Ms. Lawrence’s primary areas of practice are general litigation, including personal injury, asbestos, products liability and workers' compensation litigation.

Bar Admissions

Admissions

• West Virginia State Bar
• Virginia State Bar (inactive)
• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Education

• Marshall University, B.A., Journalism, summa cum laude, 2004
• West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 2007
• University of Virginia National Trial Advocacy College, 2012

Significant Accomplishments

Representing clients in general litigation matters

Defending employers in workers’ compensation claims related to workplace injuries, occupational disease, occupational pneumoconiosis and hearing loss

Representing clients in asbestos litigation, toxic tort, and mass consolidation cases

Defending clients against personal injury, wrongful death and products liability claims, including deliberate intent and premise liability lawsuits in toxic tort litigation

Representing clients in insurance defense and personal injury litigation
 

Publications & Presentations

• Panelist, "Workers' Compensation and the Telecommuter," National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network Southeastern Regional Conference, May 5, 2023
• Panelist, “Look Before You Leap: Analyzing Differences in Compensability of Workplace Injuries,” National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network, September 21, 2021
• Panelist, National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network State Sidebar 2020, November 6, 2020
• Panelist, “End of 2016 West Virginia Legislative Session—A review of significant new laws,” April 2016
• Co-Author, West Virginia Chapter, Misrepresentation in the Life, Health, and Disability Insurance Application Process: A National Survey, Second Edition, 2015
• Author, “Attorneys’ Fees and Prosecuting Bad Faith/UTPA Cases,” DTCWV Spring Newsletter, 2014
• Co-Author, “ABA Amends Model Rules of Professional Conduct to Address Changes Brought by Technology and Globalization,” Professionalism Perspectives, Vol. 14 No. 1, a publication of DRI, May 2013
• Co-Author, “Insuring Your Growing Assets in the Appalachian Shale Plays,” The Shale Play Today, November 2012