Background
Jernigan, Junior, W. Henry was born on December 23, 1949 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.
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W. Henry Jernigan Jr.
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Washington and Lee University (Bachelor of Science, 1972. Juris Doctor, 1975).
Career
Worked at Jackson & Kelly (Charleston, West Virginia) specializing in Natural Resources (Coal, Oil and Gas, Metals, Aggregates and Other Minerals), Admiralty, Environmental, Labor and Employment, Legislative Services, Litigation (Including Administrative, Civil, Insurance Defense and White Collar Crime), Pension and Benefit Programs, Occupational Safety, Injury and Disease (OSHA, MSHA), Workers' Compensation (Federal, State), Federal Black Lung, Business and Commercial, Banking, Bankruptcy, Public Finance, Corporate, Health Care and Hospitals, Public Utilities and Motor Carriers, Real Estate, Securities, Taxes, Trusts and Estates, Antitrust, Administrative, Transportation, Construction, Public Agencies, Insurance Regulation and Delinquency Proceedings. Venture Capital.
Admitted to the bar, 1976, West Virginia. 1985, Kentucky, United States.
District Court, Districts of Kentucky and West Virginia, United States. Court of Appeals, 2nd, 4th and 6th Circuits and United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Beta Gamma Sigma; Order of the Coif. Omicron Delta Kappa. Burks Teaching Scholar, Washington and Lee University, 1974-1975. Author: "The Case for Restricting Offsets," Best's Review Property/Casualty Insurance Edition, Volume 91 No.
3, July 1990; "Sweetheart Arrangements Between Lenders and Their Title Lawyers - Are They Really?" 37 Washington & Lee Law Review 343, 1980. "The Sixth Amendment and the Right to a Trial by Jury of the Vicinage," 31 Washington & Lee Law Review 399, 1974. Law Clerk, The Honorary H. Emory Widener, Junior, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1975-1976. Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and West Virginia Bar Associations. West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel.
Rotary International. Jackson & Kelly, with 10 offices located in Charleston, Martinsburg, Morgantown, New Martinsville, Fairmont, Wheeling, Parkersburg, West Virginia. Lexington, Kentucky, Washington, D.C. and Denver, Colorado is one of the region's oldest and largest law firms and has provided legal services to clients since the early 1800s.
Initially regional in nature, the Firm's practice now extends throughout the United States and overseas.
Membership
Member: Fayette County, Kentucky and West Virginia Bar Associations. West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel. Rotary International.
