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Steve Minor represents plaintiffs and defendants in jury trials and other proceedings in state and federal court in Southwest Virginia and surrounding areas. His practice has centered on a wide range of federal litigation, particularly civil rights and employment law claims, and diversity cases based on warranty or products liability claims. He has represented in litigation and provided counsel to local governments and small businesses from this area, and served as local counsel for national and international firms with business or litigation in Southwest Virginia. He has tried more than a dozen cases before juries or arbitration panels, sought and defended claims for injunctions in state and federal court, and argued seven appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and three state court appeals in Virginia. He has appeared before all the state and federal courts of record in the counties and cities that make up the Abingdon and Big Stone Gap divisions of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He is admitted to practice in the state courts of Tennessee and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, and has appeared in state or federal courts in Kentucky, West Virginia, North Carolina, the District of Columbia, and Ohio.
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- Principal
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- Business & Commercial Law
- Civil Rights
- Constitutional Law
- Employment Law - Employer
- Litigation and Appeals
- Personal Injury - Defense
- State, Local & Municipal Law
- Warranty and Products Claims
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- 80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
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- Virginia, 1989
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1990
- U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia, 1990
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 1990
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee, 1991
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1993
- Tennessee, 2001
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- The College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1989
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Honors: American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law
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Law Review:
Member, William & Mary Law Review, 1987 - 1989
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1986
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Major:
Philosophy
- Major:
American Government
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Fourth Circuit Report, Certworthy, DRI Appellate Advocacy committee newsletter, Summer, 2007
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Fourth Circuit Report, Certworthy, DRI Appellate Advocacy committee newsletter, Summer, 2006
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Fourth Circuit Report, Certworthy, DRI Appellate Advocacy committee newsletter, Summer, 2005
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Fourth Circuit Report, Certworthy, DRI Appellate Advocacy committee newsletter, Winter, 2005
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Litigating the Motive of the Governmental Board - One Member at a Time, 14 Journal of Civil Litigation 373 (VADA, Winter 2003)
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Why Local Government Should Not Be Subject to Punitive Damages Under the ADEA, 13 Journal of Local Government Law 2-4 (Local Government Law Section, Virginia State Bar, September 2002)
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Asserting Qualified Immunity in the Fourth Circuit, 12 The Journal of Civil Litigation 289 (VADA, Fall 2000)
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- Buchanan County v. Blankenship, 496 F. Supp.2d 715
(W.D. Va. 2007)
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- Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp. v. CNX Gas Co., LLC, 2007 WL 2060787
(W.D. Va. 2007)
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- Penn Virginia Oil & Gas Corp. v. CNX Gas Co., LLC, 2007 WL 593578
(W.D. Va. 2007)
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- Penn Virginia Operating Co., LLC v. Equitable Production Co., 466 F. Supp. 2d 718
(W.D. Va. 2006)
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- Hickman v. Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, Inc., 460 F. Supp. 2d 693
(W.D. Va. 2006)
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- Chadwell v. Lee County School Board, 457 F. Supp. 2d 690
(W.D. Va. 2006)
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- Looney v. Italian Village, 2006 WL 2546454
(W.D. Va. 2006)
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- BCBE Properties, LLC v. Land-O-Sun Dairies, LLC, 433 F. Supp.2d 723
(W.D. Va. 2006)
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- Buchanan County v. Blankenship, 406 F. Supp.2d 642
(W.D. Va. 2005)
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- Ashby v. Ramar Coal Co., Inc., 47 Va. App. 8, 622 S.E.2d 230
(2005)
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- Mettetal v. Vanderbilt University, 147 Fed. Appx. 577, 2005 WL 2108536
(6th Cir. 2005)
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- NKR, Inc. v. Forestland Group, LLC, 2005 WL 1123629
(W.D. Va. 2005)
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- Hockett v. Acosta, 2004 WL 1242757
(W.D. Va. 2004)
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- Ewing v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., 2003 WL 1883475
(W.D. Va. 2003)
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- Marcus Cable Associates, LLC v. City of Bristol, 237 F. Supp.2d 675
(W.D. Va. 2002)
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- Gilliam v. Lee County School Board, 2002 WL 31906274
(W.D. Va. 2002)
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- McVey v. Stacy, 2002 WL 1869992
(4th Cir. 2002)
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- Longwall Associates, Inc. v. Wolfgang Preinfalk GmbH, 2002 WL 91879
(W.D. Va. 2002)
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- McCaulley v. Purdue Pharma, L.P., 172 F. Supp.2d 803
(W.D. Va. 2001)
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- City of Bristol v. Earley, 145 F. Supp.2d 741
(W.D. Va. 2001)
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- Wadkins v. Arnold, 214 F.3d 535
(4th Cir. 2000)
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- Cooper v. Lee County, 1999 WL 631240
(4th Cir. 1999)
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- United Mine Workers of America 1974 Pension Trust v. Big Star Coal Co., 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11530
(D.D.C. 1998)
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- Harris v. Hayter, 970 F. Supp. 500
(W.D. Va. 1997)
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- Brickey v. Smyth County, 994 F. Supp. 1310
(W.D. Va. 1997)
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- Terwilliger v. York Intl. Corp., 176 F.R.D. 214
(W.D. Va. 1997)
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- Collins v. Mullins, 1996 WL 924766
(W.D. Va. 1996)
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- Holland v. Rimmer, 25 F.3d 1251
(4th Cir. 1994)
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- Jamison v. United States, 14 F.3d 222
(4th Cir. 1994)
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- Ramar Coal Co. v. International Union, UMWA, 814 F. Supp. 502, 144 L.R.R.M. 2421
(W.D. Va. 1993)
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- McGlothlin v. Connors, 142 F.R.D. 626
(W.D. Va. 1992)
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- Doe v. Connors, 796 F. Supp. 214
(W.D. Va. 1992)
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- Kennedy's Piggly Wiggly Stores, Inc. v. Cooper, 14 Va. App. 701, 419 S.E.2d 278
(1992)
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- Leasing Service Corp. v. Justice, 243 Va. 441, 416 S.E.2d 439
(1992)
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- Virginia Bar Association (Board of Governors, 2006 to present; member, Labor and Employment section)
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- Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference,
2005 - Present
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- Board of Directors, Southwest Virginia Legal Aid Society,
2003 - Present
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- Dean's Advisory Council, Appalachian School of Law
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- American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment, State and Local Government, Tort and Insurance Practice sections)
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- Defense Research Institute (Appellate Advocacy, Drug and Medical Device, Employment Law, and Governmental Liability committees)
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- Virginia State Bar (Member, Litigation, Local Government sections)
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- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
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- Local Government Attorneys of Virginia
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- Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
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- Tennessee Bar Association
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- Bristol Virginia Bar Association (President, 2004)
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- Hon. Judge Glen M. Williams, United States District Court Western District of Virginia, Law Clerk,
1989
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1990
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- 1964, Ashland, Kentucky, United States of America
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