Atty. Jacob D. Layne

• Jacob D. Layne is a member in the Charleston office of Pullin Fowler Flanagan Brown & Poe
• Mr. Layne devotes his practice to the defense of employers in general employment, wrongful termination, deliberate intent, and workplace injury litigation
• He also defends state and local governmental entities from tort and civil rights claims
• Mr. Layne maintains an active litigation practice in state and federal courts across West Virginia
• Prior to becoming a member, Mr. Layne served as the Chairman of the Associate Committee as well as a representative on the Member/Associate Committee
• Mr. Layne has also served as a past lecturer at National Business Institute’s local government law seminar concerning local governmental immunities
• Mr. Layne graduated from West Virginia University, cum laude, as a Promise Scholar with a B.A. degree in political science and a minor in philosophy
• He received his J.D. degree from West Virginia University College of Law where he was a member of the moot court team, was selected as a student in the inaugural class of the Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic, and won a CALI Award (highest class grade) in natural resources law
• Following his graduation from law school in 2012, Mr. Layne served as law clerk to the Honorable Robert A. Irons, Circuit Judge of the Thirty-First Judicial Circuit
• He also served as the District Ten Representative on the Young Lawyer Executive Committee of the West Virginia State Bar
• Representative Cases Farley v
• Lincoln County Commission, U.S
• District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, Civ
• Act
• No. 2:20-cv-00747 (March 25, 2022)
• Gad v
• Walbridge Equipment Installation, et al., Brooke County Civ
• Act
• No. 19-C-23 (January 31, 2022) Parsons v
• Cabell County Clerk’s Office, et al., Cabell County Civ.Act
• No. 19-C-487 (May 5, 2021) City of Marmet v
• Hunter, No. 17-0493, 2018 WL 2263584 (W
• Va
• May 17, 2018) Leverson v Housing Innovations Corp., Kanawha County Civ
• No. 15-C-1784, 2017 WL 4773047 (Mar. 30, 2017) Wintz v
• Cabell Cty
• Comm'n, No. CV 3:15-11696, 2016 WL 7320887 (S.D.W
• Va
• Dec. 15, 2016) Dotson v
• Dolgencorp, LLC, No. CV 3:15-13754, 2016 WL 4942024 (S.D.W
• Va
• Sept. 15, 2016) Claypool v
• City of Stonewood, Harrison County Civ
• Act
• No. 15-2-1162 (June 1, 2016) Brewer v
• Charleston-Kanawha Housing Authority, Kanawha County Civ.Act
• No. 14-C-2101 (March 2, 2016) Quinn, et al v
• Webster County Commission, et al., Webster County Civ
• Act No. 14-C-39 (August 27, 2015) Classes/Seminars: “Harassment and Bullying in the Workplace”
• West Virginia State Auditor’s In-Service Training for County Clerks and Deputies
• June 9, 2022 “Mini Law School For HR Professionals”

Topics

• Employment Law Update and Employee Handbooks
• National Business Institute
• Virtual
• October 21, 2021 “Mini Law School For HR Professionals”

Topics

• Employment Law Update and Employee Handbooks
• National Business Institute
• South Charleston, West Virginia
• October 16, 2019 “How Arrest and Conviction Records Can Be Used in Making Employment Decisions”
• Employer Training Seminar
• Buckhannon, West Virginia
• July 18, 2019 “Local Government Law: What Attorneys Need To Know”

Topics

• Human Resources Law and Governmental Immunity
• National Business Institute
• Charleston, West Virginia
• March 14, 2019 “Local Government Law: What Attorneys Need To Know”

Topic

• Governmental Immunity
• National Business Institute
• Charleston, West Virginia
• November 16, 2017