Practice areas
I represent architects, engineers, general contractors, and subcontractors in all types of construction litigation.
21 years
My litigation practice includes insurance defense, products liability, toxic torts, deliberate intent, wrongful death, and all manner of civil defense litigation.
23 years
Languages spoken
English
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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WV | Active | 1999 | 06/11/2022 |
Legal answers | 0 |
Legal guides | 0 |
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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AV Preeminent Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2014 |
Listed - Construction, Insurance, and Personal Injury Litigation | Best Lawyers in America | 2014 |
Listed | Super Lawyers | 2014 |
Listed as Leader in Field of General Litigation | Chambers & Partners | 2014 |
AV Preeminent Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2013 |
Listed - Insurance Law & Personal Injury Litigation | Best Lawyers in America | 2013 |
Listed | Super Lawyers | 2013 |
AV Preeminent Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2012 |
Listed - Personal Injury Litigation | Best Lawyers in America | 2012 |
Listed | Super Lawyers | 2012 |
AV Preeminent Rated | Martindale-Hubbell | 2011 |
Listed - Personal Injury Litigation | Best Lawyers in America | 2011 |
Listed | Super Lawyers | 2011 |
Listed | Super Lawyers | 2010 |
Listed | Super Lawyers | 2009 |
Listed | Super Lawyers | 2008 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Managing Partner | Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC | 2001 - Present |
Judicial Law Clerk for Monongalia County, WV | Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia | 1999 - 2001 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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WVU College of Law - Campaign Committee | Member | 2012 - Present |
Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia | Board of Governors | 2010 - Present |
Defense Research Institute, Construction Law Committee | Member | 2010 - Present |
Defense Research Institute | Member | 2001 - Present |
American Bar Association, Litigation Section | Member | 2001 - Present |
American Bar Association | Member | 2000 - Present |
Monongalia County Bar Association | Member | 2000 - Present |
West Virginia State Bar | Member | 1999 - Present |
West Virginia State Bar | Board of Governors | 2006 - 2009 |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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For The Defense (DRI, Defense Research Institute) | The Risks of Mult-Unit Residential Construction Litigation | 2012 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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West Virginia University | JD - Juris Doctor | 1999 |
West Virginia University | BA - Bachelor of Arts | 1996 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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Safety and Education Summit | Causes and Consequences of Failures in Site Conditions | 2014 |
Law of Construction Defects and Failures | Types, Causes and Consequences of Defects and Failures | 2013 |
Advanced Mediator Training | Go Pound Nails: Construction Law 101 for Mediators | 2013 |
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