Speaking Engagements

Leadership 

• • Generational Leadership
    • Moderator (with Grace Hurney, Jessica Sykora, Energy Transfer, and Melissa McAlpine, Polaris Inc.), “Harnessing Generational Differences for Client Satisfaction,” DRI Products Liability Seminar, San Antonio, Texas, Feb. 19, 2026
    • Moderator (with Caroline Massie, Robert L. Massie and Lindsey M. Saad), “Leadership, What Does it Look Like Now? A Four Generation Conversation,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting, Oglebay Park, West Virginia, June 13, 2025
    • Presenter (with Grace E. Hurney), Leadership, What Does it Look Like Now?, Association of Defense Trial Attorneys Annual Meeting, Lexington, KY, April 25 2025
  • Presenter, Inflection Points, Common Threads and Luck:  Lawyers and Leadership, West Virgina Bar Association Annual Meeting, Stonewall Resort, July 12, 2024
  • Presentation with Ricardo A. Woods, Mobile, AL, Communication Skills for Leaders, 2023 DRI Leadership Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October 28, 2023
  • Panel Member, “Transparent Management:  A Key to Hiring and Keeping Lawyers in These Changing Times,” DRI – the Voice of the Defense Bar Annual Managing Partners and Law Firm Leaders Conference, Denver, Colorado, Sept. 5, 2019
  • Panel Member and Co-author, Law Firm Culture:  It Matters!, DRI Law Firm Leader and Managing Partner Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 7, 2018

Speaking Engagements (Continued)

• • Presidential Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms 
    • Presenter, Ethical Issues and Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms, Defense Lawyers’ Association of Wyoming, 2026 Annual Meeting, Deadwood, South Dakota, June 10-12, 2026
    • Presenter, Ethical Issues and Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms, The West Virginia Bar Association Annual Meeting, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, August 8, 2025
  • Annual Panel Presentation, Review of Significant Decisions of the Appellate Courts of West Virginia, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and Business Summit, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, 2013-present
  • Presenter, Memorials for Departed Members, Association of Defense Trial Attorneys Annual Meetings, Yearly since 2020
  • Panelist (with Marta Schnabel, New Orleans, La., and Susan Gunter, Toronto, Ontario): Outsmarting Logan Roy: Lessons in Succession Planning, DRI 2025 Law Firm Leaders and Managing Partners Conference, June 5, 2025, Chicago, Ill
  • Presenter, To Try or Not to Try?  Evaluating MPLA Cases for Trial, West Virginia Society of Healthcare Risk Managers, Bridgeport, West Virginia, May 8, 2025
  • Presenter, My Grandma Was a Lawyer: The Life of Lorraine Wall Hurney, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia “For Women, By Women” Seminar, Stonewall Jackson Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia March 6-7, 2025
  • Panel Member, Significant Decisions of the 2023 Term of the Supreme Court of the United States, West Virginia University Health System CLE presentation, Morgantown, West Virginia, August 27, 2024 (analyzed the “Social Media,” “Trump,” and Emergency Stay dockets)
  • Presenter, “Investment in the American Judicial System: Non-Attorney Ownership of Law Firms and Third-Party Litigation Funding,” National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) General Counsel Connect Meeting, Chicago, Illinois (August 14, 2024)
  • Presentations as member of the West Virginia Civil Rules Committee on Amendments to the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure, effective January 1, 2025
    • Presentations to Jackson Kelly PLLC and other law firms
    • West Virginia Judicial Association, Bridgeport, W. Va., June 28, 2024
    • Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting, Myrtle Beach, W.Va., June 11, 2024
    • Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Association for Justice, Charleston, W. Va. June 6, 2024
    • West Virginia State Bar Regional Meetings in Charleston, Sept. 12, 2024, Parkersburg, Nov. 7, 2024, and Wheeling, Nov. 8, 2024
    • Supreme Court of Appeals Webinar, November 20, 2024
  • Panel Member, Effective Use of Medical Literature in the Modern Medical Malpractice Case, DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar, Feb 28, 2024 (with Whitney Burkett, Andrew DeSimone and Phil Willman)
  • “Playing in the Sandbox:  The Alternative Business Structure Movement”:  Panel Presentations with Marta Schnabel, New Orleans, Louisiana, and Susan Gunter, Toronto, Canada
    • Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, Online CLE Presentation, September 7, 2023.
    • DRI, Webinar Presentation, March 23, 2023
    • DRI, 2022 Professional Liability Seminar, New York, New York, Dec. 8-9, 2022
    • DRI, 2022 Law Firm Leaders and Managing Partners Conference, San Diego, California, Nov. 1-2, 2022
  • Panelist, Nuclear Verdicts, 41st Annual Meeting, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Stonewall Resort, West Virginia, June 19, 2023
  • Presenter, Five Things, JK Summer Clerk Orientation, June 6, 2023
  • Interview, Celebrating 20 Years – Tom and Grace Hurney, Legal Aid of West Virginia (Nov. 4, 2022) (Interview here).
