Robinette Legal Group, PLLC

Attorney Jeff Robinette

Jeffery Robinette is a West Virginia Personal Injury Lawyer based in Morgantown who represents individuals who have been seriously injured or killed due to motor vehicle collisions or catastrophic workplace accidents.
Prior to law school, Mr. Robinette served as an artillery officer, intelligence officer, and psychological operations officer, and an accomplished paratrooper (Jump Master Qualified) in the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and is proud to have contributed to the defense of our country.

In his legal practice, Mr. Robinette offers his clients the same honor, dedication, and discipline.

Whether fighting an insurance claim denial or taking a personal injury claim to trial to get the best recovery for a client, he will use the strategic skills and discipline he gained in the Army to fight for your best possible result.

Respect, compassion, and integrity are his guarantee to our clients, along with attention to detail and hard work.

Auto Accidents, Oil and Gas Rig Injuries and Death, Coal Mine Injuries and Death, Power Plant, and Pipeline Injuries are our firm’s primary focus.

As a partner in a leading West Virginia insurance defense law firm prior to founding the Robinette Legal Group, PLLC in 1999, Mr. Robinette gained valuable insight into the insurance industry claims settlement practices.

As a National Board Certified Trial Attorney who has handled hundreds of motor vehicle, injury, and construction defect claims and a leading author on insurance claims settlement issues and difficulties in West Virginia, Jeff Robinette is uniquely qualified to represent your best interest.

Attorney Martin Mazezka

Martin was born and raised in New Cumberland, West Virginia. In December 2014, he graduated from West Virginia University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and minored in History and Communications. In May 2018, Martin graduated from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville.

Throughout law school, Martin was involved in the Sports Law Society, Labor and Employment Law Society, and Business Law Society. In the summer of 2016, he served as a Law Clerk at the Legal Aid Society of Louisville, where he helped Legal Aid attorneys in helping remove barriers to employment for low-income families by expunging criminal records. While in law school, he also worked for a small Louisville firm and primarily assisted the attorneys in personal injury cases.

In the summer of 2017, he served as a Law Clerk at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia and assisted the United States Attorneys in prosecuting federal crimes. During his final year of law school, he was a Student-Attorney at the WVU Child & Family Advocacy Clinic and upon graduating from law school, he worked as a Family Law attorney in Fairmont, West Virginia.

Martin began working for Woody Hill – Attorneys at Law – PLLC, in January of 2019, where he practiced personal injury, state and federal criminal defense, and family law until he joined Robinette Legal Group, PLLC in March of 2021.

Sago Mine Coal Mine Explosion

In 2006, the West Virginia coalfields were devastated by the largest coal mine explosion that had occurred in decades, and our law firm successfully represented the family of one of the deceased coal miners, by obtaining a substantial settlement for our client’s family.

Power Plant Wrongful Death

A young husband and father was performing his duties as ordered, and having been put in harms’ way, was backed over by a truck and crushed. Jeff successfully represented this man’s widow and small child and obtained a substantial settlement which allowed this family to begin to put back together their broken lives.

Carbon Monoxide Death

A newly-married couple moved into a rental property late one evening, switched on the thermostat in their new apartment, and was overcome within hours by carbon monoxide from a faulty furnace pipe. One of the parties died, and several others in the same building were taken to the hospital to be treated for extreme toxic exposure. Mr. Robinette was able to obtain for two of the families a substantial settlement that far exceeded their expectations.

Car Accident Injuries

Jeff Robinette was hired by a young woman who had sustained permanent injuries to her foot due to an auto collision. The insurance company offered such a small amount and dealt with her in such a dismissive manner that the treatment of her case amounted to bad faith on the insurance company’s part. Jeff was able to obtain a substantial settlement which allowed this young woman and her husband to pay medical bills, buy a car and a home, and start building a future together.

Crushed Leg Injury

Imagine having your leg crushed so badly in an accident that you have to undergo two surgeries to insert multiple pins and have a rod hammered into the bone just to stabilize the femur. Unfortunately, the first rod inserted into the bone didn’t accomplish the desired effect, so the rod had to be removed and surgically reinserted. Imagine the great pain, the months of therapy and recovery, and the frustration of knowing you can never return to the type of work you have performed for decades.

Jeff Robinette was able to obtain a great enough settlement to pay this man’s medical bills in their entirety and money enough to start a new business so he could work and live a productive life even with his permanent impairment.

Crushed Foot Injury

While working in Morgantown, WV for a large national retailer, our client, a young woman in her early twenties, was ordered to use equipment that she was not properly trained to use. In the course of attempting to complete her task, she sustained a severe crush injury to her foot. Due to this incident, our client lost full use of this foot for the rest of her life and was living with chronic, persistent pain.

Our firm was able to obtain a sizable settlement which took care of all her medical bills and future treatment for her foot injury. The settlement was ample enough to allow this young woman to go back to college and retrain for employment which will accommodate her permanent disability.