Born Clarksburg, WestVirginia, October 29, 1939; admitted to Bar, 1964, West Virginia; U.S.District Court, Northern District of West Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court.  Education:  West Virginia University (B.A., cum laude, 1961; J.D., 1964); Member:  Board of Editors, West Virginia Law Review, 1963-1964, Member of the Governing Council, West Virginia Law Institute, 1993-1997, Accredited Estate Planner, Harrison County Bar (President, 1982), American Bar Association and West Virginia State Bar Association.

Reported Cases: M.W. Kellogg Co. vs. Concrete Accessories Corp., 157 W.Va. 763, 204 S.E.2d 61 (1974); Berry V. Union Nat'l Bank, 164 W.Va. 258, 262 S.E.2d 766 (1980).

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial Law & Transactions; Construction Law; Corporate Law; Natural Resources and Energy Law; Real Estate (Commercial & Residential); Taxation; Wills, Trusts and Estates.

E-mail:  dmcmunn@wvlawyers.com

Born Fairmont, West Virginia, August 10, 1946; admitted to bar, 1976, West Virginia; 1987, Pennsylvania.  Education:  Fairmont State College (B.S. cum laude, 1968), Arizona State University (M.S., magna cum laude, 1974), West Virginia University (J.D., 1976).  Member:  West Virginia Law Review, 1974-1976; Member of Faculty, F.I.C.C. Litigation Management College; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (F.I.C.C.); Harrison County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Inc. and Defense Research Institute.

Practice Areas: Consumer & Civil Litigation - Trials; Construction Law; Labor & Employment Law; Insurance Extracontractual Liability; Insurance Coverage & Litigation Defense; Personal Injury & Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Professional Negligence & Malpractice.

E-mail:  javarner@wvlawyers.com

Born Clarksburg, West Virginia, April 6, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, West Virginia, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia.  Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.Ad., cum laude, 1981; J.D., 1984). United States Bankruptcy Court Panel Trustee.  Member: Berkeley County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; Defense Trial  Counsel of West Virginia, Inc.

Practice Areas:  Bankruptcy; Consumer & Civil Litigation - Trials; Insurance Extracontractual Liability; Insurance Coverage & Litigation Defense; Personal Injury & Wrongful Death; Real Estate (Commercial & Residential)

E-mail:  rwtrumble@wvlawyers.com

Born Clarksburg, West Virginia, September 1, 1952. Admitted to bar, 1982, West Virginia.  Education:  West Virginia University (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1982).  Law Clerk to Honorable William M. Kidd, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, 1989.  Member:  Harrison County Bar Association, West Virginia State Bar, Defense Research Institute, American Bar Association, Member of Torts and Insurance Practice Section.

Practice Areas: Consumer & Civil Litigation - Trials; Construction Law; Insurance Extracontractual Liability; Insurance Coverage & Litigation Defense; Personal Injury & Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Professional Negligence & Malpractice; Domestic Relations

E-mail:  jnriley@wvlawyers.com

Born Buckhannon, West Virginia, December 12, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, West Virginia. Education: West Virginia Institute of Technology (B.S., cum laude, 1980); West Virginia University (M.P.A., 1982; J.D., 1984).  Member: Harrison County Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar.

Practice Areas:   Collections; Taxation

E-mail:  dmshreve@wvlawyers.com

Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 19, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of WV. Education: Seton Hill College (B.A., 1971); West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 1977). Member, Moot Court Board. Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert E. Maxwell, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of WV, July, 1982 - May, 1988. Court Mediator, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of WV. Member: Randolph County, Harrison County and American Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar (Member, Board of Governors, 1988-1991); The West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute.

Practice Areas: Consumer & Civil Litigation – Trials; Insurance Extracontractual Liability; Insurance Coverage & Litigation Defense; Personal Injury & Wrongful Death

E-mail:  gsroberts@wvlawyers.com

Steven R. Bratke

Born Nashville, Tennessee, July 27, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, West Virginia, and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court, 1998; Admitted to Ohio State Bar.  Education: West Virginia University (B.S.B.Ad., 1986; J.D., 1989).  Member:  Harrison County Bar Association and West Virginia State Bar.

