Lee Javins
Charleston, West Virginia
Phone: 304-345-0346
Toll Free: 800-497-0234
Fax: 304-345-0375
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Areas of Practice
- Workplace Injury
- Product Liability
- Personal Injury
- Consumer Litigation
Lee Javins
Experience
Lee Javins has spent the last 25+ years primarily representing injured workers and their survivors. Most cases involve some combination of workplace liability and product liability involving heavy equipment accidents, logging, electrical injuries and coal mining. Lee also represents individuals who have been badly injured or killed as a result of automotive defects. Occasionally, Mr. Javins is retained to represent the State in issues ranging from WVU’s departure from the Big East Conference to enforcement actions on behalf of the State of West Virginia.
Lee is AV-Preeminent rated from Martindale Hubbell, an award given only to those who are peer-rated for the highest level of professional excellence. He is also a West Virginia Super Lawyer.
Over his career, Lee has established a successful track record of securing highly favorable results. He has been involved in countless cases and recovered millions of dollars of damages on behalf of his clients.
Bar Admissions, Professional Associations and Memberships
- West Virginia, 1994
- United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
- United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- West Virginia Association for Justice, Board of Governors
- Attorneys Information Exchange Group, Board of Governors
- American Association for Justice
- American Bar Association
- Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
Education
- West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia J.D.
- West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia B.S.
Presentations, Classes & Seminars
- The Cold Calculations of Coal Mining (Contributor) – Forbes.com (April, 2010)
- 360 Advocacy, Las Vegas, NV – Check the Tech: Failures Can Result in Large Verdicts (June 2016)
- West Virginia Association for Justice (WVAJ) Mid-Winter Seminar Presentation, Charleston, WV – Products Liability in the 21st Century: Understanding Technology, Defeating Daubert Challenges and Proving your Case (February 2017)
- 360 Advocacy, Jackson Hole, WY – From Car Crashes to Car Defect Cases (March 2018)
- West Virginia Association for Justice (WVAJ) – State & Federal Mass Torts: The Opioid Crisis (June 2019)
- 360 Advocacy, Las Vegas, NV – Striking Gold in Oil & Gas (March 2019)
- Adjunct Professor, Eastern Kentucky University
- Moot Court Sponsor/Coach, West Virginia University College of Law
- Presenter, 360 Advocacy
Representative Cases
- State of West Virginia ex rel. Ford Motor Company v. Honorable Warren R. McGraw, Judge of the Circuit Court of Wyoming County; and Danny S. Wellman, Administrator of the estate of Jarred S. Wellman
- State of West Virginia, ex rel. Discover Financial Services, Inc., v. Hon. David Nibert, No. 13-0086, WL 2460623 (W. Va. S. Ct. Appeal 2013)
- France v. Southern Equipment, 689 S.E.2d 1 (W. Va. 2009)
- Barr v. NCB Management Services, Inc., et al., 711 S.E.2d 577 (W.Va. 2011)
- State of West Virginia, ex rel County Comm. Of Boone County v. Cooke, 475 S.E.2d 483 (W.Va. 1996)
- State of West Virginia ex rel. v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. et al., Case No. 3:11-cv-00717 [DOC 27] (S.D. W. Va.)
- S. v. United Bank, Inc., Case No. 2:08-921 [DOC 15] (S. D. W. Va.)
- Logar, et al., v. West Virginia University Board of Governors, et al., Case No. 1:13-cv-145 [DOC 39] (N.D. W. Va.)
- Johnson, et al v. Ford Motor Co., Civil Action No. 3:13-cv-06529 (S.D.W.Va.) (Doc 1120)
- State of West Virginia, ex rel. v. McKesson Corporation, Civil Action No. 16-1772 (S.D.W.Va.) (Doc30)
