CHARLESTON – Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC has announced that Matthew D. Elshiaty, an attorney in the firm’s Morgantown office, has been elected to the Board of Governors of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia.
Elshiaty will serve a three-year term on the Board of Governors, which is the leadership arm of the organization. The Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia’s goal is to bring together attorneys who defend individuals and corporations in civil litigation for the purpose of elevating the standards of West Virginia trial practice, supporting and advocating for the improvement of the adversary system of jurisprudence, and increasing the quality of services rendered by the legal profession to the citizens of West Virginia.
At Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC, Eshiaty represents businesses and individuals in transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters. He is a member of the firm’s litigation and commercial law practice areas, with an emphasis on insurance defense. He is a graduate of West Virginia University (2009), and the West Virginia University College of Law (2014), which led to a judicial clerkship at the Monongalia County Circuit Court under the direction of the Honorable Russell M. Clawges.
Elshiaty has been recognized as a “Rising Star” by the editors of West Virginia Super Lawyers in the practice area of Corporate Law.
Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC is a full-service firm with offices in Charleston, Morgantown, and Martinsburg, West Virginia. The firm was established in 1923 by Robert H.C. Kay and has been providing high quality legal services to businesses and individuals located throughout the region for more than 90 years.
More information about the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia can be found at www.dtcwv.org.
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