Christopher D. Pence

Christopher D. Pence is an attorney with Pence Law Firm, PLLC in Charleston, WV. Pence handles litigation involving mine safety, professional negligence, insurance, contracts, accidents, premises claims, employment matters, and family disputes. The practice includes mine safety proceedings, MSHA and state mine-safety investigations, professional negligence, insurance litigation, contract disputes, personal injury, and family law matters. The work often involves developing case strategy, evaluating evidence, briefing legal issues, and preparing matters for negotiation, hearing, trial, or appeal.

Pence graduated from Marshall University and the West Virginia University College of Law. Pence developed a litigation practice that includes both industry-focused mine-safety matters and a broad range of civil disputes. That training supports the research, writing, analysis, and advocacy required in complex civil disputes and other contested proceedings. This background supports Pence’s work in mine safety, professional liability, insurance, contract, and civil litigation.

Pence’s experience includes representing coal operators in proceedings and investigations before MSHA and the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training, as well as handling broader civil litigation. His practice also includes professional negligence, insurance and contract disputes, industrial accidents, personal injury, employment cases, and selected family-law matters. These matters require close attention to facts, procedure, legal standards, and the practical consequences of decisions made throughout a case.

Christopher D. Pence has received Rising Stars recognition for general litigation. His practice combines regulatory and industry-specific work with trial litigation involving businesses, professionals, injured people, and families. The practice remains focused on careful preparation, clear analysis, and representation that responds to the legal and practical demands of each dispute.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Pence Law Firm, P.C.
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar
• Past President, Kanawha County Bar Association
• Member, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
• Member, West Virginia Coal Association
• Member, Metallurgical Coal Producers Association

Licensed State

• West Virginia

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