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Clifford Kinney,

Member
Chair, Chemical, Medical Monitoring, Product Liability Litigation, and Toxic Tort Litiga

Practice Expertise

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Chemical
  • Construction Law
  • Battle Group - Litigation

Areas of Practice

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Battle Group - Litigation
  • Chemical
  • Construction Law
  • Battle Group-Litigation
  • Deliberate Intent Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Litigation - The Battle Group
  • Medical Monitoring
  • Product Liability Litigation
  • Shale Gas Law
  • Toxic Tort Litigation
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Profile

Mr. Kinney’s primary areas of practice are toxic torts, chemical exposure (including benzene, C-8, carbon black and perchloroethylene), class actions, mass torts, general litigation, construction litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

Bar Admissions

Admissions

  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • Virginia State Bar
  • West Virginia State Bar
  • United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia

Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1992
  • University of San Diego School of Law, Summer Program in Paris, France
  • American University, B.A., with honors, 1988
  • American University, Semester in Bonn, Germany

Areas of Practice

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Battle Group - Litigation
  • Chemical
  • Construction Law
  • Battle Group-Litigation
  • Deliberate Intent Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Litigation - The Battle Group
  • Medical Monitoring
  • Product Liability Litigation
  • Shale Gas Law
  • Toxic Tort Litigation

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Defending nationwide, regional and local class actions in environmental, toxic tort, chemical exposure and consumer cases, including air and water emissions
  • Defending and pursuing construction claims
  • Litigating cases of employer deliberate intent, wrongful death and catastrophic injury
  • Representing clients in insurance coverage disputes, including declaratory judgment actions for determination of coverage and claims against payment and performance bonds
  • Former American Arbitration Association neutral
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    Seminars/ Presentation
  • Moderator, "Panel Discussion on Recent Trends in Environmental, Toxic Tort, and Mass Tort Cases," 7th Annual Regional Seminar, ABA Section of Litigation, Spring 2013
  • Moderator, 4th Annual Regional Seminar, ABA Section of Litigation, Fall 2009


  • Articles

    Publications & Presentations

    • Contributing author, Construction Checklist: A Guide to Frequently Encountered Construction Issues, Second Edition, American Bar Association, Forum on Construction Law, 2022
    • Panelist, “Products Liability Year in Review,” ABA Environmental & Energy, Mass Torts and Products Liability Litigation Joint CLE Seminar, January 2019
    • Editor and Contributing Author, “Toxic Exposure Claims; A Fifty-State Survey,” ABA Publication, 2016
    • Author, "Construction Checklists - A Guide to Frequently Encountered Construction Issues," ABA Publication, 2008
    • Author, "Issues in Construction Bidding," West Virginia Executive, Fall 2006
    • Contributor, "W. Va. Law," Design-Build Deskbook, ABA Publication, 2004
    • Moderator, "Panel Discussion on Recent Trends in Environmental, Toxic Tort, and Mass Tort Cases," 7th Annual Regional Seminar, ABA Section of Litigation, Spring 2013
    • Moderator, 4th Annual Regional Seminar, ABA Section of Litigation, Fall 2009

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