Qualifications

Work
Experience

1997 - Present

Practicing Attorney

I have actively practiced law in Huntington, WV for over 25 years, representing individuals and businesses in the State and Federal trial and appellate courts of West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky as a Member of Duffield, Lovejoy & Boggs, PLLC.

2016-2023

Member, House of Delegates

I served three terms in the West Virginia House of Delegates, representing the people of Cabell and Wayne Counties in the 17th House District. In crafting the laws of West Virginia, I served on the Committees for the Judiciary, Seniors, Children & Families, Banking & Insurance, Volunteer Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services and Rules.

Education

1997

West Virginia University College of Law

Juris Doctorate

Editor in Chief, West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 99

Order of the Coif

Order of the Barristers

Outstanding Graduate, Class of 1997

Marlyn E. Lugar Trial Association

National Trial Competition Finalist

Presidential Scholarship

St. George Tucker Brooke Fellow

1994

West Virginia University
Bachelor of Arts

Cum Laude Graduate

Stephen F. Crocker Loyalty Award

Major: English, Minor: Sociology

Honors and Achievements

Cabell County Bar Association, Past President
West Virginia State Bar, Law Office Technology Committee, Former Chair
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Multimedia Committee, Appointee
West Virginia Super Lawyers Designation, 2009-2011, 2016-present
Frequent Lecturer to West Virginia Continuing Legal Education, West Virginia State Bar Association, West Virginia Association for Justice, National Business Institute, West Virginia State Bar
Published Author in West Virginia Law Review, West Virginia Lawyer and The Advocate
Martindale-Hubbell Highest Peer Rating -- AV Preeminent
Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
MENSA, Vandalia Chapter

Community Service

Huntington City Mission -- Board of Directors
- Gospel Rescue Mission established in 1939 to minister to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of the homeless and housing-insecure in the Tri-State area.

First Stage Theatre Company -- Board of Directors
- Only children's theater company in Greater Huntington area that allows all children to participate without charge in an educational, developmental, and nurturing atmosphere to learn self-confidence and public speaking skills in the performing arts through acting, dance, choreography, stage management and production.

Marshall University Children's Speech and Hearing Center -- Scottish Rite Foundation Board of Directors
- Fundraising foundation for the support of Marshall University's Speech and Hearing Clinic, which provides diagnostic and clinical speech-language services to children with a wide variety of communication needs.