Stephen M. Fowler

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Stephen M. Fowler: Attorney with Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, PLLC
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
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Biography

Mr. Fowler served from 1983 to 1984 as a law clerk to the Honorable Magistrate Judge Donald E. Abram for the United States District Court, District of Colorado. Following the advice of Magistrate Abram, Mr. Fowler sought a position with an insurance defense firm following the one year clerkship. Mr. Fowler's law practice has been focused on insurance defense litigation since 1984.

While in Colorado, Mr. Fowler's insurance defense litigation included asbestos, construction and other product liability claims. Upon returning to West Virginia, his practice continued in asbestos which has been a major focus of his litigation experience. West Virginia is a venue of national import in asbestos litigation.

Other areas of focus include governmental issues and liability. Mr. Fowler has served as Counsel to the West Virginia Board of Risk and Insurance Management since 2003. He has represented numerous State entities and municipalities in West Virginia including West Virginia University in asbestos related litigation.

One final area of focus is legal malpractice defense. Mr. Fowler has been successfully defending legal malpractice claims in Kentucky and West Virginia.

Mr. Fowler's trial experience includes over fifty (50) trials to a jury or the court. Mr. Fowler has argued cases to the Colorado Court of Appeals, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Fowler currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the Blue Ridge Chapter of the National MS Society.

In 2011, Mr. Fowler was awarded a rating of AV Preeminent, the highest possible rating, in both legal ability and ethical standards by Martindale-Hubbell. The AV Preeminent Rating is the pinnacle of professional excellence earned through a strenous Peer Review Rating process that is managed and monitored by the world's most trusted legal resource, Martindale-Hubbell.

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Areas of Practice (6)

  • Insurance Defense Litigation
  • Asbestos Litigation
  • Toxic Tort Defense
  • Products Liability
  • Medical, Legal and Architectural Malpractice Defense
  • Litigation

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Alderson-Broaddus College, B.A., Political Science, 1980; Alderson-Broaddus College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1980
Law School Attended:
University of Denver College of Law, J.D., 1983
Year of First Admission:
1983
Admission:
1983, Colorado; 1983, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1989, West Virginia; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 2006, Kentucky; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky; 2008, Ohio; 2009, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Kentucky
Memberships:
Rating of AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, 2011 - Present
Birth Information:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 17, 1959
Reported Cases:
Minnick v. City and County of Denver, 784 P.2d 810 (Colo.App. 1989); Hartford Ins. Co. v. CMC Builders, Inc., 752 P.2d 590 (Colo.App. 1988); Short v. Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., 401 F.Supp.2d 549 (S.D.W.Va. 2005); C&H Co. v. Richardson, 78 Fed.Appx. 894 (C.A.4 W.Va. 2003); In re West Virginia Rezulin Litigation, S.E.2d (W.Va. 2001); Abbott v. A-Best Prods. Co., 122 F.Supp.2d 688 (N.D.W.Va. 2000); Pelfrey v. Fields, 225 F.3d 655 (C.A.4 W.Va. 2000); State ex rel. Garden State Newspapers, Inc. v. Hoke, 520 S.E.2d 186 (W.Va. 1999); State ex rel. Ward v. Hill, 489 S.E.2d 24 (W.Va. 1997); Continental Cas. Co v. Assicurazioni Generali, S.P.A., 903 F.Supp. 990 (S.D.W.Va. 1995); Crawford v. West Virginia Dept. of Human Services, 37 F.3d 1493 (C.A.4 W.Va 1994); Gray v. Farley, 13 F.3d 142 (C.A.4 W.Va. 1993); Jones v. Glenville State College, 433 S.E.2d 49 (W.Va. 1993); State v. Chase Securities, Inc., 424 S.E.2d 591 (W.Va. 1992); Marks Const. Co, Inc. v. Board of Educ. of County of Wood, 408 S.E.2d 79 (W.Va. 1991).
ISLN:
907316242

Peer Reviews

4.5/5.0 (20 reviews)
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rating Badge

  • Legal Knowledge

    4.5/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    4.5/5.0

  • Judgment

    4.5/5.0

  • Communication

    4.4/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    4.5/5.0
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