Dwayne E. Cyrus

Dwayne E. Cyrus is a member and owner of Shuman McCuskey Slicer PLLC, whose practice focuses on insurance coverage, agent errors and omissions, professional liability, public entity matters, and tort defense lawsuits and disputes. He has more than 30 years of experience handling insurance defense cases and claims at the trial and appellate levels. His work includes civil rights litigation, insurance bad faith, medical malpractice, long-term care disputes, and general litigation.

Mr. Cyrus earned his J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law. He completed his undergraduate education at Marshall University, earning a B.B.A., cum laude, in Economics. His academic background in law, business, and economics established a strong foundation for his legal career.

Mr. Cyrus previously served as Claims Legal Counsel for Nationwide Insurance Company in the southern region of West Virginia. In that role, he supervised cases involving insurance coverage questions and bad faith litigation. He has lectured insurance claims personnel and agents on claims-handling issues, including compliance with the Unfair Claims Practices Act. He previously served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Mercer County. His admissions include West Virginia, the federal district courts for West Virginia, the Fourth Circuit, and the US Supreme Court.

Dwayne E. Cyrus brings extensive insurance and litigation experience to matters involving insurers, professionals, public entities, and other defendants. His professional affiliations include the Kanawha County Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, and Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia. His practice spans civil rights litigation, errors and omissions litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith, long-term care and nursing home litigation, medical malpractice, professional liability, and general litigation. He combines claims experience with courtroom and appellate work when defending complex civil disputes.

Law Office Affiliations

• Member, Shuman McCuskey Slicer PLLC
• Member, Kanawha County Bar Association
• Member, Defense Research Institute
• Member, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia

Licensed State

• West Virginia

Education

• West Virginia University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Marshall University
  Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

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