  • Co-presenter with Marc Williams and Zak Ritchie, “Appellate Advocacy,” Legal Aid of West Virginia, Annual Lawyer Conference, Glade Springs, West Virginia, Sept. 29, 2022
  • Remote Presentation, “Top Five Recent MPLA Decisions,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Medical Liability Committee, Sept. 16, 2022
  • Presenter, Conducting Effective Depositions in Habeas Cases, West Virginia Public Defender Services, February 25, 2022 (via Zoom)
  • Panelist, “Not All Evidence Is Equal. What Sort of ‘Evidentiary Proof’ Will Satisfy Rule 23?,” 2022 IADC Mid-Year Meeting, Scottsdale, Arizona, Feb. 20, 2022 (On Demand offering; paper available here)
  • Panelist, “Ethics in the Real World – How the ‘Fourth Party’ Affects Mediation Ethics,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 18th Annual Advanced Mediation & Advocacy Skills Institute, Mediation Beyond Boundaries: Competencies & Ethics in a Digital World, Virtual Meeting, Nov. 5, 2021
  • Interview, Appealing to Win – A Q&A with Appellate Advocates, The West Virginia Lawyer 38 (Winter 2021-2022)(Article available here)
  • Speaker (with Monte Williams), “The Monte & Tom Show:  Diversity, Inclusion, Being Curious & Doing the Right Thing,” Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, Remote CLE, March 18, 2021
  • Speaker (with Marc Williams), “Emergencies, Remoteness and Don’t Do That,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Virtual Annual Meeting, May 14, 2020
  • Speaker, “2018-19 Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Review,” West Virginia Mutual Insurance Co. Annual Defense Counsel Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, Nov. 6, 2019
  • Panel Member (with Tojya Kelly, Mary T. Novacheck and Timothy Pratt), “Recent Developments in Federal Rules and 30(b)(6),” 2019 FDCC Counsel Corporate Counsel Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sept. 23, 2019
  • Presenter, “Practicing Law in the Age of Big Data,” Arkansas Association of Defense Counsel 2019 Annual Meeting, Fayetteville, Arkansas, Aug. 2-3, 2019
  • Presenter, “Practicing Law in the Age of Big Data,” Washington Defense Lawyers Association 2019 Annual Meeting and Convention, Cle Elum, Washington, July 18-21, 2019
  • Presenter with Haley Robb, “General and Specific Personal Jurisdiction,” Jackson Kelly PLLC Litigation Training, Charleston, West Virginia, June 24, 2019
  • Panel Member, Ethical Issues in Drug & Device Litigation: “Ex Parte Contact with Treating Physicians,” DRI 2019 Drug and Medical Device Seminar, Washington, District of Columbia, May 17, 2019 (with Janet H. Kwuon, Reed Smith, Los Angeles, California, and Christopher Loder, Bayer Corporation, Whippany, New Jersey)
  • Interview, DRI “A Conversation With…” Podcast Series, April 10, 2019. (Listen to the podcast here)
  • Panelist, “Litigation Skills Workshop:  Challenging Life Care Planning Experts,” DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Annual Seminar, Nashville, Tennessee, March 20, 2019
  • Presenter with Al Sebok, “Depositions III:  Rule 30(b)(6)-(7) Depositions,” Jackson Kelly PLLC Litigation Training, Charleston, West Virginia, March 19, 2019
  • Speaker with Robby J. Aliff, “Defending Depositions:  Holiday Edition,” Jackson Kelly PLLC Litigation Training, Charleston, West Virginia, Dec. 5, 2018
  • Speaker, “2017-18 Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Review,” West Virginia Mutual Insurance Co. Annual Defense Counsel Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, Oct. 30, 2018
  • Panel Member, “Generational Changes in the Practice of Law,” University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2018
  • Speaker with Robby J. Aliff, “Taking Depositions,” Jackson Kelly PLLC Litigation Training, Charleston, West Virginia, Sept. 12, 2018
  • Speaker with Emily Coughlin (Boston, MA), “Big Data & You:  Practicing Law in the Age of Unlimited Information,” Defense Lawyers’ Association of Wyoming, Sheridan, Wyoming, Aug. 9-10, 2018
  • Panel Member, “Contribution and Indemnity, the Empty Chair, and Verdict Forms after W.Va. Code §§ 55-7-13a to 13d,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting, Stonewall Jackson Resort, Roanoke, West Virginia, May 16-18, 2018
  • Speaker, Closing Arguments, IADC “How To” Series, July 21, 2017 (On YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr5Mv8vd42A)
  • Panel Member, “How to De-Bunk and Explain Plaintiff’s Voodoo Economics to Juries in Catastrophic Injury Cases,” International Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, July 11, 2017″ (https://www.iadclaw.org/assets/1/7/7.1-_Miller-_Final_IADC_Annual_Meeting_Paper.pdf)
  • Panel Member, “Advanced Trial Tactics,” Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, April 20, 2017
  • Speaker, “A Tribute to Lorraine Wall Hurney,” FDCC Women’s Forum, Charleston, South Carolina, March 5, 2017
  • Speaker, “Defending Against Life Care Plans,” DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2-3, 2017
