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Craig Komorowski is moving on..... [07/28/2010]
Craig Komorowski will begin working as staff attorney with the Office of the Regional Counsel for the VA Medical Center on August 1, 2010.

Contribution to the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine [07/28/2010]
The firm made a $5,000 contribution to the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Endowment for the Robert C. Nerhood Chair.

Michael Farrell and Tamela White host 2010 Risk Management Seminar [07/22/2010]
Michael Farrell and Tamela White host 2010 Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Annual Risk Management Seminar.

Erik Legg Inducted to International Association of Defense Counsel [06/25/2010]
Erik W. Legg was inducted as a Member to the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC). The IADC is an invitation-only professional association for corporate and insurance defense lawyers around the world since 1920. Its activities benefit the approximately 2,500 invitation-only, peer-reviewed members and their clients as well as the civil justice system and the legal profession. IADC members are dedicated to the highest standards of professionalism and service and upholding the rule of law and integrity of the court system. Erik is a member of the complex litigation team with primary responsibility for pharmaceutical and medical products liability, medical professional malpractice, workplace exposure and injury litigation, and employment discrimination and wrongful discharge claims. In that capacity, he has managed more than one hundred drug product liability cases.

Erik Legg selected as 2010 West Virginia Rising Star [06/25/2010]
Super Lawyers selected Farrell, Farrell & Farrell partner, Erik W. Legg, as a West Virginia Rising Star in the Personal Injury - Products Defense practice area. Rising Stars is a listing of top lawyers who are 40 years old and younger who have been in practice 10 years or less. Only 2.5% percent of the lawyers in the state are named as a Super Lawyers Rising Star. Erik is a member of the complex litigation team with primary responsibility for pharmaceutical and medical products liability, medical professional malpractice, workplace exposure and injury litigation, and employment discrimination and wrongful discharge claims. In that capacity, he has managed more than one hundred drug product liability cases.

Farrell, Farrell & Farrell Attorneys Named to 2010 West Virginia Super Lawyer Rankings [06/25/2010]
Farrell, Farrell & Farrell, PLLC partners Michael Farrell, Paul Farrell, Joseph Farrell, Jr. and Tamela White were named West Virginia Super Lawyers, making them apart of the less than five percent of West Virginia attorneys that receive Super Lawyer honors each year. Michael J. Farrell is included under the practice area of Business Litigation, Paul T. Farrell is included under the Health Care practice area, Joseph M. Farrell, Jr and Tamela J. White are included in the Medical Malpractice Personal Injury Defense practice area. To be named a West Virginia Super Lawyer, a candidate must pass a stringent screening process that includes peer nominations, a blue ribbon panel review, and independent research on candidates.

Michael J. Farrell and David A. Stackpole co-authored an article for Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. [06/21/2010]
Michael J. Farrell and David A. Stackpole co-authored an article entitled "Product Liability- The Emergence of the Sophisticated Purchaser and Bulk Supplier Defenses"for Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. The article outlines two different defenses (Sophisticated Purchaser Defense and Bulk Supplier Defense) to failure to warn claims in products liability actions and how the two defenses can be used together as demonstrated by the recent decision by the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in Roney v. Gencorp, 654 F. Supp. 2d 501 (S.D. W. Va. 2009).

Article co-authored by Charlotte Hoffman Norris.... [06/16/2010]
The Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia published an article co-authored by Charlotte Hoffman Norris for the 2009-2010 Employment Law Update. The articles provided a review of Federal and West Virginia cases from March 2009 to March 2010 pertaining to Employment and Labor law.

Charlotte Hoffman Norris presented "Navigating Turbulent Waters: A Discussion of Employment Law" [06/16/2010]
On May 24, 2010, Charlotte Hoffman Norris presented a seminar regarding Employment Law for the Tri-Cities Daycare Directors' Association. The presentation was an overview of employment law, State and Federal, from posting a job to termination.

Charlotte Hoffman Norris serving as Chair of the Employment Law Committee of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. [06/16/2010]
Charlotte Hoffman Norris serving as Chair of the Employment Law Committee of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. She will serve as Chair of the Committee until May 2011.

Bernard S. Vallejos appointed to Chair of the Medical Liability Committee of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. [06/01/2010]
Bernard S. Vallejos was appointed to Chair of the Medical Liability Committee of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. DTCWV is committed to bring together attorneys who defend individuals and corporations in civil litigation.

Tammy White Presented "Claim Reporting Under the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007" [04/15/2010]
Tammy White Presented "Claim Reporting Under the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007" at the Health Care Law Seminar for WV CLE on March 19, 2010.

Michael Farrell published and presented.... [02/20/2010]
Michael Farrell published and presented on "Workplace Litigation ~ An Emerging Intersection Between Products liability and Mandolidis� for West Virginia Continuing Legal Education at the Canaan Valley Lodge, Davis, West Virginia (February 19-20, 2010)