., 2001-present
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  38. Treasurer, AAJ Oxycontin Litigation Group, 2001.
  39. Co-Chairman, AAJ Baycol Litigation Group, 2001 to 2003, Vice Chairman, 2004.
  40. Plaintiffs' Science and Expert Witness Committee, In re: Baycol Product Liability Litigation, Nov. 2001 Term, No. 0001, C.P. Ct. Philadelphia County Pa., 2002 to 2003.
  41. Co-Chairman, Mealey's (Lexis Nexis) Baycol Conference, Amelia Island, Florida, June 2003.
  42. AAJ Section and Litigation Group Coordination Committee, 2003 to 2006.
  43. AAJ Litigation Group Leaders Council, 2000 to present.
  44. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of West Virginia in consumer protection litigation against ten Wall Street investment banking firms, 2003 to 2005.
  45. Mealey's (Lexis/Nexis) Plaintiffs' Toxic Tort Advisory Panel Member, 2003 to 2006.
  46. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of West Virginia in Visa and MasterCard antitrust litigation, 2003 - 2007.
  47. Co-Chairman, Mealey's (Lexis/Nexis) Emerging Prescription Drug and Medical Device Litigation Conference, Scottsdale, Arizona, March 2004.
  48. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of West Virginia in Augmentin antitrust litigation, 2004.
  49. Vice Chairman, AAJ Section & Litigation Group Coordination Committee, 2004 - 2006.
  50. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of West Virginia in Relafen antitrust litigation, 2004.
  51. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of West Virginia in Paxil consumer protection and antitrust litigation, 2004.
  52. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of West Virginia in Risperdal and Duragesic consumer protection litigation, 2004 to present.
  53. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of West Virginia in Celebrex and Bextra consumer protection litigation, 2005.
  54. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of West Virginia in mutual funds consumer protection and securities act litigation, 2005.
  55. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of West Virginia for generic drug pricing litigation, 2005.
  56. State Liaison Committee, In re: Vioxx Product Liability Litigation, MDL 1657, U.S.D.C., E.D. La., 2005.
  57. Co-chairman, AAJ Gadolinium Litigation Group, 2007 – present.
  58. Court-appointed member of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, In re: Gadolinium Based Contrast Agents Product Liability Litigation, U.S.D.C., N.D. Ohio at Cleveland (MDL 1909) 2008.