Ronda Harvey

Practice Areas

Ronda Harvey focuses her practice on employment litigation. She also advises clients on a wide variety of human resources issues.

A significant part of Ronda’s practice for the past 25 years has been defending employers in lawsuits brought by employees in both state and federal courts. She has successfully tried cases to verdict for employers, and represents them in administrative proceedings. She has successfully argued appeals to the West Virginia Human Rights Commission on behalf of employers. She currently provides representation to a state agency in claims involving retirement benefits.

Ronda works with employers in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, health care and energy. She understands that each client is unique, and works in partnership with her clients to fully understand their business and help them manage the regulatory minefield of employment issues. She frequently provides training to managers and supervisors on both human resource and safety issues.

Ronda also has represented defendants in mass tort and complex products liability civil actions. She has defended several national clients in product liability litigation, including pathology laboratories and manufacturers of medical equipment, aircraft, mining roof bolts, boom cranes and respirators. She successfully defended a manufacturer of cranes in mass hearing loss litigation in McDowell County, West Virginia.

Professional Memberships

•West Virginia Bar Association (President, 2007-2008; Executive Council, 2000-2007)

•Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

•Defense Research Institute

•Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia, Employment Law Subcommittee

•Litigation Counsel of American Trial Honor Society (Fellow)

•Claims and Litigation Management Alliance