Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts
Best's Insurance Professional Resources
Client-Recommended Attorneys, Adjusters and Experts


Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense

JamesMark Building, 901 Quarrier Street, Charleston, West Virginia 25301

Established: 1989

Practice Areas

  • Insurance Defense
  • Employment Law
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Product Liability
  • Automobile Liability
  • Business Law
  • Commercial Liability
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Professional Liability
  • Negligence
  • Property Damage
  • Premises Liability
  • Toxic Torts
  • Bad Faith
  • Civil Rights
  • Workers' Compensation
  • Fire Loss
  • Trucking

About Us

Our attorneys have a reputation for their aggressive approach to defending cases and proactively working with the client to determine the best course of action in defending a claim. We diligently work with our client to determine the most efficient and cost effective resolution. If the decision is to take the case to trial, our team of attorneys has the necessary experience to aggressively defend the claim. In fact, we believe we try as many, if not more, cases than any law firm in West Virginia. We also spend a great deal of time and significant resources on risk management. Our attorneys provide seminars and training for small and large corporations, insurance companies and local governments pertaining to the best practices in avoiding a claim and managing the client's exposure to liability. The firm handles cases throughout KY, OH. WV and maintains law offices in Charleston, Beckley, Martinsburg and Morgantown, WV.

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Client Information

Insurance Clients

Personnel Information

Firm Managing Partner


Stephen M. Fowler

Managing Member

Charleston, WV

Admitted
  • Colorado, 1983
  • West Virginia, 1989
  • Kentucky, 2006
  • Ohio, 2008
  • U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Tenth Circuits
Memberships:
  • American and Kentucky Bar Associations
  • West Virginia State Bar
  • Inns of Court
  • Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
  • Defense Research Institute
Education:
  • Alderson-Broaddus College, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1980
  • University of Denver College of Law, J.D., 1983

Firm Members


Johnnie E. Brown

Charleston, WV

Admitted
  • West Virginia, 1987
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Memberships:
  • American Bar Association
  • National Association of Dealer Counsel
  • Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
  • Defense Research Institute
  • American Inns of Court
Education:
  • Marshall University, B.A. (Dean's List), 1984
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1987
Law Review:
West Virginia Law Review
Honors:
Order of Barristers

Edgar A. Poe, Jr.

Charleston, WV

Admitted
  • West Virginia, 1980
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Memberships:
  • American, West Virginia and Kanawha County Bar Associations
  • West Virginia State Bar
  • Council of Litigation Management (State Chair, 2010)
  • American Inns of Court-Master
  • Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
  • Defense Research Institute
Education:
  • University of Virginia, B.A. (with distinction), 1975
  • The University of Chicago, M.A., 1977
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1980
Honors:
Order of Barristers

Lori S. Muldoon

Charleston, WV

Admitted
  • West Virginia, 1998
  • Kentucky, 2009
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
Memberships:
  • American and Kanawha County Bar Associations
  • West Virginia State Bar
  • Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
  • Defense Research Institute
Education:
  • Marshall University, B.A., 1990
  • Marshall University, M.A., 1994
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1997

Duane J. Ruggier II

Charleston, WV

Admitted
  • West Virginia, 1998
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
Memberships:
  • American, West Virginia and Kanawha County Bar Associations
  • Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
  • Defense Research Institute
Education:
  • Marshall University, B.A., 1995
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1998

Wendy Greve

Charleston, WV

Admitted
  • West Virginia, 1994
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal and Fourth Circuits
Memberships:
  • West Virginia State Bar
  • Defense Research Institute
Education:
  • American University, B.A., 1988
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1994

Julie Meeks Greco

Charleston, WV

Admitted
  • West Virginia, 1997
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
  • U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia, 2001
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 2003
Memberships:
  • American and Kanawha County Bar Associations
  • West Virginia State Bar
Education:
  • West Virginia University, B.A., 1992
  • West Virginia University, M.S., 1994
  • West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1997

Born: 1969

Molly Underwood Poe

Charleston, WV

Admitted
  • West Virginia, 1992
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Memberships:
  • West Virginia Bar Association
  • West Virginia State Bar
  • Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
  • Defense Research Institute
Education:
  • Denison University, B.A., 1987
  • Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., 1992

Born: 1965

  • Gary E. Pullin
  • Benjamin T. Hughes
  • James A. Muldoon
  • Geoffrey A. Cullop
  • Katie Hicklin
  • Christopher C. Ross
  • Anna F. Ballard

Associates


  • Jacob Layne
  • Drannon Adkins
  • Adam B. Poe
  • Evan S. Olds
  • Anthony Delligatti
  • W. Austin Smith
  • Nathan Hamons
  • Kelly Pawlowski

High Profile Cases

Johnnie Brown: United States v. Shaffer Equip. Co., 11 F.3d 450 (4th Cir. 1993); Keeney v. Charnock, 221 Fed. Appx. 289 (S.D.W. Va. 2007); Conley v. Stollings, 223 W. Va. 762, 679 S.E.2d 594 (2009); West Virginia Fire & Cas. Co. v. Mathews, 209 W. Va. 107, 543 S.E.2d 664 (2000); Harmon v. Elkay Mining Co., 201 W. Va. 747, 500 S.E.2d 860 (1997); Robertson v. Fowler, 197 W. Va. 116, 475 S.E.2d 116 (1996); West Virginia Human Rights Comm'n v. Garretson, 196 W. Va. 118, 468 S.E.2d 733 (1996); Hall's Park Motel v. Rover Constr., 194 W. Va. 309, 460 S.E.2d 444 (1995); Municipal Mut. Ins. Co. v. Mangus, 191 W. Va. 113, 443 S.E.2d 455 (1994); Kapourales v. Summit Corp., 188 W. Va. 238, 423 S.E.2d 641 (1992); Dent v. Kaufman, 185 W. Va. 171, 406 S.E.2d 68 (1991); Osborne v. County Comm'n of Kanawha County, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 20990 (4th Cir. W. Va., 2005)

Danny Scott Wilkinson v. W. Rexford Duff, M.D., et al, 212 W. Va. 725, 575, S.E.2d 235 (2002); State ex rel Brooks v. Zakaib, 214 W. Va. 253, 588 S.E.2d 418 (2003); State ex rel Richard Brooks v. Zakaib, 216 W. Va. 600, 609 S.E.2d 861 (2004)

Stephen Fowler: Short v. Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A., 401 F.Supp.2d 549 (S.D.W.Va. 2005); Jones v. Glenville State College, 433 S.E.2d 49 (W.Va. 1993); In re West Virginia Rezulin Litigation, S.E.2d (W.Va. 2001)

Edgar Poe Jr.: In re: Flood Litigation, 607 S.E.2d 863 (W.Va. 2004); Met Life v. Starcher, 474 S.E.2d 186 (W.Va. 1996); Thomas v. Raleigh Hospital, 358 S.E.2d 222 (W.Va. 1987)

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