  • Speaker, “Litigating Cases in the Spotlight,” DRI Women in the Law Seminar, Scottsdale, Arizona, Feb. 1-3, 2017
  • Panelist, “Using Voluntary Bar Associations to Grow Your Practice,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, June 13, 2016
  • Faculty, DRI Deposition Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 2015-2017
  • Speaker, “Big Data & You: Practicing Law in the Age of Unlimited Information,” West Virginia State Bar Annual Conference and Meeting, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, April 4, 2016
  • Speaker, “Defending Inflated Life Care Plans,” International Association of Defense Counsel Mid-Year Meeting, Pebble Beach, California, Feb. 23, 2016
  • Speaker, “Big Data II,” West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants Legislative Conference, Charleston, West Virginia, Jan. 25, 2016
  • Co-Presenter (with Tammy Welch, WV Mutual Insurance Company), Medical Malpractice Institute, National Association of Paralegals, 40th Annual Convention, Tulsa, Oklahoma, July 22-24, 2015
  • Speaker, “Medical Liability Reform in 2015,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting, Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia, June 18, 2015
  • Speaker, “Big Data,” West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants Annual Meeting, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, June 17, 2015
  • Speaker, “Product Misuse and the Internet,” DRI Product Liability Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, Feb. 4, 2015
  • Presentation with Christopher Parkerson (Boston, Massachusetts), Closing Arguments, International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, Stanford, California, July 30, 2014
  • Faculty, 42nd Annual Trial Academy, International Association of Defense Counsel, Stanford, California, July 26-Aug. 1, 2014
  • Speaker, “The Good News Blues: Cross of the Shaky but Admissible Expert,” Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., April 23, 2014
  • Speaker, Jury Selection, Utah Defense Lawyers’ Association, Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 8, 2014 (DRI sponsored)
  • Various presentations to Jackson Kelly PLLC Litigation A Practice Group (Young Lawyers) on trial practice, discovery and case handling, business development and ethics (2010-2014)
  • Panelist & Speaker, “Just Do It:  Training Young Lawyers,” Association of Defense Trial Attorneys, Annual Meeting, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, April 23, 2013
  • Speaker, “Danger Will Robinson! Discovery Sanctions under Rule 26(b),” West Virginia Continuing Legal Education, Annual Litigation Seminar, Canaan Valley, West Virginia, Feb. 22-23, 2013
  • Speaker (with Marc Williams, Huntington, W.Va.), “Climbing Out of the Hellhole: Litigation Reforms in West Virginia,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, June 9-12, 2013
  • Speaker, “Great Work Product,” JK Summer Clerk Orientation, June 5, 2013
  • Speaker, “Medical Professional Liability Year in Review,” West Virginia CLE, Annual Health Law Seminar, 2010-14
  • Panelist, “Do’s and Don’ts of Discovery” (with Judge Louis Bloom and Nick Casey), West Virginia Bar Association Young Lawyers “Legal Ease” Conference, Edgewood Country Club,  Nov., 21, 2012 (http://wvbarassociation.org/assets/pdf/communique/WVBARJune13_ONLINE.pdf)
  • Interview, In the Footsteps of Big Grandma, West Virginia Super Lawyers Magazine (June 15, 2012) (Interview here).
  • Speaker, “Effective Use of Medical Literature,” Defense Trial Counsel Annual Meeting, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, June 14, 2012
  • Speaker, “The Fabric of a Trial:  Wearing the Tapestry from Voir Dire Through Examination to Final Argument,” DRI Trial Tactics Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2012
  • Speaker, “Effective Presentation of the Standard of Care, 28th Annual Conference on Obstetrics, Gynecology, Perinatal Medicine, Neonatology and the Law, Boston University School of Medicine, Costa Rica, Jan. 2012
  • Speaker, “Punitive Damages,” Edison Electric Institute 2011 Claims Committee Meeting, Sept. 18-21, 2011, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Speaker, “Telling Stories: Closing Arguments and the Talking Frog,” Iowa Defense Counsel Association Annual Meeting, Sept. 16, 2011, Des Moines, Iowa (DRI sponsored)
  • Webinar Panelist (with Ed Birk, Jacksonville, FLA), “Deposing the Plaintiff,” Association of Defense Trial Attorneys Webinar Series, Aug. 17, 2011
  • Speaker, “Telling the Story in the Closing Argument,” 2011 West Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, April 18, 2011
  • Speaker, “Health Law and Litigation,” West Virginia Medical Group Management Association Spring Conference, March 11, 2011
  • Co-presenter, “The Latest on Jury Selection,” Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, Sandestin Beach Resort, Florida June 17-20, 2010 (with Randall Sellers, Birmingham, Ala.)
