Attorney Profiles

John Hampton Tinney
Charleston, West Virginia

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John Tinney has practiced law in Charleston, West Virginia for over 35 years and has tried over 100 jury trials. He has been honored by Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA as one of America's leading lawyers for Commercial Litigation. John recently served as President of the West Virginia State Bar. He is also a member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, the West Virginia University College of Law Development Committee and a Master of the Judge John A. Field American Inn of Court.

Areas of Practice:: Professional Liability; Product Liability; Class Action & Mass Torts; Anti-Trust; Appellate; Civil Litigation

Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: West Virginia, 1969; U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1969; U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court

Education:: West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1969
JD
Honors: Officer, Student Bar Association
Honors: Writern Law Review; University of Charleston, Charleston, WV
B.A.; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Published Works:: The Duty of Candor - Where are the Lawyers and Why Don't They Come Forward, 14 Eastern Min. L. Inst., 1993

Representative Cases:: Cordial v. Ernst & Young, 199 WV 119, 483 SE.2d 248 (WV 1996); State ex rel Smith v. Evans, 209 WV 340, 547 SE.2d 278 (WV 2001); State of WV ex rel Federal Kemper Industrial Company v. Zakaib, 203 WV 95, 506 SE.2d 350 (WV 1998); McGraw v. The American Tobacco Company, 1995 WL 569618 (WV Circuit Court 1995); Hinkle v. Black, 164 WV 112, 262 SE.2d 744 (WV 1979); US v. Shaffer Equipment Company, 796 F. Supp. 938 (SDWV 1992); US v. Shaffer Equipment Company, 158 FRD 80 (SDWV 1994); US v. Shaffer Equipment Company, 11F .3d 350 (4th 1993); Dixon v. American Industrial Leasing Company, 162 WV 832, 253 SE.2d 150 ( 1979); Norfolk Southern Railway Company, et al., v. Chief Justice Warren R. McGraw, et al., WL 21958324 (4th Cir. W.Va. 2003); State ex rel. Valley Radiology, Inc. v. Gaughan, 220 W.Va. 73, 640 S.E.2d 136 (Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia 2006)

Representative Clients:: Ernst & Young, LLP; Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; Grant Thornton, LLC; ADM; Schering-Plough Corporation; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Liberty Mutual; City of Charleston, WV; City of South Charleston, WV; City of Summersville, WV; The Courtland Company

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Lecturer, Trial Practice at various Seminars around the U.S.

Honors and Awards:: The Best Lawyers in America, 2002 - 2007; Chambers USA, One of West Virginia's Leading Lawyers for Commercial Litigation, 2004 - 2007; Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2003 - Present; Fellow, West Virginia Bar Foundation, 2004 - Present; Life Fellow, 2008 - Present; Super Lawyers in the Virginias, 2007 - 2008

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association; Member; American Law Institute; Member; Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference; Member; Judge John A. Field American Inn of Court; Master; West Virginia State Bar, 2001 - 2002; President; West Virginia State Bar, 2000 - 2001; President Elect; West Virginia State Bar, 1999 - 2000; Vice President; West Virginia State Bar, 1990 - 1993; Board of Governors; West Virginia State Bar, 1998 - 1999; Board of Governors; West Virginia Bar Association; Member; Kanawha County Bar Association, 1972 - 1973; Secretary; West Virginia Law Institute; Member; Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia; Board of Governors; West Virginia University College of Law; Visiting Committee, Member; West Virginia University College of Law; Development Committee, Member; Defense Research Institute; United States Supreme Court Historical Society; American Bar Foundation; Life Fellow; West Virginia Bar Foundation; Fellow; West Virginia Bar Foundation

Past Employment Positions:: U.S. District Court, S.D.W.V, Law Clerk to Judge S. Christie, 1969 - 1970; Spilman, Thomas & Battle, Associated Partner (Managing Partner), 1971 - 2001

Fraternities/Sororities:: Sigma Phi Epsilon; Phi Alpha Delta

Birth Information:: June 6, 1943, Charleston, West Virginia