The Masters Law Firm L.C. was founded over 30 years ago. The firm represents persons injured, or their loved ones who have been injured or killed, due to the negligence or careless and wrongful acts of persons or corporations. The firm and its attorneys are exclusively engaged in and experienced in the field of civil litigation for persons or corporations injured or damaged by others. The law firm and its attorneys have experience in representing persons injured in automobile accidents, motorcycle accidents, trucking accidents, construction accidents, mining accidents and insurance company litigation. We also represent individuals injured by toxic exposure, pharmaceutical and drug defects, medical negligence, and as a result of dangerous premises, as well as people who have incurred serious debilitating injuries, including brain injury and spinal injury resulting in quadriplegia and death. We have successfully obtained millions of dollars in financial compensation for victims. We can apply this practical experience to help you achieve resolution to your case. We have been designated by our colleagues as preeminent in our field. We are listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and have achieved the highest rating available from Martindale-Hubbell®.

Contact The Masters Law Firm L.C. today if you need legal assistance with any of the following:

We help individuals who have been wronged by the reckless and negligent actions of another party. We help our clients obtain the compensation that they deserve. If you have been injured through no fault of your own or a loved one has suffered a serious personal injury, death or property damage, we will help you. We have the experience and knowledge needed to obtain a successful case resolution for you and your family.

If you or a loved one needs the help of an experienced West Virginia Personal Injury Attorney, call The Masters Law Firm L.C. today at 866-706-5821, or complete the contact form provided on this site to arrange your free initial consultation.

Professional Profile

If you or a loved one needs the help of an experienced West Virginia Personal Injury Attorney, call The Masters Law Firm L.C. today at 866-706-5821, or complete the contact form provided on this site to arrange your free initial consultation.

ADDRESS OF THE FIRM:
The Masters Law Firm L.C.
181 Summers Street
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 866-706-5821
Hours: M-F, 8:00AM-5:00PM
We serve the entire State of West Virginia.

MEMBERS OF THE FIRM:

Attorney Marvin W. Masters

Jurisdictions:

• West Virginia Supreme Court and all lower courts
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia

Education:

• West Virginia University, J.D., 1972
• West Virginia University, B.S. Civil Engineering, 1967

Admitted To The Bar:

• 1972, West Virginia

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

Marvin W. Masters is a member of the American Bar Association, West Virginia State Bar, West Virginia Association for Justice (past president), American Association for Justice, The American College of Trial Lawyers, and International Society of Primerus Law Firms. Mr. Masters has been selected for (1) “Best Lawyers in America®” for over 10 years; (2) “Super Lawyers”; and (3) “Million Dollar Advocates.” He has tried over 100 cases to jury and received multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in various jurisdictions. He is experienced in litigating serious personal injury, death, coal mining and property damage cases, as well as commercial, fraud and product liability cases, including drug litigation.

Attorney Christopher L. Brinkley

Jurisdictions:

• West Virginia Supreme Court and all lower courts
• Missouri
• Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Georgia Supreme Court
• Arkansas
• United States Court of Appeals – Fourth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals – Fifth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia
• United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
• United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas

Education:

• University of Tulsa, J.D., 1994
• University of Oklahoma, B.S. Aerospace Engineering, 1990

Admitted To The Bar:

• 2003, West Virginia
• 2002, Missouri
• 1999 Georgia
• 1995, Arkansas

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

Christopher L. Brinkley practices in the areas of product liability, personal injury, workplace injury, automobile collisions, property damage, premises liability, oil and gas leases, business torts, the enforcement of foreign judgments, and consumer class actions. Over the last sixteen years, Mr. Brinkley has focused his practice on product liability cases, including numerous automobile defects (vehicle stability and rollovers; lack of electronic stability control; improper structural welding; various metallurgical failures; insufficient structural crashworthiness; seatbelt failures including false latch, partial latch, inertial release, spoolout, poor belt geometry, broken buckles, and broken belts; failure of airbags to deploy; lack of safety glass in side windows; occupant ejections; other aspects of inadequate occupant protection; improper placement of parking brake pedals; tire tread separations; fuel fed, ignition switch, and other vehicle fires; steering system failures; sudden accelerations; lack of a brake-shift or neutral-shift interlocks; park-to-reverse or false park situations; seatback collapses; engine design; towing stability; and brake failures); medical products (surgical staplers; knee and hip replacement implants; spinal implants; infusion pumps; and insulin pumps); forklifts (stand-up forklifts and off-road forklifts); pharmaceuticals; bucket trucks; fire extinguishers; clothing flammability; firearms; mining equipment; diving equipment; kerosene heaters; and motorcycles.

