Anne focuses her practice on the representation of businesses and companies, often in the areas of toxic tort civil litigation and regularly involving asbestos and benzene defense work. She represents a range of large and small companies, including those connected to the steel, power and chemical industries in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Prior to joining the firm, Anne practiced for more than 20 years at Bailey, Riley & Harman in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Bar Admissions

West Virginia

Pennsylvania

Ohio

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Education

• West Virginia University College of Law (J.D., 1989)
• Marshall University (B.B.A., 1985)
  • Marketing

• West Virginia Super Lawyers^®
  • Personal Injury -- Products: Defense (2021)

• Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit of the United States, permanent member 
• West Virginia Bar Association
• West Virginia State Bar Association, Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection Committee
• Ohio County Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute, Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee
• West Virginia Northern Community College, Board of Governors, secretary, Executive Board 
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Upper Ohio Valley
• The United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley, Allocation Panel
• Christ United Methodist Church, Finance Committee
• The Junior League of Wheeling
• Wheeling Symphony Auxiliary
• Alpha Xi Delta Fraternity
• Victorian Wheeling Society
• Regional Economic Development Partnership (RED), Board of Directors
• Oglebay Institute, Board of Trustees
• Wheeling Symphony Society, Viennese Winter Ball Committee
• Wheeling Area Soccer Association, Board of Directors
• Elmhurst, The House of Friendship, Inc., Board of Directors, Finance Committee 
• West Virginia Bar Foundation, fellow
• American Inns of Court, Blackstone Chapter
• American Inns of Court, The William Blackstone Inn
• International Association of Defense Counsel