For over twenty-five years, I have focused my legal practice in the area of civil litigation, with an emphasis on personal injury, medical negligence and employment discrimination. AREAS OF CONCENTRATION Personal Injury I represent people injured in trucking and automobile accidents. Insurance Claims I represent people whose insurance claims have been unfairly denied or who have otherwise been treated in bad faith by their insurance companies. Medical Negligence I represent individuals in civil actions involving claims of professional negligence including: • Medical negligence claims against hospitals and physicians; • Nursing malpractice claims; • Nursing home malpractice claims; Employment Law I represent employees in civil actions involving: • Employment discrimination claims of race, gender, age and disability in state and federal courts • Representing clients before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and • Handling cases of employment discrimination before the West Virginia Human Rights Commission. Civil Rights I prosecute civil rights claims against public agencies in state and federal court including: • Claims against municipal, county and state law enforcement agencies; • Claims against county, regional and state correctional facilities; • Claims against county boards of education and state colleges and universities; and • Claims against municipal, county and state public officials in their executive, legislative and judicial capacities. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS I have been a member of Harrison County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Harrison County Bar Association, the Kanawha County Bar Association, and the Berkeley County Bar Association. I am a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) and the West Virginia Association for Justice (WVAAJ). I am also a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and the West Virginia Employment Lawyers Association (WVELA). I was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Northern Virginia and East Asia. I graduated from Hong Kong International School in 1968 and attended Cornell University prior to volunteering to serve in the United States Army in 1970. After my discharge from military service, I finished my undergraduate education at George Mason University. I joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1974 where I served as a case officer in the Directorate of Operations. I left the CIA in 1978 to attend law school at the College of William and Mary. Upon graduation I joined the West Virginia law firm of Steptoe & Johnson as a trial attorney working in the areas of insurance defense, medical malpractice and employment law. I left the firm in 1995 to open my own law practice in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Since 1995 I have represented the rights of injured individuals against insurance companies and corporations. I assist patients who have been the victims of negligence at the hands of doctors and hospitals. I also assist employees who have been wrongfully discharged or unlawfully discriminated against by their employers. I have been married to my wife, Barbara, a school psychologist, for seventeen years and have a son, Jack , who is in his second year at the University of Pittsburgh.

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