Frank Simmerman

Frank Simmerman is a trial lawyer with Simmerman Law Office, PLLC in Clarksburg, West Virginia. His practice has included personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, products liability, insurance disputes, toxic torts, wrongful termination, business matters, and commercial litigation. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts and has more than four decades of experience handling complex civil disputes and jury and non-jury trials.

Simmerman earned a B.S. from West Virginia University and a J.D. from West Virginia University. Before becoming an attorney, his work history included employment as a coal miner and bank examiner. That varied professional background preceded a litigation career involving injury claims, professional negligence, industrial disputes, construction and engineering matters, insurance bad faith, business litigation, and other cases requiring detailed factual investigation and courtroom advocacy.

Simmerman has tried more than 100 jury and non-jury cases and has appeared before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. His experience includes medical malpractice and nursing home recoveries, products and automobile injury matters, defense verdicts in toxic tort cases, and insurance bad faith litigation. He has further served as local counsel in toxic tort, industrial accident, and Hatch-Waxman Act litigation.

Frank Simmerman brings extensive trial and appellate experience to personal injury and complex civil litigation. He was selected for the initial class of West Virginia Super Lawyers and holds an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell. His professional service has included leadership roles in West Virginia bar and defense organizations, and he has completed mediator training, adding alternative dispute resolution experience to a long courtroom-focused legal career.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Simmerman Law Office, PLLC
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar
• Chairman, Standing Committee on Law Schools and Admission to Practice (1988-1989)
• Member, Board of Governors, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (1984-1986)
• Member, Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Division (1983-1985)
• Member, West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association

Licensed State

• West Virginia

Education

• West Virginia University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• West Virginia University
  Bachelor’s degree

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