Practice Expertise
- Consumer Finance
- Deliberate Intent Litigation
- Insurance
- Insurance Defense
Areas of Practice
- Consumer Finance
- Deliberate Intent Litigation
- Insurance
- Insurance Defense
- Battle Group-Litigation
- Construction Law
- E-Discovery
- Energy Law
- Government Relations
- Health Care Law
- Labor & Employment Law
- Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Name, Image, & Likeness (NIL)
- Product Liability Litigation
- Toxic Tort Litigation
- Workplace Investigations View More
Profile
Mr. Ford's practice focuses on complex civil litigation, including commercial litigation, product liability, and class actions. He also serves clients in the area of government relations.
Bar Admissions
West Virginia State Bar
United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Education
- West Virginia University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2013
- West Virginia University, J.D., 2016
Areas of Practice
- Consumer Finance
- Deliberate Intent Litigation
- Insurance
- Insurance Defense
- Battle Group-Litigation
- Construction Law
- E-Discovery
- Energy Law
- Government Relations
- Health Care Law
- Labor & Employment Law
- Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Name, Image, & Likeness (NIL)
- Product Liability Litigation
- Toxic Tort Litigation
- Workplace Investigations
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Representing employers and commercial clients in deliberate intent, fatality, and serious personal injury litigation
Representing health care clients in a wide variety of litigation
Representing commercial clients in litigation concerning breach of contract, tortious interference, express and implied indemnity, and declaratory judgments
Representing various state entities in litigation
Representing product manufacturers and suppliers in construction litigation
Representing employers and commercial clients in premises liability lawsuits
Representing corporations in matters involving derivative claims, disputed dissolutions, and corporate governance issues
Representing a state institution of higher learning in various matters involving claims made by students and staff members
Representing employers in litigation involving discrimination and harassment
Representing employers in developing employment policies, practices, and procedures
Representing plaintiffs in litigation involving a catastrophic explosion
Professional Activities and Experience
Professional Activities and Experience
Distinctions
- Young Lawyer of the Year Award, West Virginia State Bar, 2024
- Generation Next: 40 under 40, The State Journal, 2023
- Named on the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list for Commercial Litigation
- Selected for inclusion on the West Virginia Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" list
- JD Supra Readers' Choice Top Author, Class Action Law, 2021
- JD Supra Readers' Choice Top Author, Product Liability Law, 2020
- Order of the Coif
- CALI Excellence Awards - Natural Resources, Bankruptcy, Sales & Secured Transactions, Contracts II
- 2015 American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence
Articles
Publications & Presentations
- Executive Research Editor, West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 118
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