Background
Deitzler, Harry G. was born on March 24, 1951 in South Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Son of James Edward and Betty Jean (Luchtemeyer) Deitzler.
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Harry G. Deitzler
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Bachelor of Science, West Virginia University, 1973; Juris Doctor, West Virginia University, 1976; postgraduate, National College of District Attorneys, U. Houston, 1977-1981.
Career
Worked at Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler (Charleston, West Virginia) specializing in Civil Litigation and Appellate Practice in all Courts. Personal Injury. Medical/Legal Negligence, Products Liability. Admitted to the bar, 1976, West Virginia and United States.
District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia. 1989, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. President, West Virginia Prosecuting Attorney's Association, 1986-1988.
Certified by National Board of Trial Advocacy, 1991. Author: "Prosecutorial Discovery: An Overview," West Virginia Law Review, Volume 83, No. 2 Winter, 1980; "Indictment Manual For West Virginia Prosecutors," (looseleaf), 1986.
Elected Prosecuting Attorney, Wood County West Virginia, 1979-1988. West Virginia State Representative to National District Attorney's Association, 1986. Member: West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Member, Board of Directors). Roscoe Pound Foundation.
The Law firm began in 1980, when senior partner, R. Edison Hill, departed a large corporate and insurance defense firm to begin a small personal injury practice. The six lawyers in this firm engage exclusively in representing victims of personal injury. All five partners are of similar age and experience.
Four of the partners have been in practice for 22 years, and one has been in practice for 19 years. Recognizing that traumatic brain injury is now a highly specialized area of personal injury law, this firm has concentrated in developing expertise in this area, by attending and presenting at seminars and being very active in the National Brain Injury Foundation.
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Membership
Elected Prosecuting Attorney Wood County, Parkersburg, 1980, 84. Electedofficer Wood County Democratic Executive Committee, 1980-1988. Candidate for Attorney General of West Virginia, 1988.
Member ATLA (instructor National College Advocacy 1995, 96), Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (board directors since 1992, state coordinator 1992-1995), West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (Board of Governors, Executive Committee), West Virginia State Bar (Executive Committee Young Lawyer section 1977-1979, criminal law committee since 1979), National District Attorneys Association (state director 1984-1985), Masons, Shriners.
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Connections
Married Kathe Frances Elswick, June 24, 1989. Children: Erin Lindsay, Bradford James.
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Presbyterian