R. Dean Hartley

R. Dean Hartley is the founding attorney of Hartley Law Group, PLLC in Wheeling and represents injured clients in West Virginia. His listed areas of practice are Toxic Torts, Products Liability, FELA Litigation, and Personal Injury. His work includes serious claims involving workplace exposures, defective products, railroad injuries, accidents, and other events that cause significant physical harm. He focuses on developing claims and pursuing recovery for people facing the consequences of serious injuries.

Hartley earned his J.D. from the West Virginia University College of Law in 1981 after receiving a B.S. from East Carolina University in 1978. His decades of practice since law school have given him extensive experience with personal injury litigation and the medical, technical, and factual issues that can arise in exposure, product, railroad, and accident cases. That background supports detailed case preparation and evaluation of complex injury claims.

His work has included representing injured workers and individuals in toxic exposure matters, product liability claims, FELA cases, and other personal injury litigation. These cases can require investigation of workplace conditions, product design or warnings, accident circumstances, medical evidence, and the long-term effects of injury. Hartley’s experience in this field helps clients address both the litigation process and the practical questions that accompany claims involving serious or lasting harm.

R. Dean Hartley is admitted to practice in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky, along with federal courts connected to his work. His career has remained focused on litigation for people injured through accidents, workplace conditions, defective products, and related causes. He brings long-standing trial and case-development experience to matters where clients need careful factual investigation, clear legal strategy, and persistent representation against businesses, insurers, or other parties contesting responsibility.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, The Hartley Law Group, PC
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar (1981 – Present)
• Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association (1991 – Present)
• Member, Kentucky Bar Association (1997 – Present)
• Chair, AAJ Benzene/Leukemia Litigation Group (1998-2000)
• Member, American Association for Justice (AAJ) (formerly ATLA) (1981 – Present)
• Member, AAJ Railroad Section
• Member, AAJ Presidents Club
• Member, AAJ “M” Club
• Member, West Virginia Association for Justice (formerly WVTLA) (1981 – Present)
• Member, Kentucky Association for Justice (formerly KATA) (1997 – Present)
• Member, American Bar Association (1981 – Present)
• Fellow, National College of Advocacy
• Fellow, Roscoe Pound Foundation
• Member, New York Academy of Sciences (2001 – Present)
• Member, WVTLA Amicus Curiae Committee (1998 – 2003)

Licensed State

• West Virginia
• Pennsylvania
• Kentucky

Education

• West Virginia University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• East Carolina University
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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