Scott Blass

Scott Blass is Of Counsel at Bordas & Bordas in Wheeling and has more than 30 years of complex civil litigation experience. His listed practice areas are Insurance Disputes, Personal Injury, and Wrongful Death. He represents clients in catastrophic injury matters, toxic chemical exposure cases, medical malpractice claims, truck and automobile accidents, defective-product cases, insurance bad faith, insurance-agent negligence, and coverage disputes involving significant personal and financial consequences.

Blass graduated magna cum laude from West Virginia University in 1984 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned his J.D. from the West Virginia University College of Law in 1987 and was selected to the Order of Barristers. His academic record and decades of trial experience provide a foundation for handling cases that require detailed factual investigation, expert testimony, damages analysis, and close attention to insurance and liability issues.

Before joining Bordas & Bordas, Blass spent five years as an insurance defense attorney, later became a partner at another firm, and served for two years as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Ohio County. He has acted as lead trial counsel in more than three dozen jury trials in West Virginia and Ohio. That background gives him experience with both defense strategies and plaintiff-side litigation in serious injury and insurance cases.

Scott Blass has served as president of the West Virginia Association for Justice and has received recognition from that organization and other legal publications. His practice draws on extensive trial experience and a prior background in insurance defense to evaluate claims from multiple perspectives. He helps injured clients and families build cases involving wrongful death, catastrophic harm, insurance misconduct, and disputed coverage, with an emphasis on preparation for negotiation and trial.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Bordas & Bordas
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association
• Member, American Association for Justice
• Member, Ohio Association for Justice

Licensed State

• West Virginia
• Ohio

Education

• West Virginia University College of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)

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