Litigation Handbook on West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure

Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals was engaged in the private practice of law from 1982 until 1996. Before her election to the Supreme Court of Appeals, she practiced law at the six-person law firm of Segal and Davis, L.C. She concentrated in the field of employee benefits and domestic relations. In 1993, she became the first lawyer in West Virginia to be inducted into the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. In 1991, the Supreme Court of Appeals appointed her to the seven-person West Virginia Board of Law Examiners, on which she served until 1996. In 1996, she was elected to the Supreme Court of Appeals to an unexpired term. She was re-elected in November 2000. Chief Justice Davis first served as chief justice in 1998. As chief justice, she accomplished a number of initiatives. These initiatives include: the Workers' Compensation Mediation Program; the expansion of parent education programs; Rules on Mass Litigation; the expansion of technology for the "Courtroom of the Future," including the video initial appearance pilot project; and the creation of the West Virginia Trial Court Rules. As chief justice, she also expanded the Supreme Court's outreach efforts by taking the Court for the first time in recent years to Wheeling and Charles Town, and leading the Court in the establishment of the LAWS program. In 2000, Chief Justice Davis received the Distinguished West Virginian Award from Governor Cecil H. Underwood. Chief Justice Davis is the author of several West Virginia Law Review articles, including: "A Tribute to Franklin D. Cleckley: A Compendium of Essential Legal Principles From His Opinions as a Justice on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals"; "A Tribute to Thomas E. McHugh: An Encyclopedia of Legal Principles from Opinions Written by Justice McHugh"; and "An Analysis of the Development of Admitting Expert Testimony in Federal Courts and the Impact of that Development on West Virginia Jurisprudence" (published in May 2002).Davis, Robin Jean is the author of 'Litigation Handbook on West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure', published 2002 under ISBN 9781578231089 and ISBN 1578231086.