Joanna Tabit focuses her practice in trial and appellate advocacy. She has tried scores of cases in federal and state courts and has argued approximately sixty appeals in state and federal appellate courts.  Ms. Tabit is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

• Product liability
• Employment law
• Deliberate intent
• Appellate
• Governmental liability

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1992         Steptoe & Johnson
1989-92    Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General of West Virginia
1986-88    Personal law clerk, The Honorable Thomas E. McHugh

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• John A. Field, Jr. American Inns of Court
• Kanawha County Bar Association
• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• Defense Research Institute
• Membership Chair, United States Supreme Court Historical Society

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Kanawha County Public Defender Corporation
• Daymark, Inc.
• The Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center
• Governor’s Council on Literacy
• The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

AWARDS / HONORS

• The Best Lawyers in America®

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia: 2008 Women and the Law: Better Communications and Better Relationships for Better Results, Charleston, West Virginia, 2008
• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Deposing the Expert Witness, Charleston, West Virginia, 2008
• Fire & Explosion Loss Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, 2006
• 11th Annual Product Liability Conference, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, 2005