Sharon Zimmerman Hall

EDUCATION

Undergraduate: Marshall University, BA, Liberal Arts, 1989
Graduate: Marshall University, MA, English, 1991
Law School: Duquesne University School of Law, 2002

Law Review
Trial Moot Court Honor Board
ABA Student Delegate

ADMISSIONS
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
United States District Courts for the Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
United States Court of Appeals: Third Circuit
United States Court of Appeals: Fourth Circuit

SIGNIFICANT MATTERS

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Com’n v. Consol Energy, Inc., 233 W.Va. 409, 758 S.E.2d 762 (2014)
Ohio Power Co. v. Pullman Power, LLC, 230 W.Va. 605, 741 S.E.2d 830 (2013)
Estate of Yerger v. Northwestern Area Agency on Aging, Circuit Court of Brook County, West Virginia, Defense Verdict.
Redman v. Morgantown Beauty College, Circuit Court of Monongalia County, West Virginia, Defense Verdict
Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. v. Records Imaging, Circuit Court of Wood County, West Virginia, Order Granting Summary Judgment to insurer
Municipal Mutual Insurance Company v. Moore, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania, Order Granting Summary Judgment to insurer
NVR, Inc. v Motorist Mutual Insurance Company, 371 F. 233 (U.S.D.C. W.D.Pa., March 1, 2019), summary judgment granted for insurer on breach of contract and bad faith

PRESENTATIONS

CAUSE OF DEATH: WHEN INTENTIONAL ACT EXCLUSIONS MAKE IT NECESSARY TO SOLVE THE CRIME: ANPAC Annual Claims Conference, September 2018

PROPORTIONALITY IN FEDERAL DISCOVERY: NO MORE BOILERPLATE OBJECTIONS: Harmonie Trucking Litigation Seminar; July 2018

BEST PRACTICES FOR CLAIMS HANDLING IN GOOD FAITH: December 2017, Presentation to insurer, Monroeville, Pennsylvania
WORTH FIGHTING FOR: LITIGATING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THE DUNKARD CREEK CASE: Wildlife Management Institute Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, March 2016

UPDATE ON TORT LAW: November 2016, Insurance symposium, Morgantown, West Virginia

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Federal Bar Association: Labor and Employment Law Division
Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurers: Educational and Claims Committees
Transportation Lawyers Association
Professional Liability Underwriting Society
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Federalist Society

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Trustee, Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Board of Trustees
St. Philip School Athletic Board
CASA Volunteer