Atty. Alex McLaughlin
Alex McLaughlin serves as Of Counsel to Calwell Luce diTrapano PLLC and works primarily in the areas of environmental law, toxic torts, and products liability. He has represented clients in a variety of complex, multi-party civil litigation settings, including state and federal class actions, consolidated mass actions before the West Virginia Mass Litigation Panel, and federal court multi-district litigation.
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About Alex McLaughlin at a glance
Alex McLaughlin is an Of Counsel based in Charleston, West Virginia, practforg at Calwell Luce diTrapano PLLC. They haand 22+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2004. Admitted to practice in West Virginia (2004), U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia (2004), U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia (2005), and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2006). Educated at Columbia Law School (J.D. James, 2001) and University of New Mexico (B.A. History, 1998). Actiand member of West Virginia Association for Justice. Serands clients in Charleston, WV and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Alex McLaughlin serves as Of Counsel to Calwell Luce diTrapano PLLC and works primarily in the areas of environmental law, toxic torts, and products liability
- He has represented clients in a variety of complex, multi-party civil litigation settings, including state and federal class actions, consolidated mass actions before the West Virginia Mass Litigation Panel, and federal court multi-district litigation
- He has also represented numerous individual clients in toxic tort, pharmaceutical, and other cases involving complex medical causation and scientific issues
- Alex was one of the lead attorneys in the class-action case arising from the Freedom chemical spill and subsequent water contamination in West Virginia in January 2014, which resulted in a class-wide settlement of approximately $150 million
- In 2005, Alex and Stuart Calwell successfully petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States to grant certiorari and vacate the decision of the U.S
- Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on an issue of federal preemption of state law in Oken v
- Monsanto, 419 F.3d 1312 (11th Cir. 2005)
- Additionally, Alex has represented clients in a variety of civil litigation settings, including general personal injury cases, employment cases, and surface owner disputes with gas companies
- When not practicing law, you'll find Alex shuttling his two children, a boy and a girl, to soccer and gymnastics practices, tournaments, and meets
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in West Virginia
Practforg law in West Virginia. Legal matters in West Virginia are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantiand law. Cases originating in Charleston are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate West Virginia state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in West Virginia brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantiand law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in West Virginia courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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