Heidi Kossuth focuses her practice in the areas of product liability, toxic torts, adoption and general litigation.

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

• Fire/casualty
• Class actions
• Health care
• Product liability
• Toxic torts
• Adoption
• Family and children’s issues

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001         Steptoe & Johnson
2000-01    Flaherty Sensabaugh & Bonasso, PLLC
1994-99    Solo practitioner
1988-94    McDonald & Rodecker
1987-88    Workers’ Compensation Counsel District 17 U.M.W.A.
1986-87    Assistant Attorney General, State of West Virginia

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• Defense Research Institute
• Reporter, West Virginia Law Institute Adoption Law Reform Project
• Former member, American Academy of Adoption Attorneys

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Board of Directors, Sexual Assault Help Center
• Board of Directors, Wheeling YWCA
• Board of Directors and Secretary, Mountain State Parents-Children Adolescent Network (MSP-CAN)
• Co-chair Outreach Committee, First Christian Church
• Former President and Board Member, Association for Retarded Citizens, Kanawha-Putnam Counties
• Former Secretary and Board Member, WomenCare of Teays Valley
• Former Advisor, Circle of Hope Counseling Center
• Fundraiser/Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Wheeling
• WALS Volunteer

AWARDS / HONORS

• Reporter, West Virginia Law Institute
• Adoption Law Reform Project
• Mountain WVU Honorary
• Gamma Sigma Kappa Scholastic Honorary
• Moot Court
• Order of Barristers

PUBLICATIONS

• “The Role of Guardian Ad Litem in Neglect and Abuse Cases,” Sexual Assault Help Center
• Adoption articles, West Virginia Women’s Commission