Natalie C. Schaefer Esq.

Of Counsel

Natalie C. Schaefer has focused primarily on defense litigation, including catastrophic loss and wrongful death, as well as the defense of national manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of consumer products involved in construction, mining and industrial accidents. Ms. Schaefer has also defended energy clients in accident investigation and litigation, as well as defense of companies in suit under the worker's compensation immunity exception ("deliberate intention exception"), among others.

She has also defended liability claims involving civil rights, public entities and government agencies. An Order of the Coif and Order of Barristers graduate of the West Virginia College of Law, she was the 2002 Lugar Trial Association Invitational Competition winner and also served as Executive Board Member for the West Virginia University Law Review.

She is married to Dr. Mark Schaefer, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Marietta College. They live in Charleston with their two children.

Bar Admissions

Education

Published Works:

  • "The Unusual Suspects: Unlikely Players in the Product Liability Arena, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
  • Administrative Preclusion: Litigation Ammunition?", Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia

Classes/Seminars Taught:

  • Useful Discovery for Trial, Institute for Paralegal Education, June 2010.
  • Navigating the Ethics of the Tripartite Relationship, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia Annual Meeting, June 2009.

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Honors and Awards


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