Lawyer 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

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

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania, 1976
• U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania, 1976
• U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit, 1981

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Delaware County Bar Association, 2000 - Present
• American Bar Association
• Delaware County Bar Association, 2003 - Present (Orphan's Court Rules Committee)
• Delaware County Bar Association, 2001 - 2003 (Legal Education Committee - Civil Division)
• West Virginia Civil Liberties Union, 1984 - 1985 (Board of Directors and Vice President)
• Pennsylvania Civil Liberties Union, Pittsburgh Chapter, 1981 - 1983 (Board of Directors)
• U.S. House of Representatives, 1991 - 1992 (Consultant, Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources)
• Morgantown Planning Commission, 1991 - 1994 (Member)
• International Review of Law and Economics (Referee 1991, 1995-1996)
• North Central West Virginia Legal Aid Society, 1987 - 1988 (Board of Directors)
• West Virginia University Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Research Subjects, 1986 - 1991

Honors and Awards

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

Classes and Seminars

• Visiting Professor, Capital University Law School, Columbus, OH, 1999 - 2000
• Professor, Property, Wills and Trusts, Law and Economics, Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, DE, 1994 - 1999
• Professor, Property, Trial Advocacy, 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 - 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

Past Employment Positions

• Titus, Marcus & Shapira, Pittsburg, PA, Associate, 1980 - 1983
• Dimitrios Kollias, E.E., Porrovitsa, Greece, Assistant Manager, 1978 - 1980
• Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, PA, Associate, 1977 - 1978
• Hon. Edwin D. Steel, Jr., U.S. Sr. District Judge, D. Del., Wilmington DE, Law Clerk, 1975 - 1976
• US Environmental Protection Agency, 1995
• U.S. Department of Interior, 1995
• Monongalia County, Prosecuting Attorney, 1985
• West Virginia Legislature, Spring 1992, Spring 1994

Education

• Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
  B.A.
  Honors: With High Distinction
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
  Major: Economics

Published Works

• "Background: The American Legal System," Contributor, The Physician's Perspective on Medical Law, Ch 1. pp 1-18, 1977
• "The Physician and the Legal System," Contributor, The Physician's Perspective on Medical Law, Ch. 2, pp. 19-32, 1997
• "Interface with the Legal System Before Trial," Contributor, The Physician's Perspective on Medical Law, Ch. 3, pp. 33-49
• "Testimony at Trial", The Physician's Perspective on Medical Law, Ch. 4, pp. 51-65, 1977
• "Toward a New Ecological Law & Economics (Book Chapter) in Law and Economics: New and Critical Perspectives 249-94, Robin Paul Mallow & Christopher Braun eds., 1995
• "Responses to Perceived Unethical Practices in Clinical Neuropathology; Ethical and Legal Considerations" (Co-Author), 14 The Clinical Neuropathology 119-134, 2000
• "Which Externalities Should We Internalize?" (Comment on Paper by Prof. David Hods), 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 Coal bed Methane Recovery", Proceeding of Inter gas '95, International Unconventional Gas Symposium 497-508, 1998
• "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 Coal bed Methane Ownership", (Co-Author), Proceedings of the 1993 International Coal bed Methane Symposium 305-16, May, 1993
• "Legal Issues Affecting Coal bed Methane Development in the United States", The Silesia 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
• "Calabresi'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 West 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": Practical Considerations in the Selection of Barganing Representatives for Seasonal Farmworkers, 64 California Law Review 732-94, 1976
• "Representatives of Their Own Choosing"": Practical Considerations in the Selection of Barganing Representatives for Seasonal Farmworkers, 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
• "The Silent Revolution in West Virginia's Law of Nuisance, 92 West Virginia Law Review 235-353, 1990

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