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Peyton, Harvey D. was born on September 17, 1949 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States.
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Harvey D. Peyton
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West Virginia University (Bachelor of Arts, 1971. Juris Doctor, 1974); spoken languages: Spanish.
Career
Pasquale v. Ohio Power Company, 418 South.E.2d 738 (West Virginia 1992); State of Florida Department of Human Services v. Thornton, 183 West Virginia 513 (1990); Cavender v. Consolidated Rail Corporation, 588 F.Supp. 98 (South.D.W.Va. 1985); State v. Stover, 179 West Virginia 338, 368 South.E.2d 308 (West Virginia 1988); State v. Clark, 171 West Virginia 74, 297 South.E.2d 849 (1982); McClanahan v. Putnam Company Commander, 174 West Virginia 478, 327 South.E.2d 458 (West Virginia 1985); Harrison v. Town of Eleanor, 191 West Virginia 611, 447 SE2d 546 (1994); Putnam County Fire Service Board v. Kelly, 192 West Virginia 37, 449 Southeast 2d 508 (1994).Admitted to the bar, 1974, West Virginia and United States. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia. 1975, United States. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia.
1978, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Phi Delta Phi. Order of the Coif. Leads Articles Editor, West Virginia Law Review, 1973-1974.
Law Clerk, Honorary Robert East. Maxwell, Chief Judge United States.
District Court, Northern District of West Virginia, 1974-1975. Judge, Municipal Court, Nitro, West Virginia, 1980-1984.
City Attorney, Saint Albans, West Virginia, 1981-1985. Mental Hygiene Commissioner, Putnam County, West Virginia, 1979-1986.
Member: Kanawha County and Putnam County Bar Associations.
The West Virginia State Bar. Association of Trial Lawyers of America. West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
Harvey Doctorate. Peyton was admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia immediately upon graduation from the West Virginia College of Law in 1974.
After a one-year clerkship with the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, Mr. Peyton began practicing in the law office of Andrew J. Goodwin with a concentration on insurance defense trial work.
In 1977, Mr. Peyton began practicing in Nitro, West Virginia, representing a wide range of civil litigants.
Mr. Peyton concentrates his practice on plaintiffs" civil and defense criminal trial work and participates in six to ten jury trials per year in the circuit courts of Kanawha, Putnam and Mason Counties, West Virginia, and in local federal district courts.
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Member: Kanawha County and Putnam County Bar Associations. The West Virginia State Bar. Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
