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West Virginia Personal Injury Lawyers

9 distinguished personal injury law attorneys in West Virginia, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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Bobby Warner

Bobby Warner

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

227 Capitol Street, Charleston, WV 25303

Bobby Warner founded Warner Law Offices, PLLC in 2000. Since then, he has earned widespread recognition as one of the top trial lawyers in West Virginia and the United States. His firm has grown from a small office serving clients in Charleston, West Virginia to having a second office in Denver, Colorado and serving clients nationwide in 50 states.

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Brian Prim

Brian Prim

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

3825 Teays Valley Road suite 200, Hurricane, WV 25526, USA

Brian has over 27 years of experience representing victims of asbestos exposure. He has extensive experience handling mesothelioma and lung cancer claims. He devoted his career to helping working men and women who have been injured and has developed a vast knowledge of asbestos-containing products to maximize your recovery. In addition, Brian has represented folks injured by someone’s negligence, be it automobile collisions, chemical exposures or workplace injuries. Outside of work Brian spends as many hours as possible hunting and fishing and enjoys working with cattle and farming. He believes in giving back to the community has a strong history of supporting local county fairs, 4H and FFA programs, local school athletics and educational groups, along with various other local charities.

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Dean Makricostas

Personal Injury Law

320 Penco Rd, Weirton, WV 26062, USA

Dean Makricostas serves as city judge in Weirton, West Virginia, where he was born and raised. Before taking that bench, he had worked as a city prosecutor and held judgeships in Wellsburg and Beech Bottom. The Herald Star’s account of his appointment described more than 15 years in local government. At the time, he was practicing with Dittmar, Taylor and Makricostas on Penco Road. He told the newspaper that the appointment offered a chance to give back to the hometown that had supported him. His connection to the firm appears under its newer name in West Virginia’s business records. The Secretary of State lists him as a member of Taylor & Makricostas, PLLC, at 320 Penco Road in Weirton. The same record dates the change from Dittmar, Taylor & Makricostas, PLLC, to November 30, 2021. On January 6, 2025, Mayor Dean M. Harris and City Council appointed Makricostas to another term as city judge, covering 2025–2029. A month later, he was among the speakers who met with the Leadership Ohio Valley class during its February 19 government session. The group heard from him at Municipal Court, alongside City Attorney Vince Gurrera, Court Clerk Renee Starr and city code officials. Makricostas also represents District 1 on the West Virginia State Bar’s 2026–2027 Board of Governors. That district comprises Brooke, Hancock and Ohio counties.

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James Humphreys

Personal Injury Law

112 Capitol Street, Second Floor, Charleston, WV 25301

Led by James F. Humphreys, our firm fights for those who have suffered a serious personal injury or the loss of a loved one due to the wrongful conduct of others. Jim Humphreys has been recognized as one of West Virginia’s Top 100 Lawyers and one of the Top 100 Lawyers in the nation by National Trial Lawyers. He has been featured by West Virginia Super Lawyers, named in the top 10% of lawyers by Avvo and James F. Humphreys & Associates, L.C. has been ranked in the top 75 firms in the nation by Shook & Hardy’s survey of the defense bar. With over 40 years of experience handling personal injury, wrongful death and mesothelioma claims, Humphreys fights to get his clients the compensation they deserve for their pain and suffering, medical bills, lost wages and funeral expenses.

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Jan Dils

Jan Dils

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

963 Market St, Parkersburg, WV 26101, USA

Jan Dils is the firm’s founder. She opened Jan Dils, Attorneys at Law, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, in 1994 as the solo attorney/employee. Today, she has a skilled and compassionate team of more than 118 serving clients throughout West Virginia, with offices in Parkersburg, Beckley, Charleston, Huntington and Logan, as well as one additional office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her passion is fighting for people who are all too often left helpless at the hands of corporations, insurance companies, Big Pharma, and government red tape. Jan Dils, Attorneys at Law, has 25 years of experience in all forms of Social Security and Disability benefits, Veteran’s Benefits and Personal Injury cases.

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Michael Del Giudice

Distinguished Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

1219 Virginia Street East, Charleston, WV 25301

Michael J. Del Giudice is an attorney with Ciccarello, Del Giudice & LaFon in Charleston, West Virginia, with a practice that includes civil litigation and criminal defense. His firm profile lists personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice among his practice areas. Super Lawyers describes his personal injury and medical malpractice work as representation of plaintiffs. Del Giudice became a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers on September 25, 2020. The College lists him in its West Virginia chapter, and its directory identifies additional plaintiff-side work in insurance, product liability and professional malpractice. His legal education and initial admissions date to 1985. He graduated from West Virginia University College of Law that year with a J.D. and was admitted in West Virginia and to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. In 1988, he gained admission to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Del Giudice served as president of the Kanawha County Bar Association in 1993–1994. His firm biography also lists affiliations with the Kanawha County Correctional Officers Civil Service Commission, the South Charleston Police Civil Service Commission and the State Bar Committee on Law and Medicine.

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Personal Injury Law

1 Chapel Rd, Wheeling, WV 26003, USA

Shane Mallett is an attorney listed with Mallett Law Offices in Wheeling, West Virginia, whose documented work includes serving as a children’s guardian ad litem. His National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers profile identifies controlled substances, DUI, federal practice and white collar crime as practice areas. The association also lists him as a life member. His education entries record undergraduate study at WVU in business management and economics in 1999 and a law degree there in 2002. Mallett’s firm has a documented history in the Wheeling area. In August 2017, The Intelligencer reported that Mallett Law Offices had relocated from 80 12th Street in Wheeling to 1 Chapel Road in Bethlehem. Mallett told the newspaper that the former building’s availability for sale prompted the move, and cited parking and visibility as reasons for choosing the new location. The report described the firm’s work at that time as personal injury, oil and gas, wills, estate probate and criminal law matters. It also identified Mallett as an Ohio County Board of Education member in 2017. In the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals’ January 29, 2025 decision in In re A.S. and M.S., Shane M. Mallett appeared as the children’s guardian ad litem. The appeal concerned a Wetzel County order terminating their mother’s parental rights; the court affirmed that order.

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Timothy Bailey

Timothy Bailey

Featured Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

213 Hale St, Charleston, WV 25301, USA

Tim Bailey centers his practice on the dignity and safety of workers. Born in Mullens and raised in Man, West Virginia, he has first-hand knowledge of the dangers and sacrifices experienced in the heart of coal country. His experience includes trucking cases involving serious bodily injury or death and cases resulting from defectively designed automobiles and mining equipment. He received his J.D. in 1991 from West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia. He received his B.S. in 1988 from West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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