Background
Neely, Richard was born in 1941.
Neely, Richard was born in 1941.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, 1964). Yale Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1967). Spoken languages: French.
Worked at Neely & Hunter (Charleston, West Virginia) specializing in Commercial Litigation, Securities Litigation, Toxic Tort/Product Liability, Personal Injury, Underwriters" Counsel and Issuer"s Counsel, Municipal Bonds and Securities, Corporate Finance and Acquisitions, Defense and Prosecution of Class Actions, Domestic Relations involving Substantial Property. Admitted to the bar, 1967, West Virginia. Justice, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, 1973-1995.
Retired as Chief Justice, 1995.
Legal Advisor to John Paul Vann, 1968-1969. Practicing lawyer in own firm, Fairmont, West Virginia, 1969-1973.
Member, West Virginia Legislature, 1971-1973. Author: "How Courts Govern America," Yale University Press, 1980.
"Why Courts Don"t Work," McGraw Hill, 1982.
"The Divorce Decision," McGraw Hill, 1983. "Judicial Jeopardy: When Business Collides with the Courts," Addison-Wesley, 1986. "The Product Liability Mess: How Business Can Be Rescued from State Court Politics", Free Press, 1989 - also available in Japanese from Toshiaki Hasegawa.
"Take Back your Neighborhood," Donald I. Fine, 1991.
"Tragedies of Our Own Making," University of Illinois Press, 1994. Articles: "The Politics of Crime," The Atlantic Monthly, August 1981.
"Why Wage-price Guidelines Failed: a Theory of the Second Best Approach to Inflation Control," 79 West.a. Law Review 1, 1974; "Obsolete Statutes, Structural Due Process, and the Power of Courts to Demand a Second Legislative Look," 131 U. Pennsylvania
L. Review 271, 1982; "The Primary Caretaker Parent Rule: Child Custody and the Dynamics of Greed," Yale Law and Policy Review
168, 1986. "Insider Trading Prosecutions Under the Misappropriation Theory: New York"s Joke on Heartland America," 1995 WL 267860: Series Editor, Callaghan Trial Practice Series: Case Assessment and Evaluation, Examination of Witnesses, Pretrial Discovery: Strategy & Tactics, Jury Selection: Strategy & Science. William Frederick Atherton Lecturer, Harvard University, 1982-1983.
Visiting Professor of Law, Fudan University, Shanghai, Peoples" Republic of China, 1984.
Life-Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Council. Military: Captain United States. Army Artillery, 1967-1969.
This office supervises clients" affairs and appears in court throughout the State.
We specialize in non-routine civil and criminal matters of substantial importance including: commercial litigation, securities litigation. Toxic tort/product liability.
Personal injury. Defense and prosecution of class actions.
Domestic relations involving substantial property. Purchase and sale of a business.
Counsel to issuers and underwriters (municipal bonds and securities). Corporate finance; economic development.
We limit caseload to allow a customized approach to each problem.
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Author: "How Courts Govern America," Yale University Press, 1980. "Why Courts Don't Work," McGraw Hill, 1982. "The Divorce Decision," McGraw Hill, 1983.
"Judicial Jeopardy: When Business Collides with the Courts," Addison-Wesley, 1986. "The Product Liability Mess: How Business Can Be Rescued from State Court Politics', Free Press, 1989 - also available in Japanese from Toshiaki Hasegawa. "Take Back your Neighborhood," Donald I. Fine, 1991.
"Tragedies of Our Own Making," University of Illinois Press, 1994. Articles: "The Politics of Crime," The Atlantic Monthly, August 1981. "Why Wage-price Guidelines Failed: a Theory of the Second Best Approach to Inflation Control," 79 W.a.
Law Rev. 1, 1974
"Obsolete Statutes, Structural Due Process, and the Power of Courts to Demand a Second Legislative Look," 131 U. Penn. L. Rev. 271, 1982
"The Primary Caretaker Parent Rule: Child Custody and the Dynamics of Greed," Yale Law and Policy Rev. 168, 1986
"Insider Trading Prosecutions Under the Misappropriation Theory: New York's Joke on Heartland America,' 1995 WL 267860: Series Editor, Callaghan Trial Practice Series: Case Assessment and Evaluation, Examination of Witnesses, Pretrial Discovery: Strategy & Tactics, Jury Selection: Strategy & Science.
William Frederick Atherton Lecturer, Harvard University, 1982-1983. Visiting Professor of Law, Fudan University, Shanghai, Peoples' Republic of China, 1984.
Member, West Virginia Legislature, 1971-1973.