Lusk, Neva G. | Spilman Thomas & Battle

Of Counsel

Charleston, WV

Ms. Lusk's primary area of practice is general litigation with emphasis on product liability, toxic torts, class actions and commercial litigation.

Education

Litigating numerous trials in circuit courts and United States District Courts
Serving as trial counsel for corporate clients in mass toxic exposure matters, including class actions and medical monitoring
Serving as lead counsel for corporate clients in consolidated product liability matters
Defending medical device and pharmaceutical manufacturers
Serving as liaison counsel for manufacturers in mass tort litigation in federal and state courts
Serving as lead counsel in commercial disputes
Defending hospitals, individuals and corporations in health care litigation, both civil and criminal
Litigating cases regarding hospital privileges
Representing clients in Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse cases
Serving as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1981 - 1991

Recipient of the 2019 DRI Mary Massaron Award for the Advancement of Women in the Legal Profession
AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Nominated by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the fields of Commercial Litigation and Criminal Defense - White Collar
Recognized as a Leading Commercial Litigation Attorney in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
Selected for inclusion in West Virginia Super Lawyers
West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellow
American Inns of Court, Judge John A. Field, Jr. Chapter, Master of the Bench, emeritus

West Virginia State Bar
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
United States Courts of Appeals for the Third and Fourth Circuits
United States Supreme Court

DRI:
- Past National Director
- Chair, DRI Center for Law and Public Policy External Policy Groups Committee
- Past Chair, DRI Center for Law and Public Policy Lawyers for Civil Justice Committee
- Public Policy Committee
- Past Board Liaison to Drug and Medical Device Substantive Law Committee
- Past Member, Women in the Law Steering Committee
- Past Member, State Representatives Task Force
- Past Member, Minority Scholarship Committee
- Past State Representative for West Virginia
International Association of Defense Counsel:
- Vice Chair of Communication, Trial Tactics and Techniques Committee
- Faculty Member, IADC 2011 Trial Academy
- 2014 Mid-Year Meeting CLE Steering Committee
Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
Past President, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
Former Member, West Virginia Bar Foundation Board of Directors
Former Member, West Virginia State Bar Board of Governors
American Bar Association

Fund for the Arts, the Kanawha Valley's United Arts Fund, Past President of Board of Directors and Past Vice President of Allocations