Practice Areas:  Products Liability Law; Personal Injury Law; Industrial Accidents, motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, and medical malpractice.  Experienced mediator and special discovery commissioner in all types of civil litigation.

Admitted:  1980, West Virginia, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Education:  Marshall University, B.B.A., 1977; West Virginia University, J.D., 1980; The National College of Advocacy, National Judicial College, University of Nevada-Reno, 1981

Member:   West Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.  Member of Phi Delta Phi.  Member Marshall University Alumni Association, Marshall University Athletic Club of Charleston, and Big Green Scholarship Foundation.  Member B'Nai Jacob Men's Club.

Appointments:  Special Commissioner to the 13th Judicial Circuit.

Reported Cases:   Bell v. Vecellio & Grogan, Inc., 191 W.Va. 577, 447 S.E.2d 269 (1994); Bell v. Vecellio & Grogan, Inc. (II), 197 W.Va. 138, 475 S.E.2d 138 (1996).

Publications:  "Protecting The Physician-Patient Relationship During Litigation," Trial Talk, Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, November, 1986.

"Defenses in Strict Tort Liability Actions," The American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol. 5, Spring, 1982.

"Damages Experts," Verdicts, Settlements and Tactics, Shepard's/ McGraw Hill, Inc., Vol. 10, No. 4, April, 1990.

Handling Accident Cases, The Lawyers Co-Operative - Bancroft Whitney, Cumulative Supplements, Vol. 3A and Vol. 3B, January 1989 and 1990.

Bruce L. Freeman is a partner in the Charleston, West Virginia law firm of Freeman & Chiartas.  He has been counsel in numerous million or multi-million dollar settlements or verdicts. 

Mr. Freeman was born in Huntington, West Virginia on December 28, 1954.  He is married to Francie (Sanford) Freeman and they have one son, David.