Ms. Durst's primary areas of practice are toxic tort and product liability litigation.

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Education

• University of Kentucky, B.S., with distinction, 1988
• Wake Forest University, J.D., cum laude, 1991

Experience

• Account Manager for Chemours
• Lead trial counsel for EIDP, Inc., formerly known as E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, in West Virginia asbestos litigation since 2002
• Defense of a series of large toxic tort matters for corporate client in federal court
• Defense of class action toxic tort and environmental matter for large corporate client
• Defense of wrongful death, employer deliberate intent, toxic tort and product liability matters in state and federal courts
• Defense of asbestos and silica premises and product liability defendants
• Defense of talc product liability cases in West Virginia
• Responsible for document collection and organization of nationwide product liability litigation matter
• Defense of general litigation matters, including commercial, employment and labor law, and consumer rights

Distinctions

• Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in General Commercial Litigation
• Nominated by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Admissions

• West Virginia State Bar
• State Bar of Georgia
• United States Supreme Court
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States Tax Court

Memberships

• Kanawha County Bar Association
• American Bar Association, Member, Section of Litigation
• Defense Research Institute, Member, Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Committee and Product Liability Committee
• Participant in University of Virginia School of Law Nine-Day Trial Advocacy Institute, 1997

Community Involvement

• Director, Camp Leon overnight camp for Blessed Sacrament Parish, 2012 - present
• West Virginia Youth Symphony, Member, Board of Directors, President, 2012 - 2023
• Fund for the Arts, Member, Board of Directors, 1994 – 2015
• Chair, Wine & All That Jazz Festival, sponsored by Fund for the Arts, 2003 - 2004
• Co-Chair, Wine & All That Jazz Festival and Blues Brews & BBQs Festival, sponsored by Fund for the Arts, 2005
• Keep a Child in School, Member, Board of Directors, 1993 - 1997
• Leadership West Virginia, 1999
• Leadership Charleston, 1992

Other

• Participant in University of Virginia School of Law Nine-Day Trial Advocacy Institute, 1997