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Presenter, “2018 West Virginia Legislative Update,” West Virginia SHRM Annual Conference, October 2018Co-author, “Reductions in Force: Factors to Consider in Order to Avoid Liability to Laid-Off Employees,” Energy & Mineral Law Foundation, 36th Annual Institute, Amelia Island, FL, 36 Energy & Min. L. Inst. 375 (2015)
Key Experience
Litigated various employment-related appeals from administrative tribunals to circuit court, and from circuit court to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Drafted drug-free workplace and testing policy for a large state government agency
Defended employers in state and federal court on claims of discrimination and retaliation under the West Virginia Human Rights Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as retaliation claims under the common law of WV
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Professional
West Virginia State BarUnited States District Court for the Southern District of West VirginiaAssociate Editor, West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 113Senior Research Editor, West Virginia Law Review Vol. 114CALI Award in Natural Resources