•33 years as a civil litigation lawyer. •Core business: prescription drug, medical device, financial fraud, mass tort, and other complex litigation. •Resident partner in the Wheeling, West Virginia, office of the Philadelphia-based law firm of Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan, Feldman & Smalley, P.C. •Member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (limited to 500 lawyers from the United States). • Law Dragon’s Top 500 Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in America. • West Virginia Super Lawyers. •Member of Litigation Counsel of America (trial lawyer honorary society limited to less than ½ of 1% of American lawyers) •Certified as a Civil Litigation Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy •Certified as a medical malpractice trial specialist by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys •Listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, and Who’s Who in American Law. •Rated Superb (10 of 10) in plaintiffs’ personal injury representation by AVVO. •Citation of Meritorious Achievement for Service to the Legal Profession from the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 1995. •Married to Lisa Hill, M.D. •B.S. in journalism from West Virginia University 1968. •J.D. from West Virginia University School of Law 1977. •First Lieutenant, U.S. Army 1969-71. •Bronze Star for service in Vietnam 1970-71.