Reported Cases:  State ex rel. R. L. v. Bedel N. 22495, Supreme Court of Appeals of W.Va., 192 W.Va. 435, 452 S.E.2d 893; State of WV v. McKenzie, 197 W.Va. 429, 475 S.E.2d 521 Cert. Denied 117 Supreme Court 529; 136 L.E.2d 415 (1996).

Practice Areas:  Consumer & Civil Litigation - Trials; Collections; Criminal Defense; Environmental Law; Insurance Extraconstractual Liability; Insurance Coverage & Litigation Defense; Personal Injury & Wrongful Death; Professional Negligence & Malpractice

E-mail:  srbratke@wvlawyers.com

Born in Kingwood, West Virginia, February 19, 1925, admitted to bar, January, 1949; West Virginia and U.S. District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.  Education:  Potomac State College, University of Rochester and West Virginia University (A.B. 1947); Western Reserve University; West Virginia University (J.D. 1949).  Member:  Preston County Bar Association (Past President), West Virginia State Bar (former member Board of Governors), also former member of American Bar Association, West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Association (Lifetime Achievement Award 1998), West Virginia Bar Association and Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Practice Areas:  General

E-mail:  jtdailey@wvlawyers.com

Judy L. Shanholtz

Born Webster County, West Virginia, September 5, 1947; admitted to bar, 1997, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia.  Education:  Fairmont State College (B.S. 1989); West Virginia University (J.D., 1997).  Member:  Moot Court Board; West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants; West Virginia State Bar; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Practice Areas:  Bankruptcy; Business & Commercial Law & Transactions; Corporate Law; Adoption & Guardianship; Real Estate (Commercial & Residential); Taxation; Wills, Trusts and Estates

E-mail:  jlshanholtz@wvlawyers.com

Born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, November 16, 1967; admitted to North Carolina State Bar, 1994; West Virginia State Bar, 1996; Federal District Courts: M.D.N.C. 1995; E.D.N.C. 1998; Southern District of West Virginia, 1996.  Education: Fairmont State College (B.S. August 1991), North Carolina Central University School of Law (J.D., May 1994); Member:  North Carolina Bar Association, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, American Bar Association, Harrison County Bar Association, New Hanover and Pitt County Bar Associations (North Carolina), West Virginia State Bar.

Practice Areas:  Consumer & Civil Litigation - Trials; Insurance Coverage & Litigation Defense; Personal Injury & Wrongful Death; Product Liability Law.

E-mail:  mdcrim@wvlawyers.com

Born Paterson, New Jersey, January 19, 1968; admitted to Pennsylvania Bar 1993; admitted to West Virginia State Bar, 1994; Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia, United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Education:  William Paterson College (B.A., 1990); University of Richmond - T.C. Williams School of Law (J.D., 1993). Former Family Law Master, 22nd Family Court Circuit, 1999-2001.  Member:  Defense Research Institute, Randolph County Bar Association, Harrison County Bar Association and West Virginia State Bar.

Practice Areas:  Consumer & Civil Litigation - Trials; Insurance Coverage & Litigation Defense; Personal Injury & Wrongful Death; Family Law.

E-mail:  dtherron@wvlawyers.com

Born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, February 2, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, West Virginia, and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Education:  West Virginia Wesleyan College (B.A. 1997); West Virginia University (M.B.A. 1999; J.D. 2002).  Member:  Lugar Trial Association (2002), Harrison County Bar Association, West Virginia State Bar and American Bar Association.

Practice Areas:   Consumer & Civil Litigation - Trials; Criminal Defense; Insurance Coverage & Litigation Defense; Personal Injury & Wrongful Death.

E-mail:   shharrold@wvlawyers.com

Born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 20, 1960; admitted to bar 2002, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Education:  West Virginia University (J.D. 2002); Indiana University of Pennsylvania (M.S. Higher Education Administration, 1983); University of Pittsburgh (B.S. Psychology 1982); American Bar Association Family Law Advocacy Institute (2007).  Member:  Harrison County Bar Association and West Virginia State Bar.

Practice Areas:   Consumer & Civil Litigation - Trials; Insurance Coverage & Litigation Defense; Personal Injury & Wrongful Death; Domestic Relations; Family Law.

