Ms. Jones' primary practice is litigation defense, including toxic tort, medical monitoring class actions, employment discrimination claims, product liability, including medical device and pharmaceutical products, employer liability, deliberate intent and insurance bad faith.
Representative Experience
· Lead counsel for chemical companies in toxic tort, product liability and medical monitoring class actions
· Lead counsel in employment matters, including gender discrimination/harassment claims
· Lead counsel for businesses and employers in catastrophic injury and death cases involving alleged deliberate intent
· Lead counsel for companies in litigation before the Mass Litigation Panel in West Virginia
· Lead counsel for manufacturers and distributors in product liability cases, including medical device and pharmaceutical products
· Lead counsel for businesses and employers in sexual harassment cases
· Lead counsel for businesses in cases involving commercial disputes, breach of contract and tortious interference with a business relationship
· Lead counsel for insurers in cases involving bad faith and violation of the Unfair Trade Practices Act, extracontractual and coverage issues
· Trial Advocacy Institute, University of Virginia, 1996
Awards & Distinctions
· Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Affiliations
· Defense Research Institute
· American Bar Association
· Permanent Member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference
· Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
· West Virginia University Alumni Board
· West Virginia State Bar Foundation, past president
· Leadership West Virginia, Alumnus, 1996
Publications
· Featured in "Team Chemistry - Cytec Industries Inc. and Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC" by Steven Andersen, Counsel to Counsel Magazine, Fall 2010