Jill McIntyre

Of Counsel

(O): 304.340.1000

(F): 304.340.1050

jmcintyre@jacksonkelly.com

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Jill McIntyre

Of Counsel

(O) : 304.340.1000

(F): 304.340.1050

jmcintyre@jacksonkelly.com

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Jill McIntyre is Of Counsel in the Litigation practice group. Jill is a skilled litigator who has handled complex toxic exposure and property contamination claims and defended lawyers faced with legal professional liability claims. She has overseen dozens of large-scale ESI collection and production projects. She practices out of the Firm’s office in Charleston, West Virginia.

Bio

Jill’s experience is an asset to clients in the ever-changing age of technology. She regularly advises clients and colleagues about digital systems, retaining and discarding electronically stored information, preserving, locating, collecting and producing data, and engaging in proportional, cost-effective discovery.

Jill’s hands-on approach to her practice sets her apart from her peers. She loves to go into a workplace to see first-hand how a company operates, interviewing client constituents, strategically preparing a defense, and matching up documents to the story to be related to a judge or jury. She goes above and beyond to prepare demonstrative exhibits designed to break down complex facts for jurors. She has experience with mass action and class action lawsuits and is knowledgeable about state and federal regulatory processes relating to environmental protection.

Jill has been named a West Virginia Super Lawyer^®and included in The Best Lawyers in America^®, including in the 2017 Business Edition for “Women in Law.” She is a past president of Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia and a founding member of the Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence, a non-profit that focuses on educating students. Jill serves on the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, and the Development Committee of Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg, West Virginia. She also serves on the Board of Fund for the Arts and helps coordinate the Fund’s outdoor jazz music festival.

Despite her penchant for technology, her hobbies are far more hands-on. If she could, she would sew, paint, and build things all day. She’s a self-diagnosed hoarder of textiles and spends her leisure time cooking, reading, gardening, and walking. But her favorite way to de-stress? Group singing . . . bring on the harmony.

Education

University of Richmond School of Law (J.D., 2001)
West Virginia University (B.A. in Psychology , 1991)

Admissions

West Virginia (2001)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia

Work History

Jackson Kelly PLLC (2001-Present)

Professional Organizations

Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Board of Governors Executive Committee, Immediate Past President
Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence, Treasurer, Co-Founder, Past President
Defense Research Institute
Judge John A. Field, Jr. American Inn of Court
Kanawha County Bar Association

Community

Fund for the Arts, Board of Directors Executive Committee, Past President
Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence, Co-Founder, Board of Directors, Treasurer
Carnegie Hall (Lewisburg, WV), Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Development Committee
West Virginia State Bar Board of Governors (2017-2019)

Awards

Named in Best Lawyers® Business Edition “Women in Law” (2017)
Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law, Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants (2010-2021)
Listed in the Litigation Section of Super Lawyers® Business Edition for Professional Liability: Defense (2013-2015)
Named in West Virginia Super Lawyers® for Professional Liability: Defense Law (2013-2020)
Named in West Virginia Super Lawyers® Rising Stars (2011)
Richmond Journal of Law and Public Interest, Manuscripts Editor
Phi Beta Kappa (WVU)

Speaking Engagements & Publications

Speaking Engagements

Panelist, “40 Years of Defense Trial Counsel; 40 Years of Legal Change,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia 40th Annual Meeting, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, June 10, 2022
“Client Docs – Collection to Trial,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Young Lawyers Seminar, Sept. 29, 2017
“Impact of Federal Rules Changes on Your Cases & Clients,” Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence (“AIDE”) Conference, Charleston, W.Va., April 21, 2015
“The eDiscovery Position on the Litigation Team; Where Angels Fear to Tread,” West Virginia Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Litigation 2015, Canaan Valley Resort, Davis, W.Va., Feb. 7, 2015
“Impact of Federal Rule Changes on Your Cases and Clients,” DRI Business Litigation Seminar, Washington, D.C., May 8, 2014
“Predictive Coding and Other Forms of Computer Assisted Review, “AIDE Conference, Charleston, W.Va., April 25, 2014
“The Rise of the Machine: Predictive Coding and Computer-Assisted Review,” DRI Women in the Law Seminar, Scottsdale, Arizona, Feb. 6, 2014 (co-presenter)
“Using Social Media to Investigate Parties, Witnesses, and Jurors,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Evidence and Discovery Seminar, Nov. 15, 2013
“eLicious e-Discovery: Just eNough to Judge,” Fall Circuit Judges’ Education Conference, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Oct. 11, 2013
“E-Discovery in the Trenches,” AIDE Conference, April 22, 2013 (co-presenter)
“Sabu the Hacker: The capture, the crimes, the damage done, and the fallout,” AIDE Conference, May 25, 2012 (co-presenter)
“E-Discovery on the Edge: Current Issues,” AIDE Conference, May 25, 2012 (co-presenter)
“Top Ten Rules of Document Retention/Destruction,” The Naked Truth About Exposure, Jackson Kelly PLLC Deliberate Intent Seminar, January 2012 (co-presenter)
“Evidentiary Issues in the Digital Age,” Training for Substitute Judges and Hearing Officers in Virginia, October-December 2011 (co-presenter)
“E-Discovery for Paralegals: The Key is Likely You,” DTCWV Annual Meeting, 2011
“‘Cull,’ ‘Image,’ ‘Early Case Assessment,’ and Other Key Vocabulary, and How to Assess Reasonable Accessibility,” AIDE Conference, 2010
“Reforms of Civil Pretrial Discovery on the Horizon,” AIDE Conference, 2010
“Record-keeping Practices that Prevent Legal Malpractice Allegations,” NBI Seminar, 2010
“Controlling E-Discovery Costs in Litigation,” AIDE Conference, 2010
“Handling Discovery Documents,” NBI Paralegal Education Program, 2009
“Ethical Duties of Attorneys in E-Discovery,” Second Creek Technologies WV Electronic Discovery Conference, 2008
“Limiting the Scope of the Attorney-Client Relationship: From ‘No Means No’ to ‘Let’s Just be Friends,’ “WVCLE Litigation Seminar, 2008
“Avoiding an Implied Attorney-Client Relationship,” DTCWV Annual Meeting, 2007
“Insurance Guidelines and the Inherent Difficulties in Representing the Insured While Working for and with the Insurance Company,” General Counsel Summit, 2006

Writings and Publications

Co-author with Eric Whytsell and Emily Renzelli, “Responding to Data Risks in the Workplace: Take Proper Care,” The State Journal, April 2013
Co-author, “Protecting Your Digital Footprint,” West Virginia Executive Magazine, Fall 2012
“Ex Parte Communication by Opposing Counsel with Your Client’s Current and Former Employees,” DTCWV Annual Meeting Notebook 2009
Co-author, “To Mass or Not to Mass? That is the Question …,” (a paper on mass litigation in West Virginia) for the 2006 Mountaineer CLE Series