Mr. Paul is leader of the firm's "Battle Group," a practice group dedicated to handling high-risk matters heading to trial. His primary areas of practice are litigation and appellate practice focusing on complex tort litigation, commercial and employment litigation.
Areas of Practice
Appellate Practice
Consumer Finance Litigation
Employment and Labor
Litigation
Tort
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Obtained a number of jury verdicts for clients and successfully litigated more than one hundred disputes including various business issues and torts, including environmental and toxic tort claims, unfair trade practices, deliberate intent injury claims, and employment-related jury, bench and administrative trials
One of four lawyers in the nation selected to serve on a litigation strike force for an international Fortune 100 company
Often retained as substitute trial counsel in high risk matters
Successfully defeated the West Virginia Attorney General's attempt to obtain a statewide immediate preliminary injunction against the world leading check guarantee company
Works as troubleshooting appellate counsel, including recently successfully defending an employer pre-employment drug testing program
Argued numerous cases before various state and federal appellate courts, including an en banc panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
One of only twenty members of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Negotiated Rule Making Committee on The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act
Awards & Distinctions
Member, Trial Law Institute
Barrister, Order of Justicia and Order of Certus
Martindale-Hubbell Rating: AV (Highest)
Recognized in Chambers & Partners USA as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Business
Recognized as a West Virginia Super Lawyer
Chairman and Chief Judge, City of Charleston Civil Service Commission
Member, Diversity Law Institute
The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, Labor & Employment Law, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Member, International Association of Defense Counsel
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society
Professional Associations
American Bar AssociationSection of Litigaton Labor and Employment Law Section
Publications
Speaker, Litigation Counsel of America 2012 Spring Conference & Induction of Fellows, Santa Barbara, California, May 2012
Speaker, "Trying the Unwinnable Case," Litigation Counsel of America, Renaissance Symposium II, Watercolor, Florida, March 25, 2011
Spoken and published on the trial of complex toxic torts and the aggressive management of discovery in chemical product liability claims
Spoken and published internationally on Sarbanes-Oxley litigation, including a 2003 engagement in London, England
"Client Service in the Twenty-First Century "Finding Profits in Partnering," Texas State Bar Lawyer Boot Camp, 2003
"I'm Telling Mom on You: Sarbanes-Oxley Revisited," National CLE Conference in Snowmass, Colorado, 2005
"The Older Workers' Benefit Protection Act: Forcing a New Look at Early Retirement Incentives and Waivers," Employee Relations Law Journal, 1991
Bar Admission
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Sixth Circuits
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
Education
Bridgewater College of Virginia, B.A. in Philosophy and Religion, cum laude, 1987
University of Richmond, T. C. Williams School of Law, J.D., 1990
United States