Karen Kahle’s practice is devoted to litigation with a focus on product liability, class actions and mass torts. She heads the firm’s Class Action & Mass Tort practice team. Prior to practicing law, Ms. Kahle was a registered pharmacist and practiced pharmacy full time from 1982 to 1987.

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION

• Product liability
• Class actions & mass torts
• Business litigation
• Energy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1990         Steptoe & Johnson
1982-87    Registered Pharmacist

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Chairman, Committee on Lawyer Assistance & Intervention, West Virginia State Bar
• Chairman, Amicus Briefing Committee, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• American Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

• Board, Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce
• Chairman of the Board, Public Defender’s Corporation for First Judicial Circuit