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Natalie C. Schaefer

Natalie C. Schaefer

Company Information

Company
Shuman McCuskey & Slicer PLLC
1411 Virginia St E Ste 200
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone
(304) 345-1400
Member Bio
Natalie C. Schaefer has focused primarily on defense litigation, including catastrophic loss and wrongful death, as well as the defense of national manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of consumer products involved in construction, mining and industrial accidents.

Ms. Schaefer has also defended energy clients in accident investigation and litigation, as well as defense of companies in suit under the worker's compensation immunity exception ("deliberate intention exception"), among others. She has also defended liability claims involving civil rights, public entities and government agencies.

An Order of the Coif and Order of Barristers graduate of the West Virginia College of Law, she was the 2002 Lugar Trial Association Invitational Competition winner and also served as Executive Board Member for the West Virginia University Law Review.

She is married to Dr. Mark Schaefer, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Marietta College. They live in Charleston with their two children.

Bar Admissions
West Virginia
U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia
U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Education
J.D., West Virginia University College of Law

Honors: Order of the Coif, Order of Barristers, Winner of the Lugar Trial Association Invitational Competition, West Virginia University Law Review Executive Board Member

B.A., West Virginia University
Major: Political Science Double Minor: English and Philosophy

Honors: cum laude

Published Works "The Unusual Suspects: Unlikely Players in the Product Liability Arena, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
Administrative Preclusion: Litigation Ammunition?", Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
Technology in Litigation, For the Defense, DRI, September 2012
Speak Psychology, For the Defense, DRI, October 2012

Classes/Seminars

Useful Discovery for Trial, Institute for Paralegal Education, June 2010.
Navigating the Ethics of the Tripartite Relationship, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting, June 2009.

Professional Associations and Memberships

Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
Defense Research Institute
DRI Young Lawyer Liaison to the Insurance Committee 2011-2012
Vice-Liaison 2010-2011
Product Liability Committee
Insurance Law Committee
Trial Tactics Committee
West Virginia Bar Association
West Virginia Oil Marketers & Grocers Association
Energy & Mineral Law Foundation

Honors and Awards

2010-2014 West Virginia Super Lawyer Rising Star
Martindale Hubbell AV rated
Firm Information
Shuman, McCuskey & Slicer, PLLC, a law firm with offices in Charleston, West Virginia, and Morgantown, West Virginia, provides effective legal representation in courts across West Virginia and in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Martindale-Hubble Bar Register™ of Preeminent Lawyers lists the firm as one of the nation’s most distinguished law practices and has recognized the firm as having achieved the highest level of professional skill and integrity. The law firm represents clients in a broad range of legal matters, including insurance defense, medical malpractice defense, long-term care or nursing home litigation, veterinary malpractice defense, legal malpractice defense, product liability/personal injury litigation, state and municipal governmental liability, administrative/regulatory law, labor/employment law, environmental and natural resources law, health care law, estate planning, complex litigation, construction law, and debtor/creditor litigation.

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Practice Areas
Casualty
Civil Rights
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
General Litigation
Governmental Liability
Hospitality
Industry-Wide Litigation
Insurance Fraud and Suspicious claims
Insurance Law
Trial Tactics
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Construction Law
Governmental Liability
Insurance Law
Litigation Skills
Retail and Hospitality

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