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Melissa H. “Missy” Luce has recently returned to West Virginia from New Jersey after 17 years. She came to us from the firm of Stephen S. Weinstein, PA., where she was engaged exclusively in cases involving medical malpractice and general personal injury litigation in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Her practice is and has been focused on medical malpractice and pharmaceutical litigation, product liability, wrongful death, construction and automobile accidents. Prior to her employment with the Weinstein firm, Missy was employed by Leonard & Butler, P.C. in Morristown, New Jersey from April, 1992 to March, 1994, after working for six years in Charleston for Di Trapano & Jackson. During her tenure in New Jersey, Missy was certified by the New Jersey Supreme Court as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney, a distinction earned by less than one percent of the legal profession in New Jersey. She has received the AV Peer Review Rating for Ethical and Legal Ability from Martindale-Hubbell, which indicates her peers have ranked her at the highest level of professional excellence.
Missy enjoys contributing to the community and has volunteered for programs such as the Special Olympics, Project Hope, and as a coach of youth basketball for YMCA. In 1982, she did short-term mission work for Project Serve in the Dominican Republic. While in New Jersey, she served as counsel to the Morris County Democratic Committee from 2002 to 2008 and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Visiting Nurses Association of Northern New Jersey from 2001 to 2008. In 2001, she served as a volunteer attorney for Trial Lawyers Care providing free legal representation to the families and victims of September 11, 2001. During two different periods (1987-98 and 2003 to present), Missy has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of her alma mater, Davis and Elkins College.
Education:
1986 J. D., West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, WV
1986 Named Outstanding Graduate, WVU College of Law
1986 Winner Patrick Duffy Koontz Award
1983-1986 Member of Moot Court Board
1985-1986 President, Law School Council
Intern, Office of U. S. Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV
1981 B.A., Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV
Magna Cum Laude, History & Political Science
1981 Oxford University Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford England
Dean's List
President, Student Government
Governor's Advisory Board of Students
Intercollegiate Women's Basketball and Tennis
Bar Admissions:
1986 West Virginia State Bar
1986 United States District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
1986 United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
1991 New Jersey State Bar
1991 U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey
1991 United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
2000 Pennsylvania State Bar
2003 New York State Bar
2003 United States District Court, Southern District of New York
2003 United States District Court, Eastern District of New York
Reported Cases:
Cavallaro v. Jamco Prop. Mgt.,
334 N.J.Super. 557 (App.Div.2000)
Correia v. Sherry,
335 N.J.Super. 50 (Law Div, 2000)
Kosnoski v. Howeley,
33 F.3d 376 (4th Cir. 1994)
Torrence v. Kusminsky,
408 S.E.2d 684 (W.Va. 1991)
Board of Education, County of Kanawha v. McCuskey,
403 S.E.2d 17 (W.Va. 1991)
Paul v. National Life,
352 S.E.2d (W.Va. 1986), 63 A.L.R.4th 155
Unpublished:
Kosnoski v. Howeley,
976 F.2d 726 (4th Cir. 1992)
Taywood Mining, Inc. v. Wellman,
867 F.2d 609 (4th Cir. 1989)
Brown v. South Street Presbyterian Church,
Docket No. A-3952-98 (App.Div. 2000)
Burton v. Schiavone Construction Co., Inc.,
Docket No. A-3097-00T5 (App.Div. 2003)
Publications and Honors:
"Determining and Proving Damages,"
National Business Institute, Inc.
"Legal Issues in Patient Counseling,"
Menopause Management, May, 1994
"The Business of Litigation: When to Say Yes or No,"
ATLA-NJ Educational Foundation Seminar, February 27, 1999
"Ensuring Fair Play in Game to Get Medical Records,"
New Jersey Law Journal, January 20, 2003
Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2005 to present
Board of Governors, New Jersey ATLA
Guest Speaker, "Truth Telling and Disclosure of Medical Errors"
Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, New Jersey, November 18, 2005 |