  • Speaker, “Getting It In:  The Fundamentals of Admitting Evidence,” Young Lawyers, Eden Roc Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida, June 17, 2010
  • Speaker, “Defending Negligent Credentialing and Privileging Claims,” DRI Medical Liability & Health Care Seminar, Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix, Arizona, Feb. 11-12, 2010
  • Guest, “Talkline,” Subject:  Judicial Selection, Sept. 24, 2009
  • Appearance as Representative of Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Public Hearing, Governors’ Independent Commission Judicial Reform, West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, Sept. 21, 2009
  • Speaker, “Telling Your Client’s Story from the Answer to the Closing Argument,” Tri-State Defense Lawyers Annual Meeting, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sept. 12, 2009 (DRI sponsored)
  • Speaker, “Telling Your Story:  Direct and Cross Examination,” West Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting, Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia, April 25, 2009
  • Speaker, “Preemption, Shack, ADTA and the Talking Frog,” ADTA Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, April 19, 2009
  • Speaker, “The Law of Expert Witnesses in West Virginia,” West Virginia University/CLE Annual Litigation Seminar, Canaan Valley, West Virginia, Feb. 6-7, 2009
  • Hearing on Judicial Selection, Appearance as Representative of West Virginia Bar Association Judicial Improvement Committee and Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia President, Joint Interim Session House and Senate Judiciary Committees, West Virginia Legislature, Charleston, West Virginia, Dec. 7, 2008
  • Speaker (with Randy Sellers, Birmingham, Alabama), “Techniques for Jury Selection and Use of Jury Questionnaires,” IADC 2008 Annual Meeting, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, July 5, 2008
  • Panel Member, “Issues Facing the West Virginia Bar,” West Virginia Association for Justice Annual Meeting, Charleston Marriott, Charleston, West Virginia, June 12, 2008 (invited panelist as President, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia)
  • Commencement Speaker, St. Agnes Middle School, June 3, 2008 (final graduating class upon closing of Middle School)
  • Panel Member, “Issues for Paralegals,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting, Glade Springs, West Virginia, May 16, 2008
  • Panel Member, “Long Range Planning for SLDO’s,” DRI Central Regional Meeting, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, April 25, 2008
  • Speaker, “National Issues,” Association of Defense Trial Attorneys Annual Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, April 11, 2008
  • Speech and Paper, “Medical Professional Liability Review,” and “On the Docket,” West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company, Defense Panel Forum, Charleston, West Virginia, Nov. 15, 2007
  • Faculty, “Opening and Closing Statements,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Trial Academy, Jackson Kelly Conference Center, Sept. 15, 2007
  • Presentation, “Review of Current Decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia,” Jackson Kelly General Counsel Summit, Cheat Mountain Club, Sept. 14, 2007
  • Panelist, “Trends in the Court and Their Impact on West Virginia Physicians and the Care They Deliver,” West Virginia State Medical Association Annual Meeting, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Aug. 25, 2007
  • Speech and Paper, “Judicial Disqualification and Other Impossible Positions for Defense Lawyers,” ADTA Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, April 19, 2007
  • Panel Member, “Defending Birth Injury Cases from the Pros,” Birth Injury Blockbuster Program, DRI Medical Liability Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, March 7-9, 2007 (Neonatal Issues)
  • Speaker, “Physician Testimony,” Berry Hills Country Club, Charleston, West Virginia, Feb. 13, 2007, sponsored by Thomas Hospital Foundation and West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company (with Judith A. Davis, Director of Risk, WVMIC)
  • Speaker, “Sequestration of Witnesses,” Bailey & Wyant PLLC Firm Retreat, Summit Conference Center, Charleston, West Virginia, June 9, 2006
  • Co-chair, West Virginia Continuing Legal Education Mountaineer Series, “Evidence,” Morgantown, West Virginia, 2004-2006
  • Moderator, Bench & Bar Meeting:  Circuit Court of Kanawha County Judges, Charleston, West Virginia, Oct. 18, 2005
  • Mock Trial Presentations, Constitution Day, St. Agnes Middle School, Sept. 17, 2005
  • Panelist, “Expertise for Experts:  Practical Pearls,” International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) 2005 Midyear Meeting, Westin Reo Mar, San Juan, Peurto Rico, Feb. 15, 2005 (panel discussion and presentation on cross examination of expert witnesses)
  • Speech and Paper, “2004 Medical Professional Liability Review,” West Virginia University/CLE Annual Litigation Seminar, Canaan Valley, West Virginia, Feb. 4-5, 2005
  • Panel Member, “The Kessel Case:  Are Exclusive Contracts Dead in West Virginia Hospitals?,” West Virginia Hospital Association, Charleston, West Virginia, Nov. 10, 2004
  • Moderator, Debate on the Patriot Act, Kanawha County Bar Association, Charleston, West Virginia, May 20, 2004
  • Presentation, “Civil Justice Reform in West Virginia,” DRI Central Region Meeting, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, May 1, 2004
  • Moderator, Bench & Bar Meeting:  Supreme Court Candidates Forum, Joint Meeting of Kanawha County and West Virginia Bar Association, Charleston, West Virginia, March 18, 2004
