Chad C. Groome

Chad C. Groome is a member of Angotti & Straface Attorneys at Law L.C. in Morgantown, West Virginia. His practice focuses on civil litigation, including personal injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle accidents, insurance disputes, and other contested claims. He represents clients in both trial and appellate matters. His work includes assessing evidence, litigating disagreements over liability, and pursuing appropriate resolutions in complex civil cases.

Groome earned a J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law. He also received an M.A. in Educational Leadership, with a higher education focus, from West Virginia University and a B.A. in Social Science, with a political science minor, from Waynesburg University. He began his legal career as a judicial law clerk to Judge John T. Madden of West Virginia’s Second Judicial Circuit.

His civil litigation experience includes trucking collisions, workplace injuries, insurance coverage and bad faith claims, medical malpractice, banking disputes, employment disputes, whistleblower claims, and oil and gas property disputes. Groome has handled appeals before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, the Ohio Seventh District Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Ohio. He joined his current firm in 2019.

Chad C. Groome was selected to the West Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for Civil Litigation: Plaintiff from 2015 through 2018. His experience as a judicial clerk and appellate advocate contributes to his understanding of legal arguments and court procedures. He assists clients in addressing disputes that may require negotiation, trial work, or appellate review.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Angotti & Straface, L.C.
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar

Licensed State

• West Virginia

Education

• West Virginia University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Waynesburg (College) University
  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Major: Social Science (Pre-Law), minor in Political Science
• West Virginia University College of Education and Human Services
  Master of Arts (M.A.), Educational Leadership (Higher Education)

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