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Jesse Forbes is the managing member of Forbes Law Offices in Charleston, West Virginia focusing his litigation based practice on the representation of victims of violent crimes and serious injuries. Though based in West Virginia, his cases often make regional and national news including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CNN, MSNBC, ABC News, Viceland, and others. Jesse has represented victims of abuse against perpetrators in churches, schools and other groups; the State of West Virginia in cases against the credit card industry; West Virginia’s largest local government entities during a chemical spill affecting the region’s water supply and in claims against the opioid industry. In 2020 Jesse successfully represented a group of 29 abused child victims at a West Virginia boarding school recovering a record $52 million dollars on their behalf. Before turning 30, Jesse obtained a jury verdict of $3 million dollars on behalf of his catastrophically injured client. Jesse also handles serious criminal cases and has tried first degree murder and other serious felony trials. Among his successes, Jesse was a special assistant attorney general recovering more than $18 million dollars for West Virginia consumers. Jesse previously served as Mental Hygiene Commissioner for West Virginia’s largest County, and has been a Guardian Ad Litem for abused children in hundreds of cases. Jesse is a member of the West Virginia Supreme Court’s Juvenile Justice Commission focusing on the rights of children in state custody, and serves on the WV State Bar’s character committee conducting character interviews of West Virginia Bar applicants, among other interests. He has taught continuing legal education courses, and spoken to various groups on many legal subjects, including trial and discovery techniques, litigation strategy, criminal law, constitutional rights, and cross-examination techniques. Jesse lives in Charleston, West Virginia along with his wife and two children.

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