Bert-Ketchum

Bert Ketchum

Bert Ketchum was born and raised in Wayne County, West Virginia. He attended Ohio University where he received a Bachelors of Business Administration degree and was a member of Ohio's varsity baseball team. After receiving his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, Bert returned to Huntington and joined Greene Ketchum. He is an experienced trial lawyer and has litigated cases in the state and federal courts of West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky including, but not limited to, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, mining accidents, medical malpractice, workplace injuries, eminent domain, insurance disputes and murder. Bert's appellate experience includes arguing cases before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Bert was honored in 2007 as one of West Virginia's 40 best and brightest professionals under 40. In 2009, he was selected for membership into The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers in West Virginia and was selected for inclusion into the West Virginia Super Lawyers in 2010.

In March of 2010, Bert was sole trial counsel for his client who received a record breaking verdict in Wayne County, WV.

Bert currently serves on the West Virginia Law Institute's Governing Council, the West Virginia Judicial Vacancy Advisory Commission, the West Virginia Association for Justice Board of Governors and the WV Public Defender Corporation Board of Directors for the 6th and 24th Judicial Circuits. He is also a member of the American Association for Justice Construction Site Accident Litigation Group and a past President of the Cabell County Bar Association.

EDUCATION

Ohio University (B.B.A., Cum Laude)

John Marshall Law School (J.D., Magna Cum Laude)

BAR ADMITTANCE

West Virginia State Bar

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

Georgia State Bar

Supreme Court of Georgia

U.S. District Court, Southern District of W.Va.

U.S. Court of Appeals for 4th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for 6th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for 11th Circuit

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

Eastham v. City of Huntington et al, 671 S.E. 2d 666 (W.Va. 2008)

Toler v. State Farm, 64 Fed.Appx. 388 (4^th Cir. 2003)

Findley v. State Farm, 576 S.E.2d 807 (W.Va. 2002)

Toler v. State Farm, 25 Fed.Appx. 141 (4^th Cir. 2002)

Dalton v. Doe, 540 S.E.2d 536 (W.Va. 2000)

PROFESSIONAL HONORS, AWARDS & DIPLOMAS

Elected to the West Virginia Law Institute, Governing Council, in 2011

Appointed by Governor Manchin to the West Virginia Judicial Vacancy Advisory Commission
in 2010.

Selected for inclusion into the West Virginia Super Lawyers in 2010

Selected for membership into The American Trial Lawyers Association Top 100 Trial Lawyers in WV in 2009

Appointed to the WV Public Defender Corporation Board of Directors for the 6th and 24th Judicial Circuits (2008-Present)

Appointed to the Merit Selection Panel, United States District Court, Southern District of West Virginia (2008)

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated since 2007

Generation Next Recipient - West Virginia's 40 Best & Brightest Professionals Under 40 - The State Journal (2007)

Appointed to Governor Joe Manchin's Advisory Committee on Judicial Nominations (2005)

Appointed to Governor Bob Wise's Judicial Advisory Committee (2000-2004)

National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA at Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Ill. - Diploma 1998)

SEMINARS, LECTURES & PANELS

Procedures, Practices and Pitfalls - Moderator/Organizer - West Virginia Continuing Legal Education - Pullman Plaza Hotel, Huntington, WV, July 24, 2008.

Procedures, Practices and Pitfalls - Moderator/Organizer - West Virginia Continuing Legal Education - Pullman Plaza Hotel, Huntington, WV, August 23, 2007.

"The Car Business Exclusion In West Virginia" - Motor Vehicle Panel - The West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Mid-Winter Seminar, Charleston Marriott, Charleston, WV, January 16-17, 2003.