Undergraduate Education:

Marshall University
Huntington, West Virginia

West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
B.S. B.A. — 1974
(accounting)

Legal Education:

West Virginia University
J.D. — 1977

Law School Associations:

Assoc. Editor, West Virginia Law Review 1976-77
Author, “Defamation of Political Candidates”, WVLR Vol 78, p. 247
Represented WVU Law School in Gourley Moot Court Regional Trial Advocacy Competition, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1976 and 1977; Second Place Best Advocate 1976.
West Virginia University, Student’s Attorney’s Staff 1976-77

Admitted to West Virginia Bar 1977

Law Clerk to Charles H. Haden, II, U.S. District Judge for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia 1977-79 (Also acted in capacities of Court Clerk and Court Security Marshall).

Associate, Young, Morgan & Cann 1979-1980

Partner, Young, Morgan, Cann & Romano 1980-1986

Special Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Harrison County, 1996-2003

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Harrison County, WV 2003-Present

Romano Law Office 1986-Present

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Admitted to practice before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1977; the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1978; the Northern and Southern District Courts of West Virginia, 1977; and the United States Supreme Court, 1987

Completed (Advanced Course) National Institute of Trial Advocacy,Boulder, Colorado, 1981

Member, West Virginia State Bar (Member, Committee on Continuing Legal Education, (1979 – Present); (Member, Lawyer Disciplinary Board 1993- 1998); (Chairman, Lawyer Disciplinary Board 1998 – 2000)

Member, West Virginia Association for Justice (formerly West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association) (President 1994-95; President Elect 1993); Member, Board of Directors 1983-Present; Officer-Treasurer 1991; Chairman Legislative Liaison 1989-1991)

Member, American Bar Association (Member, Section on Litigation and Trial Practice Committee (1980-Present; Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section 1991-Present)

Member, American Association for Justice (formerly American Trial Lawyers Association), 1977-Present

West Virginia Law Institute, Member of Governing Council, 1989

Permanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1995 – Present

Fellow – Rosco Pound Foundation

Founding Member – Civil Justice Foundation

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers 2012

West Virginia State Bar, Certificate of Merit, 2000

Member, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, Pattern Jury Instruction Committee, 2000

Member, U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia, Committee to Implement Electronic Filing Rules, 2004

Designated as one of “The Best Lawyers in America” 2005-2014

Member, Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel for United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, 2007

President, Harrison County Bar Association, 2008
Vice-President, Harrison County Bar Association, 2007

Lecturer – West Virginia Trial Lawyers Seminars and West Virginia College of Law Continuing Legal Education Seminars, WVU College of Law-presenter, Law Works-WVPBS, Peoples Court, West Virginia Employment Lawyers Association and others.

Engaged in Criminal and Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts for over 40 Years Both Prosecution and Defense. Currently engaged in Civil Practice relating to Tort and Insurance Claims, Including Consumer Class Actions, and appointed as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney on Major Felony Cases, SWAT Team Liaison

Company Firm

Romano Law Office

Firm Mailing

363 Washington Ave
Clarksburg
West Virginia
26301-2911
United States of America

Fellow Since

March 10, 2012

Practice Areas

  • Criminal Prosecution
  • Insurance-Plaintiff
  • Land/Title Litigation
  • Medical Malpractice-Plaintiff
  • Personal Injury-Plaintiff
  • Product Liability-Plaintiff

Chapter

  • West Virginia