Charles L. Woody
Of Counsel
Charleston, WV
office 304.340.3862
mobile 304.552.8110
Mr. Woody's primary areas of practice are labor and employment law, litigation, and appellate litigation practice.

Education

  • University of Virginia, B.A., 1969
  • Florida State University, J.D., 1972

Experience

  • Lead counsel, plaintiff in Uniform Trade Secrets Act case for misappropriation by employees
  • Lead counsel, 15-day trial on successorship issues
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University Law School, Spring and Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Employment Practices
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, Charleston School of Law, Charleston, S.C., Spring 2013, Employment Law
  • Law Clerk, John A. Field, Jr., Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1973 – 1974
  • Brown et al v. Tethys Bioscience, Inc., 2013 WL 65456 (Jan. 4, 2013), 2012 WL 4605671 and 4606386 (Oct. 10, 2012) and WL 4606007 (Oct. 1, 2012) orders granting Tethys summary judgment on negligent misrepresentation, retaliation, discharge and other counts
  • Harper v. Jackson Hewitt, Inc., 2010 WL 4723380, W. Va.
  • Carolina Power & Light Company v. Aspect Software, Inc., 2010 WL 3210970 (E.D.N.C.)
  • State ex re. Richmond American Homes of West Virginia, Inc. v. Sanders, 226 W. Va. 103, 697 S.E.2d 139 (2010)
  • West v. West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, 224 W. Va. 563, 687 S.E.2d 346 (2009)
  • Cottrell Co. v. Carlton, Inc., 614 S.E.2d 1 (2005) (hired for appeal and successfully had sanctions overturned)
  • Columbia Natural Resources, 120 LA 1599 (July 28, 2005) (successfully defended successor employer’s alleged failure to match 401(k))
  • Holland v. Williams Mountain Coal Co., 256 F.3d 819, 347 U.S. App. D.C., 198, 26 Employee Benefits Cas. 1781 (D.C. Cir., July 31, 2001) (successfully defended successor-in-interest definition under Coal Act; Court did not apply “substantial continuity of operations” test)
  • N.L.R.B. v. Labor Ready, Inc., 253 F.3d 195, 167 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2405, 143 Lab. Cas. P 11,007 (4th Cir., 2001)
  • Gardner v. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc., 7 Fed. Appx. 241, 2001 WL 378276 (4th Cir. (W. Va.), 25 Employee Benefits Cas. 2696 (4th Cir. (W. Va.), Apr .16, 2001)
  • Holland v. High Power Energy, 98 F. Supp. 2d 741 (S.D.W. Va. 2000)
  • Holland v. Big River Minerals Corp., 181 F.3d 597 (4th Cir. 1999)
  • Anker Energy Corp. v. Consolidation Coal Co., 177 F.3d 161, 24 Employee Benefits Cas. 1026 (3d Cir. 1999)
  • Carbon Fuel Co. v. USX, 153 F.3d 719 (4th Cir. 1998)
  • Leary v. Bluestone Coal, 141 F.3d 1158 (4th Cir. 1998)