Mr. Brinkley received his Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Oklahoma where he was on the Dean’s List. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Tulsa – College of Law where he was a member of the Phi Delta Phi legal honors fraternity, recipient of the Zarrow Family Award for excellence in Oil and Gas Law, a founding editor of the Tulsa Journal of Comparative and International Law, and author of “The Final Frontier: a Voyage Requiring a World Enterprise.”

Mr. Brinkley is admitted to all state courts in West Virginia, Missouri, Georgia, and Arkansas, as well as the United States Circuit Courts of Appeal for the Fourth and Fifth Circuits and seven United States District Courts in West Virginia, Georgia, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. He has also been admitted pro hac vice in numerous other state and federal courts.

Mr. Brinkley is a member of the West Virginia and Georgia Trial Lawyers Associations, as well as the American Association for Justice. As a member of the American Association for Justice, Mr. Brinkley has served as Chairman of two separate product liability litigation groups, each time serving as Chairman for approximately seven years. He is also a member of the West Virginia, Missouri, Georgia, and Arkansas Bar Associations. Mr. Brinkley is a frequent author and lecturer on the topics of working with engineers in product liability litigation, admissibility of expert and other evidence, discovery, various specific product defects, litigation strategies, and other topics.

Attorney Kelly Elswick-Hall

Jurisdictions:

• West Virginia Supreme Court and all lower courts
• United States Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia

Education:

• University of Dayton, J.D., 1994
• Marshall University, Psychology, B.S., 1991

Admitted To The Bar:

• 1994, West Virginia

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

Since graduating from law school in 1994, she has enjoyed success representing injured workers and the disabled in personal injury cases, chemical and toxic exposure cases, head injury cases, deliberate intent cases, products liability litigation, automobile crash injury cases, medical negligence cases, and Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability claims. Her experience also includes complex family law litigation. Her wide range of experience in several areas of the law gives her a unique knowledge base among lawyers.

She is a member of the West Virginia Association for Justice and serves as a member of the WVAJ Governing Board. She serves on the West Virginia State Bar Committee on Workers’ Compensation, the West Virginia State Bar Committee on Social Security, and the West Virginia State Bar Committee on Law and Medicine. She served as secretary of the West Virginia Workplace Injury Litigation Group and as a member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives.

In 2009, she received a President’s Award from the West Virginia Association for Justice in recognition of her commitment to protecting the rights of West Virginia workers and their families. In 1997 and 1998, she received awards from the Legal Aid Society of Charleston, for providing free legal work to low income clients.

She has lectured in continuing legal education seminars in the areas of workplace injuries and has provided, free of charge, educational presentations to physicians in West Virginia in the same areas. She volunteers her time lobbying at the state level to advocate for the rights of the injured and disabled. She has participated and assisted in drafting various legislation over the past decade and provided her knowledge to various elected representatives and government agencies when called upon. She has successfully represented a disabled state trooper in an appeal to the West Virginia Supreme Court, pro bono. In addition, she served as a volunteer for the Law Explorers, which teaches high school students in various counties about the law and careers within it.

She has reported decisions in the West Virginia Supreme Court and federal court in the areas of civil, Workers’ Compensation and other Administrative appeals.

She attended undergraduate college at Marshall University majoring in psychology, and was president of the honor society in her department. She graduated in 1991. She worked for a local mental health organization before attending law school, working directly with disabled individuals. She also served as an undergraduate research assistant.

Attorney Charles M. Love, IV

Jurisdictions:

• West Virginia Supreme Court and all lower courts
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia

Education:

• West Virginia University, J.D., 1997
• Denison University, B.A., Economics and French, 1993

Admitted To The Bar:

• 1997, West Virginia

Foreign Languages Spoken:

• French

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

Charles M. Love, IV, earned a Juris Doctorate from the West Virginia University College of Law in 1997. While at the College of Law he was a member of the Luger Trial Association. In 1993, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and French, cum laude, from Denison University.

Mr. Love has been a member of The Masters Law Firm since 1997. He has extensive trial experience and focuses his practice in the areas of nursing home abuse and neglect, product liability, injuries in the workplace, commercial truck accidents, medical malpractice, wrongful termination, and premises liability. Mr. Love is also a certified contract advisor with the National Football League Players Association and is licensed as an Athletic Agent with the State of West Virginia.

A member of the West Virginia State Bar, Mr. Love is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court for the United States of America, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and Eighth Circuit and in the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia.

Mr. Love has been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” in the area of general plaintiffs litigation by Super Lawyers Magazine. He is a member of the West Virginia Bar Association and the West Virginia Association for Justice. Mr. Love was elected to serve as one of the Kanawha County representatives to the Board of Governors for the West Virginia Bar Association. He is currently a member of the West Virginia Law Institute. Mr. Love has also served various charitable organizations in the Charleston, West Virginia area and has been a youth soccer league coach for many years.

