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Robert J. Schiavoni
Labor and Employment Law
| Current Employment Position | |
Partner |
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| Year Joined Law Firm | |
| 1992 |
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| Areas Of Practice | |
| Employment Law -- Employee Employment Law -- Employer Labor Law |
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| Litigation Percentage | |
| 95% of Practice Devoted to Litigation |
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| Bar Admissions | |
| West Virginia, 1986 U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1987 U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia, 1986 U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1989 U.S. Supreme Court, 1997 |
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| Education | |
| Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law, Ada, Ohio, 1986 J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence, With Honors Editor-in-Chief, Ohio Northern University Law Review, 1985 - 1986 Pennsylvania State University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, 1975 |
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| Published Works | |
| The Steelworkers' Trilogy and the Coalminers' Trilogy: Is Discrimination Exception to the Rule, 91 W.Va. L. Rev. 737, 1989 |
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| Representative Cases | |
| Vendevender v. Sheetz, Inc., 200 W. Va. 591 cert. denied (1997) Hanlon v. Chambers, 195 W.Va. 99 (1995) Fox v. Union Carbide, 184 W. Va. 277 (1988) Tritle v. Crown Airways, Inc., 929 F.2d 81 (4th Cir. 1990) Reed v. Lockhead Aircraft International, A.G., 923 F.2d 849 (4th Cir. 1991) Scott v. PPG Industries, Inc., 920 F.2d 927 (4th Cir. 1990) Shivley v. Life Assurance Co. of Pennsylvania, 829 F.2d 36 (4th Cir. 1987) Echard v. Devine, 726 F. Supp. 1045 (N.D. W.Va. 1989) |
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| Classes / Seminars Taught | |
| Lectured on Topics Concerning Employment Law, Wage Law, Class Actions and Professional Ethics |
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| Professional Associations and Memberships | |
| National Employment Lawyers Association: Member West Virginia Employment Lawyers Association: Member |
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| Birth Information | |
| September 2, 1953, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Hammer, Ferretti & Schiavoni
Attorneys at Law
408 West King Street
Martinsburg, West Virginia 25401
(304) 264-8505
(800) 474-8505
Robert Schiavoni
Attorney Robert Schiavoni was born September 2, 1953. Bob Schiavoni received his undergraduate degree from Villanova University, a graduate degree from Penn State University. He is a also a graduate of the Ohio Northern University College of Law where he served as editor-in-chief of the law review. He has published in the West Virginia University Law Review on the subject of retaliatory dismissal and federal preemption. He is a founding partner of the law firm of Hammer, Ferretti & Schiavoni located in Martinsburg, WV. He is a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association and the West Virginia Employment Lawyers Association. He has lectured on topics concerning employment law, wage law, class actions and professional ethics.