  • Interviewed for Article, “Steering Clear of Malpractice Problems in Residency,” American College of Physicians Observer, Sept. 2003
  • Speech and Paper (with Gretchen M. Callas), “Dealing with the Peer Review Privilege in West Virginia and Virginia,” Joint Meeting of the West Virginia and Virginia Bar Associations, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, July 11, 2003
  • Panelist, “Is There A Medical Malpractice Crisis in West Virginia?,” Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership, West Virginia Leadership Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, May 16, 2003
  • Presentation (with David J. Romano, Clarksburg, West Virginia) and Paper, “Attorney Client Privilege and Work Product in Third Party Bad Faith Actions in West Virginia,” West Virginia State Judicial Association Annual Conference, Snowshoe Resort Mountain, West Virginia, May 8, 2003
  • Speech, “West Virginia’s New Medical Professional Liability Amendments:  HB 2122,” Southern West Virginia Chapter of AALNC, Charleston, West Virginia, May 1, 2003
  • Speech, “Dealing with Settlement Pressure,” MAWV West Virginia Defense Attorney Workshop, Charleston, West Virginia, April 11, 2003
  • Moderator, Panel Discussion of Kanawha County Judges, Kanawha County Bar Association Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, March 20, 2003
  • Panelist, Medical Professional Liability Issues, Kanawha County Bar Association, Charleston, West Virginia, Feb. 13, 2003
  • Speech, “Strange Cases, Rules and Other Secret Stuff I Learned By Accident,” Farrell Law Firm Annual Retreat, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Nov. 8, 2002
  • Testimony as Representative of Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia regarding changes in West Virginia’s Wrongful Death Statute, Joint Judiciary Subcommittee B, June 14, 2002
  • Speech and Outline, “Documentation and Charting for the Future,” Lorman Education Services, Charleston, West Virginia, Feb. 6, 2002
  • Speech, “HB 601 and the Status of Tort Reform in West Virginia,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Student Chapter, Morgantown, West Virginia, Oct. 18, 2002
  • Panelist, Medical Malpractice Tort Reform Colloquium, West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, Oct. 16, 2002
  • Speech, “Accountability,” Capital Area Radiologic Technologist’s Fall Seminar, South Charleston, West Virginia, Sept. 28, 2002
  • Speech and Paper, “A Review of the 2001 Medical Liability Enactments (HB 601),” 2002 Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting, Lakeview Resort, Morgantown, West Virginia, May 31, 2002
  • Panelist, “Is There a Medical Malpractice Crisis in West Virginia?,” 2002 Hugh O’Brien Youth Foundation Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, May 17, 2002
  • Speech and Paper, “2001 Medical Professional Liability Reforms:  An Overview,” West Virginia University/CLE Annual Litigation Seminar, Canaan Valley, West Virginia, Feb. 8-9, 2002
  • Guest, “Talkline,” Subject:  “Medical Malpractice Crisis.”  Oct. 16, 2001
  • Speech, “Do’s and Don’ts of Documentation,” Thomas Hospital 12th Annual Patient Care Symposium, Charleston, West Virginia, Oct. 10-11, 2001
  • Guest Lecture, “Medical Professional Liability,” Masters of Legal Studies Program, West Virginia University, Charleston, West Virginia, Oct. 15, 2001
  • Co-chair, WVU/CLE Mountaineer Series, “Litigation,” Morgantown, West Virginia, Oct. 5, 2001
  • Speech, “Medical Records in Litigation,” West Virginia University School of Medicine Pediatric Residents, Charleston, West Virginia, Jan. 2001
  • Speech, “Documentation and Communication:  The Medical Record in Litigation,” Capital Area Radiologic Technologist’s Winter Seminar 2001, Charleston, West Virginia, Feb. 2001
  • Speech, “Deliberate Intention Litigation and Medical Monitoring,” Jackson & Kelly PLLC Client Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, Nov. 16, 2000
  • Speech, “Healthcare Issues 2000 – Documentation Workshop,” Thomas Memorial Hospital Workshop, Charleston, West Virginia, Nov. 8-9, 2000
  • Co-chair, WVU/CLE Mountaineer Series, “Civil Discovery,” Morgantown, West Virginia, Sept. 15-16, 2000
  • Speech and Paper, “Medical Professional Liability,” West Virginia University/CLE Annual Litigation Seminar, Canaan Valley, West Virginia, Jan. 22-23, 1999
  • Workshop, “Medical Professional Liability,” New River Family Health Center, Daniels, West Virginia, Jan. 1999
  • Speech, “Legal Issues for the Elderly,” Thomas Memorial Hospital/PsyCare Mountain Retreat, Snowshoe, West Virginia, Oct. 1998
  • Workshop, “Legal Issues and Confidentiality Concerns,”  WV Health Information Management Association, Semi-Annual Meeting, Glade Springs Resort, Daniels, West Virginia, May 1998
  • Workshop, “Medical Professional Liability,”  WVU Family Practice Residency Program, Charleston, West Virginia, March 1998
  • Panelist, “Medical Records in Litigation,” WV State Bar Annual Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, May 1997
  • Speech and Paper, “Release of Mental Health Patient Records,”  Medical Education Services Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, Nov. 1996
  • Panel Member, “A Bench and Bar Discussion on Practice Before the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia,” WVU/CLE, Morgantown, West Virginia, Sept. 1996
  • Co-chairman, WV CLE “Law and Medicine Seminar,” Morgantown, West Virginia, Sept. 1996
