Mr. Crockett's primary areas of practice are complex commercial litigation, including business torts, coal litigation, environmental litigation and bankruptcy litigation.

Bar Admissions
West Virginia State Bar
Virginia State Bar
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Virginia
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia
United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Eighth and District of Columbia Circuits
United States Supreme Court

Education

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, B.A., 1974; M.A., 1976
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, doctoral work, 1976 - 1978
• The College of William & Mary, J.D., 1981

Significant Accomplishments

Representing commercial owners in major construction litigation

Representing employers in fatality cases

Representing coal companies and lessors in environmental and commercial cases

Representing land owners in condemnation cases

Representing natural gas producer in sales litigation

Representing medical device manufacturers in mass tort litigation

Representing companies in shareholder litigation

Representing debtor and served as primary trial and appellate counsel in national mass tort bankruptcy case

Representing the Resolution Trust Corporation and its successors on a regional basis

Representing national food processing company in major Clean Water Act cases in state and federal courts

Representing numerous banks and other financial institutions in a wide variety of litigation matters

Representing officers and directors in a variety of cases involving derivative claims, disputed dissolutions and corporate governance issues

Representing clients in more than 25 appeals in various United States Circuit Courts and argued 19 of those appeals, including the trial of a contempt charge in the Fourth Circuit

Seminars/ Presentation

Speaker, Litigation Counsel of America 2012 Spring Conference & Induction of Fellows, Santa Barbara, Ca. (May 2012)



Professional Activities and Experience

Distinctions

• AV^® Preeminent™ Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Environmental, Litigation - Construction and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
• Recognized by West Virginia Super Lawyers
• Order of the Coif
• Omicron Delta Kappa

Publications & Presentations

• Speaker, Litigation Counsel of America 2012 Spring Conference & Induction of Fellows, Santa Barbara, Ca. (May 2012)
• Business Torts: Tortious Interference with Contractual Relationships and the Virginia Business Conspiracy Statute, Virginia Law Foundation CLE