E-mail:  lhausman@wvlawyers.com

Born Winchester, Virginia, March 3, 1978; Admitted to the bar in 2004, West Virginia, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia and West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Education: Wheeling Jesuit University, B.S., Psychology, Laut Honors, magna cum laude, 1999; West Virginia University, J.D., 2003. Member: West Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Civil Trial Practice; Criminal Defense; Defense Litigation; Domestic Relations; General Practice; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Insurance Liability; Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury; Professional Malpractice; Wrongful Death

E-mail:  ngivan@wvlawyers.com

Born Euclid, Ohio, March 18, 1961. Admitted: 1986, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia' 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Allegheny College; West Virginia University, B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, 1983; West Virginia University, J.D., 1986. Member: Monongalia County (President, 2005) and Preston County Bar Associations; The West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.

Reported Cases: State ex rel. Rist v. Underwood, 206 W.Va. 258, 524 S.E.2d 179 (1999); Wehner v. Weinstein, 191 W.Va. 149, 444 S.E.2d 27 (1994); Lauderback v. Wadsworth, 187 W.Va. 104, 416 S.E.2d 62 (1992); Fullmer v. Swift Energy Co., 185 W.Va. 45, 404 S.E.2d 634 (1991).

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Divorce; Domestic Litigation; Family Law; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Coverage Defense; Insurance Liability; Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Trial Practice; Wrongful Death

E-mail:  megaydos@wvlawyers.com

Born Grafton, West Virginia, November 13, 1959; Admitted: 1999, New Mexico; 2000, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. Education: Fairmont State College, Nursing, with honors, 1980; West Virginia University, B.S., summa cum laude, 1992; West Virginia University, J.D., 1999. Member: West Virginia State Bar Association; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Bankruptcy

E-mail:  swmcauliffe@wvlawyers.com

Born: Oakland, Maryland, 1981  Admitted: 2006, West Virginia.   Education:  West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 2006, Frostburg State University, B.S. History, 2003.  Member: West Virginia State Bar.

Practice Area: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation

E-mail:  arshreve@wvlawyers.com

Born: Keyser, West Virginia, April 5, 1971.  Admitted: 2002, West Virginia.  Education: Frostburg State College, B.S., 1994; West Virginia University, J.D., 2001. Member: West Virginia State Bar

Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation

E-mail:  mcdugas@wvlawyers.com

Born: Kingwood, WV, October 17, 1974.  Admitted: 2004, WestVirginia; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; 2004 West Virginia Supreme Court; 2005, Pennsylvania.  Education: U.S. Coast Guard Academy (B.S. Government 1996; National Honor Society for History Majors); West Virgina University School of Law (J.D. 2004; Class President 2001-2003; CALI Award for Constitutional Law; CALI Award for Trial Advocacy; West Virginia University Law Review; Order of the Coif)  Member: West Virginia State Bar; Pennsylvania State Bar; Monongalia County Bar Association; Preston County Bar Association. 

Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation

E-mail:  weturner@wvlawyers.com

Born:  Charleston, West Virginia, January 20, 1978;  Admitted: 2003, West Virginia; Education: Ohio Northern University, Claude W. Petit College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2003; Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, LL.M., Intellectual Property, 2005, Glenville State College, B.S., cum laude, 2000, Recipient, Daniel S. Guy Oral Advocacy Award, 2001. Member: American Inns of Court (Ohio Northern University Chapter); Associate Justice, Ohio Northern University Moot Court 2001-2003; Member, Order of Barristers, Ohio Northern University.; Member:  Wood County, West Virginia and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense; Education Law; School Law; Insurance Litigation; Intellectual Property; Entertainment Law

E-mail: ldemark@wvlawyers.com 

Jeffrey D. Van Volkenburg

Born:  Erie, Pennsylvania, 1979; Admitted: 2006, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; Education: Duquesne University, J.D., 2006, College of Wooster, B.A., History, 2001; 

Practice Areas:  Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury

E-mail: jdvanvolkenburg@wvlawyers.com

Joel L. Mumford

Born:  Mansfield, Ohio, April 6, 1981; Admitted: 2007, Florida; 2008, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Virginia; Education: St. Thomas University School of Law, J.D., 2006, West Virginia University, B.A., History, 2003; Member: The Florida Bar; West Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; Property Law; Insurance Defense; Contracts; Civil Litigation; Wills

E-mail: jmumford@wvlawyers.com

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Stephen G. Jory

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