  • Speech, “Current Legal Issues for Social Workers in West Virginia,” National Association of Social Workers, WV Chapter, Annual Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
  • Speech and Panel Presentation, “Liability Concerns for Social Workers,”  University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia, 1995
  • Speech, “Medical Malpractice,” West Virginia Association of Physician’s Assistants, Spring Conference, South Charleston, West Virginia, March 30, 1995
  • Speech, “Medical Malpractice and Insurance Bad Faith,”  Mutual Assurance Lawyers’ Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, Oct. 1994
  • Speech and Paper, “What Morris v. Consol Means To You,” Jackson & Kelly Seminar, University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia, Sept. 1994
  • Speech and Paper, “Confidentiality of Medical Records in West Virginia,” WV State Bar Annual Litigation Seminar, Canaan Valley, West Virginia, Feb. 1994
  • Speech and Paper, “Frivolous Litigation in West Virginia,” Lorman Business Center Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, March 1992, April 1993
  • Speech and Paper, “Medical Malpractice in West Virginia,” Jackson & Kelly Client Seminar, “Health Care in the 90’s,” Morgantown, Martinsburg & Charleston, West Virginia, April 1992
  • Speech and Paper, “Medical Malpractice in West Virginia,” WV State Bar Annual Meeting, Morgantown, West Virginia, May 1992
  • Speech and Paper, “Mandolidis Litigation Today,”  West Virginia State Bar Annual Litigation Seminar, Canaan Valley, West Virginia, Feb. 1992
  • Speech and Paper, “Frivolous Litigation in Ohio,” Lorman Business Center Seminar, Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 1991
  • Speech and Paper, “Confidentiality of Medical Records,” Medical Education Services Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, Feb. 1991
  • Speech and Paper, “Third Party Access to Medical Records,” Lorman Business Center Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, Oct. 1990
  • Speech and Paper, “Liability for the Torts of the Intoxicated,” WVU/CLE Series, WVU College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, Sept. 1990
  • Speech and Paper, “Defense Perspective on Insurance Bad Faith,” PESI Insurance Litigation Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, June 1990
  • Speech and Paper, “Confidentiality of Psychological Records,” WV Psychological Assn. Annual Meeting, Pipestem State Park, West Virginia, Oct. 1989
  • Speech and Paper, “Rule 11 Sanctions,” West Virginia Continuing Legal Education Mountaineer Series, Morgantown, West Virginia, Sept. 1988
  • Speech and Paper, “Nursing Malpractice,”  Nursing & The Law ’87, Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, West Virginia, June 1987

Writings and Publications

• Jackson Kelly Blogs
  • Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Holds Insured Must Show Prejudice Where an Insured Files a Late Claim Under the Policy Terms, The Legal Brief, May 27, 2026
  • Intermediate Appellate Court of West Virginia Affirms Dismissal of Complaint on First Amendment Grounds, The Legal Brief, May 28, 2026
  • Fourth Circuit Upholds West Virginia’s School Vaccination Law, Health Law Monitor, April 9, 2026
  • Communications With AI Platform Are Not Privileged, The Legal Brief, Feb. 28, 2026
  • Due Process is Required When Persons are Arrested and Detained, Labor & Employment News Alert, Jan. 30, 2026
  • Intermediate Appellate Court Upholds Minor Statute of Limitations in MPLA, Health Law Monitor, Nov. 12, 2025
  • Supreme Court holds that claims against health care providers for “economic” only damages under the Consumer Credit Protection Act are not subject to the Medical Professional Liability Act, Health Law Monitor, June 12, 2025
  • Intermediate Court of Appeals of WV Upholds Covid-19 Act Immunity, Health Law Monitor, March 21, 2025
  • Supreme Court to Decide Whether Federal Courts Will Enforce State Statutes Requiring Pre-Suit Affidavits Against Health Care Providers, Health Law Monitor, March 10, 2025
  • Health Care Providers are Protected Against Double Recovery by Plaintiffs Because W. Va. Code § 55-7B-9 (b) Requires Reduction of Jury Verdicts by the Amount of any Pretrial Settlements, Health Law Monitor, March 15, 2024
  • Commentary, “What gave you confidence as a lawyer,” JK Says, May 28, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18z94d7Rbz/
  • Commentary, How to Be Successful as a Summer Clerk, JK Says, May 6, 2025, https://www.facebook.com/jacksonkellylaw/videos/in-todays-edition-of-jksays-attorney-tom-hurney-shares-two-simple-ways-summer-as/1044024507586579/
• Author, “Civility,” published in Currie and Gallivan, The American Crisis in Civility 221 (FDCC 2026)
• Author, Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms, Defense Lawyers’ Association of Wyoming, 2026 Annual Meeting, Deadwood, South Dakota, June 10-12, 2026
• Co author with Grace E. Hurney, Harnessing Your Firm’s Generational Differences for Client Satisfaction, For the Defense (DRI April 2026). 
• Author, Preparation of Orders in West Virginia Circuit Courts, DTCWV Defender 16 (Winter/Spring 2025-26)
• Co-Author, with Abigail L. O’Hern, The Timeline of Appeals in West Virginia, The West Virginia Lawyer 36 (Spring 2026)
• Author and co-author, West Virginia Medical Professional Liability & Health Care Litigation Review, Defense Trial Counsel Annual Litigation Digest (Yearly since 2003)
• Author, Watch What You File, It May Get Unsealed: A Primer on the Judicial Document Doctrine, The DTCWV Defender (Winter 2025) (https://dtcwv.org/assets/pdf/newsletters/Winter_WEB_2025.pdf).
