Christopher C. Ross

James Mark Building
901 Quarrier Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301-2607

Christopher Charles Ross is a native of Clendenin, West Virginia.  He graduated with honors from West Virginia University and was a finalist for the title of “Mr. Mountaineer” in 1995.  His favorite activity at WVU was serving as an ambassador for West Virginia as part of “The Pride of West Virginia” Mountaineer Marching Band.  Chris graduated from the University of Akron School of Law where he focused on labor & employment and computer & cyberspace law.  He was a member of the American Bar Association Negotiation Competition advocacy team; he participated in the national Saul Lefkowitz Intellectual Property Moot Court competition; and he continues to stay current on issues of how traditional law intersects with the issues of our digital age.

Chris has been employed as an attorney with the Charleston office of Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, PLLC since 2011.  He practices insurance defense litigation in areas of state and municipal government, employment, civil rights, products liability, toxic torts, construction, property damage, workers compensation, collections and bankruptcy, landlord-tenant, and digital and cyberspace law.  He previously has worked as an Assistant Public Defender and an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and he has worked for Stark County Legal Aid Society, The Housing Advocates, Inc., the West Virginia Attorney General, and Thompson / West Publishing as a WestLaw legal research specialist.  Chris is licensed to practice law in West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia and he is an active member of Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia.

Chris is married to Angela Vance, and they live in the historic East End of Charleston, West Virginia with their twin toddlers Henry and Alia.  He serves as a Board Member of Disability Rights of West Virginia, a Board Member of the East End Community Association, and as a Committee Member with the Charleston Main Streets East End Development Committee.  Chris is a member of the PFFB&P cycling team and participates in the MS 150 Country Roads bike ride and other activities to benefit the National MS Society to raise funds and support for MS research.  Chris is an active member of the WVU Alumni Band, Appalachian Gamers, the North American Scrabble Players Association, and the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.

Current Employment Position(s):

• Member

Year Joined Organization:

• 2011

Areas of Practice:

• Insurance Defense Litigation
• State and Municipal Government Defense
• Employment Defense
• Civil Rights Defense
• Asbestos and Toxic Tort Defense
• Products Liability Defense
• Construction Defense
• Property Damage Defense
• Workers Compensation Defense
• Landlord Tenant and Fair Housing Defense
• Collections and Bankruptcy
• Digital and Cyberspace Law

Bar Admissions:

• Ohio, 2001
• West Virginia, 2007
• District of Columbia , 2007
• Kentucky, 2013

• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, 2002
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, 2007
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2017
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2018
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, 2018

Education:

• University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio
• West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Representative Clients:

• AIG Claims Services
• BorgWarner – Morse TEC
• Cherokee Insurance
• Erie Insurance Group
• Esurance Insurance Company
• Fluor Corporation
• Gorman-Rupp Company
• Liberty Mutual Insurance
• Lockheed Martin Corporation
• Orica USA, Inc.
• State Farm Insurance Company
• Travelers Insurance Company
• West Virginia Board of Insurance and Risk Management
• West Virginia state, county, and municipal governmental agencies
• Whiting Corporation

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• Leadership West Virginia
• West Virginia State Bar
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Ohio State Bar
• District of Columbia Bar

Past Employment Positions:

• Kanawha County Assistant Public Defender (West Virginia)
• Summit County Assistant Prosecutor Attorney (Ohio)
• Kramer & Associates (Ohio)
• The Housing Advocates, Inc. (Ohio)
• Community Legal Aid Services, Inc. (Ohio)
• Green & Farinacci (Ohio)
• Thompson / West– WestLaw Product Specialist  (Ohio)
• West Virginia Attorney General (West Virginia)