Mr. Teare’s primary practice is litigation defense.

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Education

• Dover Police Academy, State Certification, Highest Academic Average, 1977
• Wilmington College, B.S., Criminal Justice, summa cum laude, 1987
• T.C. Williams School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1990
• University of Virginia Trial Advocacy Institute, 1996

Experience

• Serving as first chair in jury trials
• Representing the manufactured housing industry, law enforcement management, and the defense of law enforcement liability and employment issues
• Serving on numerous appeals cases, civil and criminal bench trials, extraordinary and injunctive proceedings and extensive motions practice
• Serving as the current General Counsel for the West Virginia Housing Institute, Inc.

Distinctions

• AV® Preeminent™ Peer-Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Nominated by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for Litigation - Labor & Employment

Admissions

• 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 Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Memberships

• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Board of Governors
• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Past Chair of Employment Law Group
• West Virginia Sheriff's Association, General Counsel
• West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association, General Counsel
• West Virginia Housing Institute, General Counsel
• Civil Service Commissioner, City of Charleston

Publications & Presentations

• Presenter for National Business Institute and Sterling Educational Services on law enforcement liability and employment law topics, including recent national teleconference
• Legal presenter for meetings of the WVHI, West Virginia Sheriffs’ Association, West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association, Municipal League and West Virginia Association of Counties
• Instructor for 6th Regional Police Academy, 1996
• Certified law enforcement in-service instructor for Charleston Police Department and regular speaker for Citizen Police Academy and Neighborhood Assistance Officer classes

Community Involvement

• Past District Chairman and Assistant Scoutmaster, currently Mountain Rifle District Advancement Chairman
• Leadership West Virginia, Lifetime Member, Class of 2004