• Co-author with Peggy Schultz, Be a Leader by Following in the Footsteps of Others, DTCWV Defender – Fall Edition 2025
• Co-author (with Kaillee Jackson-Russo and Lane Jordan, Jackson Kelly 2025 summer clerks), Ethical Issues and Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms, The West Virginia Bar Association Annual Meeting, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, August 8, 2025
• Co-Author (with Grace E. Hurney, Caroline G. Massie, and Robert L. Massie), Leadership – What Does it Look Like Now?, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting Oglebay Park, West Virginia, June 2025 (Updated from prior paper for ADTA)
• Author, Plaintiffs’ Jury Verdicts Overturned Due to Social Media Posts by Counsel During Trial, The Voice, Vol. 24, Issue 5 (DRI May 2025) (https://www.dri.org/newsletters/the-voice/2025/may#center1)
• Co-Author, with Grace E. Hurney, Leadership – What Does it Look Like Now?, ADTA Annual Meeting, Lexington, KY, April 25, 2025
• Author, Third Party Litigation Financing, The DTCWV Defender (Fall Ed., 2023)
• Author, Big Verdicts in West Virginia and What Drives Them, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting, Stonewall Resort, June 19, 2023
• Guest Post, “More on Expert Gatekeeping in West Virginia,” Drug & Device Law, June 13, 2023 (https://www.druganddevicelawblog.com/2023/06/guest-post-more-on-expert-gatekeeping-in-west-virginia.html)
• Thomas J. Hurney, Jr. and Maureen V. Runyon, Understanding Child Sexual Abuse Disclosures And Forensic Interviewing, For the Defense 27 (DRI May 2023). The article is available at: May FTD_Runyon_Hurney.pdf
• Thomas J. Hurney, Jr., Marc Williams and Zak Ritchie, Pigs, Truffles and Random Tips on Appellate Work in West Virginia, Legal Aid of West Virginia Training Conference, Glade Springs Resort, Daniels, West Virginia, September 29, 2022
• Author, “MPLA Stuff,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Medical Liability Committee (Aug. 16, 2022) (Paper supporting presentation on “Top Five MPLA Cases”)
• Author, “WV Supreme Court Reinforces Mandatory Pre-Suit Requirements in Medical Professional Liability Actions,” Jackson Kelly PLLC Health Law Monitor, July 12, 2022
• Co-author with Summer Associate Anna Williams, “Kemp v. United States – The Supreme Court Finds that a Judge’s Error of Law is a ‘Mistake’ Under Rule 60(b)(1),” Jackson Kelly PLLC The Legal Brief, June 16, 2022
• Co-author, “Nonlawyer Investment in the Legal Economy,” DRI Center for Law and Public Policy (2022)
• Co-author with Neil C. Brown, “Ohio Court Denies Preliminary Injunction Requiring Administration of Ivermectin,” Jackson Kelly PLLC Health Law Monitor, Sept. 8, 2021
• Author, Life During COVID 2020, The Defender, Spring 2020, (Online at https://dtcwv.org/assets/pdf/newsletters/Spring-2020_.pdf)
• Co author with Lauren Riesenger , Challenging CT Scans In Medical Monitoring Claims, Law 360 Expert Analysis, August 11, 2020, https://www.law360.com/articles/184491/challenging-ct-scans-in-medical-monitoring-claims
• Author, A Guide to West Virginia Courts’ Resumption of Operations after Covid-19 Judicial Emergency, West Virginia State Bar, May 20, 2020 (online at https://wvbar.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/A-Guide-to-West-Virginia-Courts-Resume-Operations-4839-7732-6780.pdf
• Author, “Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Issues Resumption of Operations Order and Protocols for Court Operations After Expiration of Judicial Emergency,” Jackson Kelly PLLC The Legal Brief, May 7, 2020
• Author, “Supreme Court Issues Temporary Amended Order on Civil Cases,” Jackson Kelly PLLC The Legal Brief, April 26, 2020
• Author, “Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Extends Judicial Emergency to May 15, 2020,” Jackson Kelly PLLC The Legal Brief, April 24, 2020
• Author, “Kanawha Judge Issues Order for Ankle Monitors for Violators of COVID-19 Quarantine,” Jackson Kelly PLLC The Legal Brief, April 7, 2020
• Author, “West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Issues Orders and Bulletins related to COVID-19 Crisis,” Jackson Kelly PLLC Health Law Monitor, April 6, 2020
• Author, “WV Governor Issues Additional Orders for Specific Counties,” Jackson Kelly PLLC The Legal Brief, April 5, 2020
• Author, “Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Extends Judicial Emergency Order to May 1, 2020,” Jackson Kelly PLLC The Legal Brief, April 4, 2020
• Author, “Courts Continue to Deal with COVID-19,” Jackson Kelly PLLC The Legal Brief, March 25, 2020
• Author, “COVID-19 and its Effect on the Courts,” Jackson Kelly PLLC The Legal Brief, March 18, 2020
• Author, “West Virginia Issues COVID-19 Guidance for Circuit Courts,” Jackson Kelly PLLC Health Law Monitor, March 13, 2020
• Author, “WV Supreme Court Dismisses Medical Professional Liability Claim Where Patient Left AMA,” Jackson Kelly PLLC Health Law Monitor, Nov. 11, 2019
• Author, “Redaction in the News,” Jackson Kelly PLLC Anticipation of Litigation Advisor, Jan. 21, 2019
• Column, “A Word from Lou,” ADTA The Association Press, Fall 2018 (and periodically thereafter)
• Guest post, “Don’t Come to West Virginia Without Your Expert,” Drug & Device Law, June 8, 2018.
