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Position	Areas of Practice	Litigation Percentage
Bar Admissions	Education	Published Works
Affiliations	References	Representative Clients
Representative Cases

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John R. Fowler is enjoying a distinguished and productive career in defending corporations and insurance companies doing business in the litigious state of West Virginia. After returning from a tour of duty in Vietnam as a highly decorated Infantry Captain, Mr. Fowler spent three years with a prominent plaintiff firm and a well-known defense firm. 

During his practice in the 1970s and '80s, Mr. Fowler concentrated his efforts on defending the all-terrain-vehicle industry and challenging the populist court on definitive insurance issues.

Mr. Fowler was appointed in 1975 by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals as a Special Prosecutor to investigate and prosecute vote fraud allegations in Logan County,West Virginia. He obtained convictions of key members of the controlling political group and helped establish election law procedures that were later made law by the Legislature.

He merged his rapidly growing firm with one of the large law firms in West Virginia in 1986 and rose to be a managing partner. 

In his private practice, he has served the Bar by representing the Judicial Inquiry Commission, which investigates allegations against sitting judges; and is currently Hearing Examiner for the WV Board of Bar Examiners. He has served the bar as a speaker in his specialties at the West Virginia University College of Law and elsewhere.

Current Employment Position(s):

Managing Partner

Areas Of Practice:

70% Insurance Defense

25% Product Liability

5% Construction

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

West Virginia, 1967

Virginia, 1991

U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1967

U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia, 1967

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1988

U.S. Supreme Court, 1974

Education:

West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1967

J.D.

West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1964

B.A.

Honors: Dean's List

Major: Political Science and History

Published Works:

Jenks Act and Beyond, WVU Criminal Law Reporter, First, 1967

Representative Cases:

Weiford v. Thiebaud, 422 F.2d 400 (4th Cir. 1970)

 

Preiser Scientific, Inc. of Ohio v. Piedmont Aviation, Inc., 432 F.2d 1002 (4th Cir. 1970)

 

State ex rel. Whitman v. Fox, 160 W.Va. 633, 236 S.E.2d 565 (1977)

 

In re: Brown, 164 W.Va 234, 262 S.E.2d 444, 166. W.Va. 226 (1980)

 

Judicial Inquiry Comm'n of West Virginia v. McGraw, 165 W.Va. 704, 271 S.E.2d 344, 171 W.Va. 441 (1983)

 

Cook v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., 101 F.R.D. 92, 38 Fed.R.Serv. 2d 1580 (S.D. W.Va. 1984)

 

Shamblin v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 175 W.Va. 337, 332 S.E.2d 639, 183 W.Va. 585 (1990)

 

Greene v. Carolina Freight Carriers, 663 F.Supp. 112 (S.D. W. Va.)

 

Clark v. Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., 200 W.Va. 763, 490 S.E.2d 852 (1997)

 

Harmon v. Elkay Mining Co., 201 W.Va. 745, 500 S.E.2d 860 (1997)

 

Wilt v. State Auto. Mut. Ins. Co., 203 W.Va. 165, 506 S.E. 2d. 608, 203 F.3d. 825 (4th Cir. 1998)

 

Sayer Bros., Ins. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 150 F.Supp.2d 907 (S.D. W.Va. 2001)

Representative Clients:

Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA

The Travelers Companies

Piney Land Company

McCreery Coal Land Co.

State Auto Insurance Companies

White Oak Group

Cranberry Hardwoods

References:

Ms. Bette A. Damron, Claim Specialist, St. Paul Companies, Charleston, WV

Douglas Wilson, Esq., Director, Product Liability, Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A., Santa Ana, CA

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Law Practice Seminars, West Virginia University, 1970 - 1973

 

CLE Seminars on Construction Law, 2007

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Defense Trial Lawyers of West Virginia

 

The Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel

 

Phi Kappa Psi

 

Phi Delta Phi, The International Legal Fraternity

 

Rotary

Past Employment Positions:

United States Army, Infantry Captain; Bronze Star Medal for Valor, 1969; Air Medal; Army Commendation Medals, 1967 - 1969

 

Large law firm, General Practice, 1986 - 2004

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