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Chris Regan's practice focuses on complex litigation, trial work and appeal. Chris has obtained substantial jury verdicts, including multi-million dollar results, in cases of workplace injury, insurance bad faith, trucking wrecks, negligence, wrongful death, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and professional negligence. Several of his jury trials have resulted in awards of punitive damages against the defendants.. Chris also maintains a significant appellate practice, handling cases in the Supreme Court of the United States of America, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Ohio, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania as well as the appellate courts of Ohio. Chris is also involved in the firm's toxic tort, class action and consumer fraud practice areas, including cases like Citifinancial v. Lightner and Robinson v. Columbian Chemicals. A path-breaking class action appeal, in Citifinancial v. Lightner, argued by Chris in 2008, paved the way for state court consumers to use their own state courts for class action counterclaims when they are sued by debt collectors.. Notable verdicts in Chris' cases cases include Timmons v. American Electric Power, (2011, approximately $7,000, plus attorney's fees), McLaughlin v. Ohio Power Company, (2011, $5,710,, plus attorney's fees), Karpacs v. Murthy (2008, $4,000,) and Boggs v. Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital (2006, $6,545,), all tried with Geoff Brown, as well as Meredith v. Heartland of Clarksburg (2002, $50,000,), tried with Jim Bordas. The Boggs award was later increased by approximately $1,400, through an award of litigation sanctions against Camden-Clark Hospital. In 2009, in Brooke County West Virginia, Chris, Geoff Brown and Jamie Bordas selected a jury in the case of Haught v. Weirton Medical Center, and following jury selection, Weirton Medical Center elected to confess judgment in open court for $2,060, rather than face trial. Crystal Rogerson and David Haught, the clients in that case, later received the Advocate for Justice Award for their determination to obtain a public settlement from the hospital.. Chris has also argued frequently before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in cases such as State ex rel. Richmond American Homes v. Sanders, State ex rel. Allstate v. Madden, Boggs v. Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital and State ex rel. Erie Property and Casualty Co. v. Mazzone. Chris has also authored amicus curiae briefs for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on behalf of consumer protection organizations in Riggs v. WVU Hospital, Brown v. Genesis Health Care and MacDonald v. City Hospital. The Brown case, decided in 2011, allowed victims of nursing home abuse to retain their jury trial rights in the face of industry attempts to force victims into secret arbitration. The WVAJ was favorably cited in the opinion of the Court.. One of Chris' cases involving much more than any monetary award was resolved in 2004: Mary Jo Stefanakis v. Office of Personnel Management resulted in an order that the federal government reconsider its decision to deny a life-saving allogeneic bone marrow transplant to a Pittsburgh woman. Chris represented Mrs. Stefanakis and her husband at the preliminary injunction hearing that resulted in a Good Friday decision by the Judge that her insurance company should pay or appear in court again to show why it shouldn't. Mrs. Stefanakis, who had been given six months to live without the transplant, subsequently received a successful transplant and lived four more years with her husband, children and grandchildren.. Chris has also been selected to speak at the popular West Virginia Bar Association's "Litigation" seminar, held annually in Davis, West Virginia and asked to speak at the WVAJ's biannual seminars and other continuing legal education conferences. Chris currently serves on the Board of Directors of the West Virginia Association for Justice, and as a Regional Chair of that organization, as Co-Chair of the amicus curiae committee and the brief bank committee.

Micah LeBank focuses on reprsenting individuals and families who have been seriously injured or killed by dangerous products, government and corporate wrongdoing, insurance bad faith, medical negligence, serious sports injuries, and other misconduct and negligence.  Micah is a passionate advocate for his clients and has achieved significant verdicts and settlements in a variety of complex personal injury, civil rights, and insurance bad faith cases in state and federal courts.  He is a graduate of Gonzaga University School of Law.  Micah has been selected by the National Trial Lawyers, a professional organization comprised of America's top young trial attorneys, as the Top Forty Under 40 and by Washington Law and Politics as a Rising Star in Washington State each year since 2008.  Micah is a member of the Washington State Association for Justice.  Micah, his wife Jenny, and their sons Russell & Benham are Northwest natives and enjoy skiing, hiking, biking, and sailing.

Attorney Clay Hornsby has been practicing with Morris Haynes Attorneys at Law for 22 years. He returned to the firm in 2020 after serving as Deputy Director of the Alabama Law Institute where he identified areas of Alabama law that were archaic, contradictory, and/or confusing. He worked with selected attorneys, professors, and judges to update, simplify, modernize, and amend these areas by amending statutes and proposing laws to the Alabama Legislature for passage. Clay also served as a coach for the University of Alabama’s Trial Advocacy Competition team which competed around the country in mock trials. These experiences have provided him with a broad knowledge of the law as well as the practical trial experience to better help evaluate and represent clients more effectively in court.

Handling personal injury cases and medical malpractice cases on behalf of people in Columbus and throughout Ohio, Jacob J. Beausay is a partner at Beausay Law Firm LLC. In all facets of negligence cases — including medical malpractice, motor vehicle accidents, dog bites, premises liability and products liability — Mr. Beausay has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of clients.. Whether personally advocating for clients or collaborating with other attorneys, Mr. Beausay has a reputation for securing significant verdicts and settlements. He has taken numerous cases to trial in state and federal courts, and he has managed multiple appellate arguments. For these and other accomplishments, Mr. Beausay holds an Avvo “Excellent” rating and has been selected by SuperLawyers as a Rising Star every year since 2015.. Building a strong personal injury claim requires much more than just knowledge of the law. Mr. Beausay is exceptionally skilled when it comes to digging through the details of a situation to determine what occurred, how a client has suffered and how to hold the defendant responsible. He demonstrates compassion toward the people he represents and remains resolute in reaching the best possible outcome for them.. In 2005, Mr. Beausay earned a Bachelor of Science from The Pennsylvania State University. He then attended Capital University Law School, graduating cum laude with a Juris Doctor in 2009. While at Capital, he was selected for the Capital University Law Review and served as an Associate Editor. During law school, Mr. Beausay served as a judicial extern to the Hon. Justice Evelyn Lunberg Stratton of the Supreme Court of Ohio.. A published author, Mr. Beausay is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Columbus Bar Association and the Ohio Association for Justice. He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Good, honest people get hurt by those who are careless or greedy.  Often, these injustices completely disrupt a person’s life or severely reduce the quality of life they’d previously enjoyed.  For me, it’s the moment when I am able to give people that feeling of relief and peace of mind after they’ve endured such a hardship—that’s the reason I do what I do.