• Author, “WV Supreme Court Enforces Arbitration Agreement in Employment Case,” Jackson Kelly PLLC Labor & Employment News Alert, Feb. 18, 2018
• Author, “Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Affirms Evidentiary Rulings Prohibiting “Reptile” Tactics,” DRI The Voice, Vol. 16, Issue 35 (Sept. 6, 2017)
• Guest post, “West Virginia Court Finds Both Fraudulent Joinder & Misjoinder in Opioid Action,” Drug & Device Law, July 21, 2017
• Co-author with Judge Patricia Kerrigan, “Independent Judicial Decision Making in the New Millennium,” Association of Defense Trial Attorneys Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, April 20, 2017
• Author, Commentary: Confirmation of Judges to Fill Empty Seats is Essential, West Virginia State Journal, Feb. 3, 2012, at 27
• Co-author with Jennifer Mankins, “Medical Professional Liability in West Virginia,” Part II, 114 West Virginia Law Review 573 (Winter 2012)
• Co-author with Jennifer Mankins, “Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Upholds Non-economic Damages Cap,” 2011 Physician Insurer (2nd Quarter 2011) (published by PIAA)
• Co-author with Kellie Clark, “State ex rel State Farm v. Bedell:  The Scope of Protective Orders for Medical Records,” Law360, April 2011
• Co-author with Ryan E. Voelker, “Willey v. Bracken:  The Erosion of the ‘Borrowing’ Statute?,” Law360, Feb. 2011
• Co-author with Phil Willman and others, “Coupling Evidentiary and Procedural Tools:  Defending Negligent Credentialing Cases,” Medical Liability and Healthy Care Law For The Defense, July 2010
• Co-author with Rick Jones and others, “Peer Review:  A Practical Analysis of HCQIA Immunity,” Medical Liability and Health Care Law In-House Defense Quarterly, Fall 2009
• Co-author, Appellate Issues, DRI Punitive Damages Compendium, 2009
• Thomas J. Hurney, Randall Sellers, Techniques for Jury Selection and Use of Jury Questionnaires, 75 International Association of Defense Counsel Journal 370, 377 (Oct. 2008)
• Author, “Good Samaritan Statutes,” 2009 DRI Medical Liability Compendium (to be published with Jennifer Mankins)
• Author, “Some Thoughts on Issues Facing the West Virginia Bar,” West Virginia Association for Justice Annual Meeting, Charleston Marriott, Charleston, West Virginia, June 12, 2008
• Author, “West Virginia Adopts the Continuous Treatment Doctrine,” The Voice (DRI, Jan. 2008)
• Co-author (with Rob Aliff and Jennifer Mankins), “Buttressing Medical Reform Rules: Constitutional and Other Attacks on Notice of Claim and Certificate of Merit Statutes,” For the Defense (June 2008)
• Author, “Applicability of the MPLA,” DTCWV Newsletter (Winter 2008)
• Bi-annual Paper, “West Virginia Medical Professional Liability Review” (For DTCWV and the West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company) (2006-present)
• Paper, “Discovery Commissioners In West Virginia,” Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Notebook, May 2006
• Paper, “Musings of a Dayton Flyer on Trial Stuff,” ADTA Annual Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, April 26-30, 2006
• Article, “Everything You Wanted To Know About Liability (But Were Afraid To Ask),” West Virginia Executive magazine Health-care Issue, p. 95, July/Aug. 2005
• Article, “Things Uncovered,” IADC Medical Defense Newsletter, No. 3, May 2005
• Co-author, with Rob J. Aliff, “Medical Professional Liability in West Virginia,” 105 West Virginia Law Review 369, Winter 2003
• Co-author with Gretchen M. Callas, “Dealing with the Peer Review Privilege,” 2003 Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting CD (May 2003)
• Author, “Tort Reform in West Virginia in 2003: A Review of House Bill 2122,” West Virginia’s New Medical Professional Liability Act,” 2003 Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting CD at Tab 9 (May 2003)
• Paper, “The Further Performance of the Medical Professional Liability Act in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia,”  2002 Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Seminar Notebook, June 2002
• Author, “A Practical View of Farley v. Sartin,” 99 W.Va. L. Rev., 263 (1997)
• Paper, “The MPLA: Ten Years Later,” 1997 Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Seminar Notebook, June 1997
• Paper, “A Defense Attorney’s Guide to Confidentiality of Medical Records,” 1993 WV D.T.C. 75, June 1993
• Author, “Hospital Liability in West Virginia,” 95 W.Va.  L. Rev. 943 (1993) (Recognized in “Worth Reading” column by Gerome Leone, National Law Journal, Feb. 7, 1994, p. 16)
• Paper, “Mandolidis:  Here We Go Again,” 1991 W.Va. D.T.C. 110 (1991)
• Hurney & Campbell, “Rule 11 Sanctions in State & Federal Courts in West Virginia,” 90 W.Va. L. Rev. 417 (1988)
• Hurney & Campbell, “The Resurgence of Summary Judgment,” 1988 W.Va. D.T.C. 21 (1988)
• Co-author, “Annual Review of Workers’ Compensation Law,” West Virginia State Bar Annual Meeting, 1984, 1985
• Note, “The Adjustment of Awards for Lost Future Earning Capacity to Compensate for Inflation and Increased Productivity,” 7 U. Dayton L. Rev. 139 (1981)