Member Bio
Danielle Waltz is a Member in the Commercial Law Practice Group and the Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs Practice Group in Jackson Kelly's Charleston office, where she also chairs the firm's recruiting committee and is a member of its diversity committee. Ms. Waltz has wide legal experience, including litigating commercial banking cases and handling complex multi-party construction matters. Ms. Waltz also has extensive experience in government relations for a wide array of local, state and national business clients, where she has been involved in several of the major legal reforms in WV, including passaged of bills capping punitive damages, modifying the joint and several liability statute and regulating the practice of third party litigation funding.
Ms. Waltz has published and lectured on construction matters, including the 2009 Defense Research Institute Desk Reference on West Virginia. She is extensively involved in the DRI Construction Law Group, where she is a member of the National Steering Committee, where she currently serves as its Vice Chair. She chaired the 2018 DRI Annual Meeting in San Francisco.
Ms. Waltz is well versed in West Virginia legislative and administrative matters and has represented and appeared before several state agencies. She is a member of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Government Relations Committee, the YWCA Public Policy Committee, the Generation West Virginia Public Policy Committee and the ABCWV Legislative Committee.
Ms. Waltz earned a Juris Doctor from West Virginia University, where she was the Symposium Editor for the West Virginia Law Review, a recipient of the Dennis and Louise Sharp Scholarship and a member of the Marilyn Lugar Trial Association Traveling Team. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics, cum laude, from West Virginia University in 2003. She was a West Virginia University Foundation Scholar, a National Merit Scholar and a recipient of the Robert C. Byrd scholarship.