Practice Areas - General Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Employment Discrimination Law and Compliance
- Wrongful Discharge Litigation
- Labor Law
| - Toxic Torts
- Appellate Practice
- Complex Litigation
- Defense Litigation
- Trial Practice
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| Contact Info | Telephone: 304-340-3874
Cell Phone: 304-550-6490
Fax: 304-340-3801
http://www.spilmanlaw.com
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| University | Bridgewater College of Virginia, B.A., cum laude, 1987 |
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| Law School | University of Richmond, J.D., 1990 |
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| Admitted | 1990, West Virginia; 2002, Kentucky; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Ohio; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Sixth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas |
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| Memberships | International Association of Defense Counsel (Member and Officer of Hazardous and Chemical Product Committee Litigation Counsel of America). |
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| Born | New York, N.Y., December 6, 1964 |
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| Biography | Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Member (One of twenty), Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions' Negotiated Rulemaking Committee regarding the Older Workers' Benefit Protection Act. Associate Editor-in-Chief: "Damages in Employment-Related Actions," a book to be published by BNA. Co-author: "Employment Practices Liability Insurance," Employment Termination: Rights and Remedies, 2nd Edition, 2001 Supp., published by the ABA and distributed by BNA. Co-author: "Child Labor," The Fair Labor Standards Act, published by the ABA and distributed by BNA. Author: "The Civil Rights Act of 1991: What Does it Really Accomplish," Employee Relations Law Journal, Spring Edition, 1992; "The Older Workers' Benefit Protection Act: Forcing a New Look at Early Retirement Incentives and Waivers," Employee Relations Law Journal, Summer Edition, 1991; "Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio: The Supreme Court's Disparate Treatment of the Disparate Impact Doctrine," Hofstra Labor Law Journal, Fall Edition, 1990; "Reduction in Force Early Retirement Incentives and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act," Detroit College of Law Review, Fall Volume, 1989. Chairman, City of Charleston's Civil Service Commission, 1999—. Fellow: American Bar Association (Member, Section on: Litigation, Labor and Employment Law Section; Committees, Product Liability; Chair of the Chemical & Industrial Products Sub-Committee, Corporate Counsel, and Toxic Torts and Environmental Law). |
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| Reported Cases | Chaplin v. E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia 303 F. Supp. 2d 766 and U.S. Court of Appeals Nos: 04-1469(L), 04-1471; Childress v. City of Richmond, 134 F.3d 1205 (4th Cir 1998); Baughman v. Wal-Mart, 592 SE 2d 824 (WV 2003); McGraw v. Telecheck, 582 SE 2d 885 (WV 2003); Reed v. E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., 109 F. Supp. 2d 459 S.D. WV 2000). |
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| ISLN | 904549872 |
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