RESUME OF DWANE L. TINSLEY Work Address: (304) 346-5500 EDUCATION Doctor of Jurisprudence, May 1981 West Virginia University College of Law Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6103 Master of Social Work, May 1978 Howard University School of Social Work Washington, D.C. 20059 Bachelor of Arts, May 1975 Davis & Elkins College Elkins, West Virginia 26241 EMPLOYMENT Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, PLLC (Merged with Hendrickson & Long, PLLC, January 2009) January 2009 to Present Special Assistant Attorney for State of West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia August 2010 to Present West Virginia Human Rights Commission United States Postal Service Mediator Hendrickson & Long, PLLC May 2001 to December 2008 Dwane L. Tinsley & Associates August 1998 to May 2001 Managing Trial Attorney - State of West Virginia 1
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company One Nationwide Plaza Columbus, Ohio 43215 April 1997 to August 1998 Special Investigation Unit Officer Law Offices of Dwane L. Tinsley June 1996 to March 1997 Managing Trial Attorney - State of West Virginia Law Offices of Dwane L. Tinsley July 1995 to June 1996 Administrative Trial Attorney Law Offices of John A. Hutchison July 1992 to July 1995 Trial Attorney Special Prosecuting Attorney for Kanawha County March 23, 1995 to 1996 Special Prosecuting Attorney for Mingo County Williamson, West Virginia 25661 August 2002 to January 2004 Special Prosecuting Attorney for Kanawha County September 2006 to September 2007 West Virginia Board of Medicine Charleston, West Virginia 25311 July 1993 to June 1994 Hearing Examiner and Post Hearing Advisor West Virginia Ethics Commission -1838 November 1993 to August 1995 Hearing Examiner 2
Kay, Casto, Chaney, Love & Wise and Morgantown, West Virginia 26505 April 1991 to June 1992 Associate Attorney United States Attorney s Office Southern District of West Virginia August 1987 to March 1991 Assistant United States Attorney Fayette County Prosecuting Attorney s Office May 1981 to July 1987 Dwane L. Tinsley Attorney at Law January 1985 to July 1987 Private Civil Practice Blake, Harris and Tinsley January 1983 to December 1984 Private Civil Practice Partner - Firm Dissolved Blake and Thompson May 1981 to December 1982 Private Civil Practice Associate Member - Firm Dissolved State of West Virginia Summer Legal Intern Program Fayette County Prosecuting Attorney s Office Summer 1980 Clerk for Prosecuting Attorney State of West Virginia Summer Legal Intern Program Twelfth Judicial Circuit Fayette County, West Virginia Summer of 1979 Clerk for Circuit Judges: Honorable J. Zane Summerfield and Honorable W. Robert Abbot 3
ADMISSION TO West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals PRACTICE LAW Admitted May 1981 United States District Court Southern District of West Virginia Admitted May 1981 Circuit Court of Fayette County, West Virginia Admitted May 1981 United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Admitted February 1988 United States District Court Northern District of West Virginia Admitted January 2007 TEACHING University of Charleston Forensics Institute Charleston, West Virginia April 2008 to Present Lead Instructor for Executive Masters in Forensic Accounting (EMFA) University of Charleston Forensic Institute Charleston, West Virginia April 2008 to Present Instructor for Accredited Fraud Investigation (AFI) University of Charleston Charleston, West Virginia 25304 January 1989 to May 1991 Instructor - Business Associations and Legal Systems (Paralegal Department) January 1993 to May 1996 Instructor - Civil Litigation West Virginia University College of Law Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6130 August 1989 to August 2004 Instructor - Trial Advocacy Program PROFESSIONAL West Virginia State Bar ASSOCIATIONS President of the West Virginia State Bar (May 2008 to April 2009) Former Member of West Virginia State Bar Board of Governors West Virginia State Bar Delegate to the American Bar Association House of Delegates (August 2009 to May 2010) Former Member of Lawyer Disciplinary Board of West Virginia State Bar Former Co-Chairman of the Minority Lawyers Committee of the West Virginia State Bar 4
Judicial Selection and Reform Committee of the West Virginia Bar Association Mountain State Bar Association Former President of the Mountain State Bar Association Former Secretary and Treasurer of the Mountain State Bar Association Former Member of Finance Committee of the Mountain State Bar Association Former Member Fayette County Bar Association Former Treasurer of the Fayette County Bar Association Former Member of West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Association Former Member National Bar Association Former Member American Board of Trial Advocates Former Member of American Corporate Counsel Association CHARITABLE BOARDS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATIONS AWARDS Past Member of Attorney General Darrell McGraw s Transition Committee Member of the West Virginia University College of Law Visiting Committee Former Member of the Charleston Leadership Council Former President of the Minden Branch (Fayette County) N.A.A.C.P. Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Second Baptist Church, Fayetteville, West Virginia Former Member of the Board of Directors of the Beckley Child Care Center Beckley, West Virginia Former Member of the Board of Directors of the Kanawha Home for Children Member of the Board of Directors of the Citizens Conservation Corps of West Virginia WVU College of Law Development Council Attended National Institute for Trial Advocacy Teaching Advocacy Skills Harvard Law School Cambridge, Massachusetts March 1995 Accredited Fraud Investigator (AFI) April 2008 Outstanding Service to WVSB WV Bar Foundation Fellow Special Achievement Award from the United States Department of Justice (1990) Outstanding Leadership to Nationwide Enterprise SIU Mountain State Bar Award of Merit Outstanding Black Attorney, Black Law Students Association (1987) Brown W. Payne Fellowship (1978 to 1980) Georgetown University Fellowship Stipend (1976 to 1978) West Virginia Honor Scholarship (1971 to 1975) 5
REFERENCES Honorable John A. Hutchison Judge, Raleigh County Circuit Court Raleigh County Courthouse Beckley, West Virginia 25801 (304) 255-9132 David K. Hendrickson, Esquire Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, PLLC (304) 346-5500 Robert J. Rufus, DBA, CPA, CVA, CCA, AFI 1016 6 th Avenue Huntington, West Virginia 25701 (304) 522-8700 6