Attorney Profiles

Wesley W. Metheney Esq.
Morgantown, West Virginia

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phone	(800) 734-7070 (Toll Free) (304) 292-9429
fax	(304) 292-9427
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Past President
West Virginia Trial Lawyers
Association

"Every case, large or small, receives
our utmost attention, earnestly applied skills, and
unwavering determination to win."

Wesley W. Metheney is a native West Virginian, born, raised and educated in Morgantown, West Virginia, home of West Virginia University. Mr. Metheney has been a well recognized and experienced trial lawyer for more than twenty (20) years and is a Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Metheney represents family members who have been injured or who have lost loved ones due to motor vehicle accidents, workplace incidents, defective products, or medical malpractice. He actively prosecutes cases against insurance companies and large corporations.

Mr. Metheney is also an experienced trial lawyer in family and criminal law, and aggressively represents family members in crisis.

Areas of Practice:: Personal Injury; Auto Accidents; Insurance Claims; Burns; Defective Products; Medical and Legal Malpractice; Toxic Exposures; Work Place Injuries - Coal Mining Accidents; Wrongful Death; Criminal Law; Family Law

Certification/Specialties:: Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy; Registered Landscape Architect, State of West Virginia - Inactive

Bar Admissions:: West Virginia; U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia; U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia; U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Supreme Court

Education:: West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1983
Doctor of Jurisprudence; West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1968
Bachelor of Science

Honors and Awards:: President's Award, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 2000; Member of the Year, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1988; Founding Fellow, Southern Trial Lawyers Association; Best Advocate Award, Gourley Cup Trial Competition; Best Advocate Award, Lugar Cup Trial Competition; Order of Barristers; Moot Court Board; West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow 2008; West Virginia Super Lawyer 2007 and 2008

Professional Associations and Memberships:: West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1995 - 1996; Past President; West Virginia Super Lawyer 2007 and 2008; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1984 - Present; Board Member; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, 1985 - Present; Sustaining Member; Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1982 - Present; Member; Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1992 - Present; Sustaining Member; Association of Trial Lawyers of America PAC - M-Club; Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1997 - 2000; State Delegate; Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1999 - 2000; Outstanding State Delegate; Supreme Court Model Jury Instruction Committee; Board Member; West Virginia Association of Justice; Board Member

Birth Information:: February 5, 1946, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America