Mr. Hicks' primary area of practice is litigation with a focus on product liability, premises liability, corporate and commercial litigation, insurance defense and medical malpractice defense.
Representative Experience
· Has taken approximately 100 jury trials to verdict in state circuit courts and federal district courts, as well as numerous bench trials in circuit and magistrate courts
· One of few lawyers who has taken a West Virginia "Mass Tort" case to verdict
· In demand as a mediator, mediating cases in all parts of West Virginia and eastern Virginia
· Has presented lectures on insurance law, trial tactics, legal ethics and office technology throughout West Virginia and in several seminars with a national audience
· Regular panelist on "The Law Works" West Virginia Public Television show on legal issues of interest to the public
Affiliations
· West Virginia State Bar, President, 1998 - 1999
- Representative, West Virginia State Bar Board of Governors, 1993 - 1996
- Appointed by two State Bar Presidents in 1999 and 2006 as Chairman of Lawyer Advertising Commission to examine and develop rules governing lawyer advertising
· American Bar Association, House of Delegates, 1998 - 1999
· American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow, 2007
· West Virginia Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2005
· Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel, Member
· American Inns of Court, Judge John A. Field, Jr. Chapter, Charter Member as Master of the Bench, 2002
· DRI, Member
· Appointed by the Honorable Elliott E. Maynard, then-Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, to serve on a commission to devise standard jury instructions for West Virginia cases, 2000
· Kanawha County Bar Association, President, 1988 - 1989
Other
· Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for Commercial Litigation
· West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, Vice Chairman, appointed by former Governor Cecil Underwood (R) and reappointed by former Governor Bob Wise (D), 1999 - 2006
· Board of Governors, Concord University, 2009 - present
· Legal Aid Society of Charleston, Board of Directors, 1992 - 1998
· Charleston Economic and Community Development Corporation, Board of Directors, former member
· Kanawha County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, former Chairman
· First Baptist Church of Charleston, Board of Trustees, Chairman, 1990 - 2003
· Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Board of Trustees and President
· West Virginia Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, former member; IOLTA Advisory Committee, Chairman
· Charleston Jazz Series, Board of Directors, member