Attorney Richard A. Monahan

Jurisdictions:

• West Virginia Supreme Court and all lower courts
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals - Eighth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia
• United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Education:

• University of Pittsburgh School of Law, J.D., 1990
• Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA, B.A. Cum Laude, 1987

Admitted To The Bar:

• 1994, West Virginia
• 1991 Pennsylvania

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• West Virginia State Bar
• West Virginia Association for Justice

Attorney Robert P. Welsh

Jurisdictions:

• West Virginia Supreme Court and all lower courts
• Pennsylvania Superior Court
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia
• United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of Pennsylvania

Education:

• West Virginia University, J.D., 1993
• 1984-1987 completed significant course work towards a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing at Wheeling Jesuit University
• West Liberty State College, Psychology, B.S., 1978

Admitted To The Bar:

• 1994, West Virginia
• 1993, Pennsylvania

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

Robert P. Welsh is a member of the West Virginia State Bar and West Virginia Association for Justice. In 1986, he was inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu (the international Jesuit University honor society equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa); and, in 1982, he was presented with Phoenix Award by American Heart Association for successful out-of-hospital resuscitation of cardiac arrest victim.

Mr. Welsh has 10 years of providing emergency care to patients in the pre-hospital and Emergency/Trauma Department setting as a Nationally Registered Paramedic. He has almost 20 years of experience in litigating all types of medical negligence cases resulting in serious injury or death, with over 40 cases tried to verdict.

Mr. Welsh received for his client a jury verdict in Pikeville, Kentucky, in the amount of $4.3 million for urological malpractice. He also settled a medical malpractice case for $1.42 million where there was a 12-hour delay in diagnosis of compartment syndrome of the client’s lower leg.

Attorney April D. Ferrebee

Jurisdictions:

• West Virginia Supreme Court and all lower courts
• United States Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit
• United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Education:

• Marshall University, B.A., Criminal Justice, 1995
• WVU College of Law, J.D., 1999

Admitted To The Bar:

• 1999, West Virginia

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

April D. Ferrebee has been practicing law since 1999, focusing on representation of the injured in civil actions. Graduating from Marshall University in 1995, Cum Laude, she received her Juris Doctorate from West Virginia University College of Law in 1999.

Ms. Ferrebee has litigated numerous types of actions including, but not limited to, personal injury, wrongful death, insurance, fraud, oil and gas royalties, product liability, property damage, eminent domain and deliberate intent.

She is a member of the West Virginia State Bar and the West Virginia Association for Justice. She is admitted to practice before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for the Southern District of West Virginia and the United States Court of Appeals - Fourth Circuit. She previously clerked for the Honorable Carrie Webster, 13th Judicial Circuit, Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Verdicts & Settlements

If you or a loved one needs the help of an experienced West Virginia Personal Injury Attorney, call The Masters Law Firm L.C. today at 866-706-5821, or complete the contact form provided on this site to arrange your free initial consultation.

The Masters Law Firm has obtained millions in financial compensation for our clients. Here is a sampling of our experience:

• Landowners awarded $400 million in damages by jury in Roane County, West Virginia. Lead trial counsel for landowners was Marvin W. Masters of The Masters Law Firm.
   
• A parent and child represented by Marvin W. Masters were awarded $10.3 million by a DeLand, Florida, jury in a medical malpractice case. The child suffered severe brain damage from birth injuries as a result of negligence.
   
• A client of Marvin W. Masters was awarded $1.125 million in damages for injuries the client sustained as a result of a medical practitioner’s failure to report x-ray findings to the referring physicians.
   
• Parents of a student at West Virginia University who died as a result of another party’s negligence were awarded $2.2 million in a wrongful death suit. Mr. Masters represented the parents in their legal action.
   
• An employee working for A.T. Massey Coal Company who was illegally terminated was awarded $1.8 million dollars for lost wages, future lost wages, and pain and suffering.
   
• The City of Charleston, West Virginia, represented by the civil litigation and personal injury lawyers from The Masters Law Firm, was awarded $1.5 million in a settlement with the Trumbull Corp. of West Mifflin, PA. The company had agreed to clean and re-paint the city’s South Side Bridge, but the paint failed.
   
• Parents of a student who drowned while working for the State of West Virginia over a summer were awarded $1.03 million for their pain and suffering.
   
• A medical malpractice class action suit against Vicryl for harmful sutures was approved by the Supreme Court. The class action members were represented by Mr. Masters.
   
• Plaintiffs represented in court by Mr. Masters were awarded $1.4 million in a suit against The Kroger Company for malicious prosecution.
   
• Plaintiff represented by Mr. Welsh received a jury verdict in the amount of $4.3 million in Pikeville, Kentucky, as a result of urological malpractice.