Focusing on insurance defense litigation and bad-faith litigation

EDUCATION

• B.A. in political science, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1985
• J.D., West Virginia University College of Law, 1990

LEGAL EMPLOYMENT

• Partner with MacCorkle Lavender Casey & Sweeney, PLLC; May 1, 1999 to present
• Associate, Meyer Darragh Buckler Bebenek & Eck, 1996-99
• Former Administrative Law Judge, West Virginia Education and State Employees Grievance Board
• Former Assistant Attorney General, West Virginia

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

• Admitted to practice law in West Virginia, both State and Federal Courts
• Mediator in both State and Federal Courts
• Extensive law practice in the areas of medical and non-medical professional liability claims; product liability involving all clients within chain of distribution; and administrative law involving employment disputes, having presided over 100 administrative hearings; Unfair Debt Collection Practice and Truth In Lending Act claims
• Experience with wrongful death suit claim of negligence; personal injury cases with significant experience in claims involving Chronic Pain Syndromes such as Fibromyalgia, Myofascial Pain Syndrome and other medically controversial syndromes, injuries and diseases
• Also experienced in the preparation of Extraordinary Remedies, including Injunctions, Writs of Mandamus and Writs of Prohibition, contractual disputes, Constitutional issues, declaratory judgments

• Partner, since 1999

• Insurance Defense Litigation
• Bad-Faith Litigation

• 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

• West Virginia, 1991
• U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1991
• U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of West Virginia
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of West Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

• West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1990
• Juris Doctorate
• West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1985 B.A.
• Honors: Political Science Honorary
• Major: Political Science
• Minor: Economics

• State v. Gibson, 413 S.E.2d 120 (West Virgina Supreme Court 1991)

• FoodLion
• A.B. Dick
• Sherwin Williams
• Yellow Freight
• Go-Mart, Inc.

• Grievance Procedure for West Virginia State Police, West Virginia Troopers Association, 1996
• Higher Education Instructor for Doctorial Students at Marshall University Graduate College

• West Virginia State Bar Member
• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Member
• Kanawha County Bar Association Member

• Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Associate, 1996 - 1999
• West Virginia, Former Assistant Attorney General
• West Virginia Education and State Employees Grievance Board, Former Administrative Law Judge

• July 21, 1963, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America