Name: Niall A. Paul
Item: Niall A. Paul
Author: npaul

Bio

Mr. Paul is leader of the firm's Battle Group, a practice group dedicated to handling high-risk matters heading to trial. His primary areas of practice are trial work, litigation and appellate practice focusing on complex environmental toxic tort litigation, class actions, medical monitoring, commercial and employment litigation.

Education

Bridgewater College of Virginia, B.A. in Philosophy and Religion, cum laude, 1987
University of Richmond, T. C. Williams School of Law, J.D., 1990

Experience

Trying numerous cases to verdict and litigating hundreds of disputes, including environmental, toxic tort, and personal injury claims, unfair trade practices, deliberate intent injury claims, and employment-related jury, bench and administrative trials
One of four lawyers in the nation selected to serve on a "litigation strike force" for an international Fortune 100 company
Serving as co-chair and outside counsel liaison for E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company's "in-house" tort practice group
Often retained as substitute trial counsel in high risk matters
Arguing several class action certification motions, including significant groundwater contamination actions
Counsel at a number of "Daubert" hearings challenging a variety of experts
Arguing numerous cases before various state and federal appellate courts, including an en banc panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Distinctions

AV^{^{^{^{^®}}}} Preeminent™ Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Trial Law Institute
Barrister, Order of Justicia and Order of Certus
Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in Commercial Litigation
Recognized by West Virginia Super Lawyers
Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Former Chairman and Chief Judge, City of Charleston Civil Service Commission
Diversity Law Institute

Admissions

United States Supreme Court
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Kentucky
United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth and Sixth Circuits
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia; the Southern District of Texas; and the Eastern District of Kentucky

Memberships

Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Labor and Employment Law Section, and a member of the following committees:
Product Liability (Former Chair of the Chemical & Industrial Products Sub-Committee)
Corporate Counsel
Toxic Torts and Environmental Law
International Association of Defense Counsel, Member and former Officer of Hazardous and Chemical Product Committee

Publications & Presentations

Speaker, Litigation Counsel of America 2012 Spring Conference & Induction of Fellows, Santa Barbara, California, May 2012
Speaker, "Trying the Unwinnable Case," Litigation Counsel of America, Renaissance Symposium II, Watercolor, Florida, March 25, 2011
Spoken and published on the trial of complex toxic torts and the aggressive management of discovery in chemical product liability claims, including panels such as "Discovering the New Frontier - Discovery Management in the Age of New Science and New Legal Theories"; "We Win, You Lose - A Critical Look at Case Themes"; and "The Advantages and Disadvantages of Trying a Mass Tort or Class Action in Stages"
Program Chair and organizer of ABA Workshop: 2006 "Contamination Examination - A Regional CLE Workshop on the Changing Face of Chemical Product Liability Claims"; 2007 "The Chemical Products Liability Trial: Winning at Every Stage"; and 2008 "Mass, Class or Pass - Making Strategic Decisions in the Big Chemical Case"
Spoken and published internationally on Sarbanes-Oxley litigation, including a 2003 engagement in London, England
"Client Service in the Twenty-First Century - Finding Profits in Partnering," Texas State Bar Lawyer Boot Camp, 2003

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