Super Lawyers - Virginia 2011

SCOTT S. BLASS BORDAS & BORDAS, P. L. L.C. 1358 National Road Wheeling, WV 26003 Tel: 304-242-8410 Fax: 304-242-3936 sblass@bordaslaw.com www.bordaslaw.com

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL

Scott is a 1984 magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of West Virginia University and a 1987 graduate of the West Virginia University College of Law. Scott has handled hundreds of cases on behalf of individuals who have suffered catastrophic injuries and damages, including individuals exposed to toxic chemicals, individuals victimized by medical malpractice, individuals severely injured in truck and automobile collisions, individuals injured by defective products, and individuals victimized by bad faith insurance practices. Scott has served as lead trial counsel in over three dozen jury trials. He is a member of both the West Virginia and Ohio State Bars. He currently serves as Vice President of the West Virginia Association for Justice and has been honored by that organization in the past as its Member of the Year.

JAMES F. HUMPHREYS

JAMES F. HUMPHREYS & ASSOCIATES, L.C.

500 Virginia Street East Suite 800

Charleston, WV 25301

Tel: 304-347-5050

Fax: 304-347-5055 jhumphreys@jfhumphreys.com www.jfhumphreys.com

CLASS AC TION/MASS TORTS

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL ENVIRONMENTAL

Jim Humphreys has successfully practiced law for more than three decades, representing thousands of men, women, and children and their families. Humphreys & Associates concentrates on injury to persons and property caused by the misconduct of others, such as all serious injuries and death caused by exposure to asbestos and toxic substances, drugs, medical devices, and automobile wrecks. Humphreys & Associates is a leader in protecting families afflicted with the cancer known as mesothelioma. Jim Humphreys is a member of the Brain Injury Association of America Board of Directors. Humphreys has appeared in both state and federal courts and before the Supreme Court of West Virginia.

JAMES G. BORDAS, JR. BORDAS & BORDAS, P. L.L.C. 1358 National Road Wheeling, WV 26003 Tel: 304-242-8410 Fax: 304-242-3936 jbordas@bordaslaw.com www.bordaslaw.com

PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: GENERAL

PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: PRODUCTS

Mr. Bordas has been involved in numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts on behalf of his clients in multiple medical malpractice cases, toxic tort, lender liability, and soft tissue and myofascial pain fibromyalgia cases. Mr. Bordas was counsel for one of West Virginia’s largest single-plaintiff verdicts, a $50 million verdict in the case of Meredith v. Healthcare and Retirement Corporation of America. He has obtained numerous other multimillion-dollar settlements on behalf of his injured clients in various areas of the law, including general personal injury, insurance bad faith, and nursing home negligence. Mr. Bordas has appeared on numerous national television shows and networks including 60 Minutes, Inside Edition, and CNN. He has been a guest lecturer at trial seminars in a multitude of areas.

JAMES C. PETERSON

HILL, PETERSON, CARPER, BEE & DEITZLER, PLLC

500 Tracy Way Charleston, WV 25311

Tel: 304-345-5667

Fax: 304-345-1519 jcpeterson@hpcbd.com www.hpcbd.com

CLASS AC TION/MASS TORTS

PROFESSIONAL LIABILI T Y: PLAINTIFF PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL

James C. Peterson, a member and named partner with Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler, PLLC since 1983, currently focuses his practice on mass tort and class action litigation. To each new case, he brings a Board Certification as a Civil Trial Specialist from NBTA, a history of trying high-profile cases, and experience trying cases throughout the U.S. and in foreign jurisdictions. Mr. Peterson has been recognized as a life member of the American Association for Justice, an honor enjoyed by about 1 percent of the organization’s 50,000-strong membership roll. In addition to his work to obtain justice and compensation for people injured by grand-scale negligence, Mr. Peterson has authored over 40 papers and articles for the benefit of others in the legal community.

BARRY M. HILL

ANAPOL, SCHWARTZ, WEISS, COHAN, FELDMAN & SMALLE Y, P.C.

89 12th Street Wheeling, WV 26003

Tel: 304-233-4966

Fax: 304-233-4969 bhill@anapolschwartz.com www.anapolschwartz.com

Barry is the managing partner of the West Virginia office of Philadelphia-based Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C., which has ten attorneys listed in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers. The firm concentrates on complex litigation, including serious personal injury, financial fraud, and mass torts. Barry is a past president of the West Virginia Association for Justice. He has been certified by NBTA for 24 years as a Civil Trial Specialist and by ABPLA for 18 years as a Medical Liability Trial Specialist, and he is a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.

ANTITRUST LI TIGATION CONSUMER LAW

PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: PRODUC TS

ROBERT B. WARNER

WARNER LAW OFFICES

227 Capitol Street PO Box 3327

Charleston, WV 25333

Tel: 304-344-4460

Fax: 304-344-4508 bwarner@wvpersonalinjury.com www.wvpersonalinjury.com

Robert B. Warner handles a wide variety of personal injury litigation throughout West Virginia. Warner Law Offices, which is based in Charleston, represents clients in cases involving motor vehicle accidents, workplace injuries, insurance bad faith, employment matters, spinal cord injuries, birth injuries, and brain injuries. Warner graduated from the West Virginia University College of Law in 1998. Over the past ten years, Mr. Warner has successfully tried multiple jury trials each and every year. He is an active member of the West Virginia Association for Justice, the American Association for Justice, the West Virginia State Bar Association, and the Public Justice Foundation.