Member | Co-Chair, E-Discovery Practice Group | Co-Chair, Associate Program
Charleston, WV
office 304.720.5650
- Overview
- Services
- Distinctions
- Admissions
- Memberships
- Publications & Presentations
- Community Involvement
- Resources
- Results
Mr. Ford’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation, including commercial litigation, product liability, and class actions.
Education
- West Virginia University, B.A., summa cum laude, 2013
- West Virginia University, J.D., 2016
Experience
- Representing employers and commercial clients in deliberate intent, fatality, and serious personal injury litigation
- Representing health care clients in a wide variety of litigation
- Representing commercial clients in litigation concerning breach of contract, tortious interference, and other business torts
- Representing various state entities in litigation
- Representing product manufacturers and suppliers in construction litigation
- Representing employers and commercial clients in premises liability lawsuits
- Representing corporations in matters involving derivative claims, disputed dissolutions, and corporate governance issues
- Representing state institutions of higher learning in various matters involving claims made by students and staff members
- Representing employers in litigation involving discrimination and harassment
- Representing employers in developing employment policies, practices, and procedures
- Representing plaintiffs in litigation involving a catastrophic explosion
- Representing trustees and beneficiaries in trust and estate litigation
- Conducting independent employee investigations for employers
Distinctions
- Generation Next: 40 under 40, The State Journal, 2023
- Named on the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch list for Commercial Litigation
- Selected for inclusion on the West Virginia Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" list
- JD Supra Readers' Choice Top Author, Class Action Law, 2021
- JD Supra Readers' Choice Top Author, Product Liability Law, 2020
- Order of the Coif
- CALI Excellence Awards – Natural Resources, Bankruptcy, Sales & Secured Transactions, Contracts II
- 2015 American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence
Admissions
- West Virginia State Bar
- United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Memberships
- West Virginia Commission on Uniform State Laws, Commissioner
- American Bar Association, Litigation Section:
- Commercial & Business Litigation Committee, Expert Witness Subcommittee, Co-Chair
- Products Liability Committee, Newsletter Editor
- Chairperson, Young Lawyers Division, West Virginia Bar Association
- District 8 Representative, Young Lawyer Board, West Virginia State Bar
Publications & Presentations
- Executive Research Editor, West Virginia Law Review, Vol. 118
Community Involvement
- Fund for the Arts, Board of Directors
- Community Collaborative Network, Steering Committee, 2020-2022