Paul R. Cranston

Paul R. Cranston is a founding partner and trial attorney with Cranston & Edwards PLLC in Morgantown, West Virginia. His practice is devoted exclusively to civil litigation for injured people and families pursuing wrongful death claims. Cranston handles serious and catastrophic personal injury matters involving motor vehicle accidents, workplace incidents, unsafe premises, defective products, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, insurance disputes, and other negligence claims. He has more than thirty years of experience representing plaintiffs in major injury cases.

Cranston earned a Juris Doctor from the West Virginia University College of Law in 1989 with honors and was selected to the Order of Barristers and the Moot Court Board. He earned a B.S. in Accounting from West Virginia University in 1986. His legal, advocacy, and accounting education supports the detailed analysis required in serious injury litigation, including questions involving damages, lost income, medical expenses, liability evidence, insurance coverage, and the financial effects of permanent injury or wrongful death.

Cranston has handled cases involving automobile and workplace accidents, premises liability, defective products, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect, fires, explosions, falls, and coal mine incidents. His experience includes representing families affected by the Sago Mine Disaster. These matters often involve complex factual investigations, expert testimony, medical evidence, and substantial damages. His trial practice requires careful development of liability theories, witness testimony, and evidence designed to explain how an incident occurred and how it changed a client’s life.

Paul R. Cranston has received an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and recognition from trial-lawyer organizations, including The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and a National Academy Top 10 designation. His career remains focused on civil claims for injured people and families after serious losses. Cranston combines extensive trial experience with detailed case preparation to pursue compensation in catastrophic injury, wrongful death, malpractice, workplace, product, premises, and motor vehicle matters throughout West Virginia.

Law Office Affiliations

• Founding Partner, Cranston & Edwards PLLC
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar
• Member, West Virginia Association for Justice

Licensed State

• West Virginia

Education

• West Virginia University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• West Virginia University
  Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

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