Mark A Barney

Mark A. Barney is a lawyer in Teays Valley, Putnam County, West Virginia.  He represents clients in serious personal injury and criminal defense cases.  He has trial and appellate experience in both state and federal courts.  For more about Mark, visit the Barney Law PLLC website.

• Admitted to practice in West Virginia State Courts
• Admitted to Practice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
• Admitted to Practice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
• Admitted to practice in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

• West Virginia University, College of Law, J.D.
• West Virginia University, M.A. in Sociology
• West Virginia University, B.A. (Dual Major in Psychology and Sociology)

Hurricane attorney Mark Barney has practiced law in West Virginia for over sixteen years.  His prior experience includes serving as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable O.C. Spaulding in Putnam County Circuit Court.  Additionally, Mr. Barney served as an Administrative Law Judge with the West Virginia Public Employees Grievance Board.  He worked several years for a prominent personal injury firm in Charleston, West Virginia, where he represented people and families who were injured by the wrongful conduct by others.  He has handled jury trials and appellate cases in both state and federal court.

2021- Present  Rated by Super Lawyers

2013-Present  AV Preeminent Lawyer Rating by Martindale-Hubbell

2017-Present  The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers (West Virginia)

2013-Present  Lead Counsel Rated by the Lead Counsel Review Board (employment and personal injury)

2014-2017  The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40 (West Virginia)

2010- Present  West Virginia Association for Justice

2013- Present  West Virginia Employment Law Association

Mr. Barney has handled hundreds of criminal and personal injury cases.  His personal injury cases include:

• The wrongful death of a worker who fell due to unsafe railing at a power plant
• The wrongful death of a worker who was injured after a logging skidder’s brake system failed
• The wrongful death of a child as a result of inadequate supervision by the State
• The wrongful death of a person as a result of unsafe steps and handrails
• The wrongful death of an automobile passenger as a result of the negligence of a landowner
• The catastrophic injury of a child as a result of unsafe monitoring
• The catastrophic injury of an underground miner as a result of a rib roll
• The catastrophic injury of a surface miner as a result of a high wall failure
• The catastrophic injury of a surface miner as a result of an unsafe miner
• The catastrophic injury of a worker as a result of unsafe brakes on a front-end loader
• The catastrophic injury of a correctional officer as a result of an unsafe gun range condition
• The catastrophic injury of a worker as a result of unsafe brakes on a grader
• The catastrophic injury of a worker as a result of unsafe work methods related to oil leakages
• The catastrophic injury of a worker where the employer failed to provide proper personal protective equipment
• The catastrophic injury of a worker as a result of being exposed to chemicals

Notable criminal cases include a not guilty verdict in a second-degree murder trial and obtaining remedies for clients in a habeas corpus actions.

• Michael v. Consolidation Coal Co., 744 F. App’x 152 (4th Cir. 2018)
• Rowe v. Aurora Commercial Corp., 599 F. App’x 95 (4th Cir. 2015)(per curiam)
• Michael v. Consolidation Coal Co., 241 W.Va. 749, 828 S.E.2d 811 (W. Va. 2019)
• Young v. Apogee Coal Co., LLC, 232 W. Va. 554, 753 S.E.2d 52 (W.Va. 2013) (amicus curiae)
• Logar v. W. Virginia Univ. Bd. of Governors, 2013 WL 4501052 (N.D.W. Va. 2013)
• Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa. v. Tyree, 2013 WL 3185063 (W. Va. Ct. 2013)(Memorandum Decision)
• Tenney v. W. Va. Div. of Health & Human Res., 2013 W. Va. LEXIS 1395 (W.Va. Sup. Ct. 2013)(Memorandum Decision)
• Johnson v. Brayman Constr. Corp., 2014 W. Va. LEXIS 279 (W.Va. Sup. Ct. 2014)(Memorandum Decision)
• Collins v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 2015 W. Va. LEXIS 140 (W.Va. Sup. Ct. 2015)(Memorandum Decision)
• Clark v. St. Mary’s Med. Ctr., Inc., 2015 W. Va. LEXIS 513 (W.Va. Sup. Ct. 2015)(Memorandum Decision)
• In re Estate of Kovarbasich, 2016 W. Va. LEXIS 828 (W.Va. Sup. Ct. 2016)(Memorandum Decision)
• State v. Edward B., 2020 W. Va. LEXIS 824 (W.Va. Sup. Ct. Dec. 7, 2020)(Memorandum Decision)
• Gibson v. Argus Energy, LLC, 2011 WL 1791339 (S.D.W. Va. 2011)
• Deloach v. Appalachian Power Co., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 138198 (S.D. W. Va. 2011)