Law Firm Overview

Areas of Practice

• Adoption
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Elder Law
• Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• Real Estate Law
• Taxation Law
• Trusts
• Wills

Honors and Awards

• "Best Paper Award" in Environmental and Regulatory Session - International Unconventional Gas Symposium 497-508

Published Works

• "Background: The American Legal System" (Contributor), The Physician's Perspective on Medical Law, Ch. 1, pp. 1-18
• "The Physician and the Legal System" (Contributor), The Physician's Perspective on Medical Law", Ch. 2, pp 19-32
• :"Interface with the Legal System Before Trial" (Contributor), The Physician's Perspective on Medical Law, Ch. 3, pp.33-49
• "Testimony at Trial" (Contributor), The Physicians Perspective on Medical Law, Ch. 4, pp 51-65
• "Toward a New Ecological Law & Economics (Book Chapter) in Law and Economics: New and Critical Perspectives 249-94, Robin Paul Malloy & Christopher Braun eds, 1995
• "Responses to Perceived Unethical Practices in Clinical Neuropsychology; Ethical and Legal Considerations" (Co-Author), 14 The Clinical Neuropsychology 119-134, 2000
• "Which Externalities Should We Internalize?", Comment of Paper by Prof. David Hodas, 3 Widener Law Symposium Journal 327-349, 1998
• "The Genesis and Evolution of Legal Uncertainty About 'Reasonable Medical Certainty'", 57 Maryland Law Review 380-504, 1998
• "Energy and Environmental Policy Options to Promote Coalbed Methane Recovery", Proceeding of Intergas '95, International Unconventional Gas Symposium
• "Despite Recent Judicial Decisions, Ownership of Coalbed Methane is Still Up in the Air, But New Forced Pooling Legislation Should Facilitate Production", 96 West Virginia Law Review 631-84, National Coal Issue, 1994
• "New Perspectives on the Indeterminacy of Coalbed Methane Ownership" (Co-Author), Proceedings of the 1993 International Coalbed Methane Symposium 305-16,, May, 1993
• "Legal Issues Affecting Coalbed Methane Development in the United States", The Silesian Coalbed Methane Newsletter, No. 3, pp. 3-9, Spring, 1993
• "Neither Boxed in Nor Circular" A Reply to Professor McChesney, 13 International Review of Law and Economics 233-35, 1993
• "Calbaresi's Revenge? Junk Science in the Work of Peter Huber, The Silent Revolution in West Virginia's Law of Nuisance", 92 West Virginia Law Review 235-353, 1990
• "Comparative Nuisance", 50 Pittsburgh Law Review 1109-89, 1989
• "Comparative Nuisance", Republished in "Personal Injury Review,", 455-548 Matthew Bender, 1990
• "Is Justice Implicitly Efficient?", 38 Journal of Legal Education 423-36, 1988
• "Comparative Negligence in Wet Virginia: Beyond Bradley to Pure Comparative Fault", 89 West Virginia Law Review 1039-88, 1987
• "Compensated Injunctions and the Evolution of Nuisance Law", 71 Iowa Law Review 775-832, 1986
• "The Tail Wags the Dog" Judicial Misinterpretation of the Federal Tort Claims Act's Ban on Punitive Damages", 27 William & Mary Law Review 245-99, 1986
• "Thoughts on the Role of Penalties in the Enforcement of the Clean Air and Clean Water Act", 17 Duquesne L. Rev. 1-31, 1978
• "Representatives of Their Own Choosing", 64 California Law Review 732-94, 1976
• "Representatives of Their Own Choosing", 1 Industrial Relations Law Journal, 1-63, 1976
• "Flaring Options for Coalbed Methane", U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1997
• "BMW of North America v. Gore", 116 S. Ct. 1589 (Co-Author), United States Supreme Court, 1995

Classes and Seminars

• Professor, Property, Wills and Trusts, Law and Economics, Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, DE, 1994 - 1999
• Professor, Property, Wills and Trusts, Law and Economics, West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown., WV, 1983 - 1994
• Presentation, "The Judicial Gatekeeper in Pennsylvania" Continuing Legal Education Program on Presenting the "Daubert and Frye" Motions", Delaware Bar Association, October 31, 2002
• Moderator, Panel on Healthcare Issues, Georgetown Conference on Socio-Economics, Washington, D.C., January 5, 2000
• "Toward an Ecological Law and Economics: Insights From Institutional Economics; Socio-economics; Ecological Economics, and Complexity Theory", Tulane Conference on Socio-Economics and Binary Economics, New Orleans, LA, January 6, 1999
• Moderator, Panel on State Activities to Promote Coalbed Methane Development, Environmental Protection Agency Program on "Deregulation and New Coalbed Methane Opportunities" Pittsburgh, PA, April 22, 1997
• "Which Externalities Should We Internalize?", Widener University Symposium on "The Role of Law in Sustainable Development", Wilmington, DE, November 22, 1996
• "The Expert Consultant Or Witness in Litigation", American Chemical Society/Chemical Consultants Network, Philadelphia, PA, November 14, 1996
• "Energy and Environmental Policy Options to Promote Coalbed Methane Recovery", Intergas '95, International Unconventional Gas Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1995
• "Daubert v. Merrell Dow: Junk Science in the Courtroom", W. Va. Continuing Legal Education Program, Morgantown, WV, October 1, 1993
• "Legal Issues Relating to Development of Coalbed Methane", WVU Panel Presentation to Visiting Delegation from Ukraine, Morgantown, WV, May 27, 1993
• "New Perspectives on the Indeterminacy of Coalbed Methane Ownership", International Coalbed Methane Symposium, Birmingham, AL, May 20, 1993
• "Coalbed Methane Provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 1992", Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA, May 7, 1993
• "Legal Update", Pittsburgh Coalbed Methane Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, April 22, 1993
• "Legal Issues Affecting US Development of Coalbed Methane", WVU Panel Presentation to Visiting Delegation from Poland, October 15, 1992
• "Judicial and Statutory Solutions to the Uncertain Ownership of Coalbed Methane", Appalachian Coalbed Methane Association, Williamsburg, VA, May 1, 1992
• "Legal Update", Pittsburgh Coalbed Methane Forum, Pittsburgh, PA, April 16, 1992
• "Judicial and Statutory Solutions to the Uncertain Ownership of Coalbed Methane", Pittsburgh Coalbed Methane Forum, Morgantown, WV, October 16, 1991
• "The Intersection of Nuisance Law and Environmental Regulation", Albany Law School, Albany, NY, April 5, 1990
• Commented on Energy Policy Act of 1992, U.S. Department of Energy, 1994
• Visiting Professor, Capital University Law School

Representative Cases

• Duff v. Morgantown Energy Assoc., 421 S.E. 2d 253 (WV 1992)

West Practice Categories

Estate Planning, Elder Law, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Adoption, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Real Estate Law, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Taxation Law