Freeman & Chiartas
Attorneys at Law
Gregory B. Chiartas
Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability Law; Insurance; Premises Liability; Legal Malpractice; Small Business Law.
Admitted: 1983, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1984 U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 1986 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky.
Education: West Virginia University, J.D., 1983; University of Pittsburgh, B.A., 1980
Member: West Virginia Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Pi Sigma Alpha. Member of WVU Lugar Trial Team 1982-1983. Life Member University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association, WVU Alumni Association, Marshall University Thunder Club, Marshall University Charleston Quarterback Club, and Big Green Scholarship Foundation. Member of Capital City and Tri-Cities Harley Owners Group. Member of Bible Center Church.
Special Agencies: Chairman, West Virginia Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses.
Reported Cases: Barnes v. City of Parkersburg, 100 F.R.D. 768 (U.S. District Court S.D.W.Va. 1984); Chiartas v. Bavarian Motor Works, 106 F.Supp. 2d 874 (S.D.W.Va. 2000)
Publications: Non-Testifying Experts; Trial Magazine, July, 1984
Nursing and Depositions: A Key to Establishing Hospital Liability, WVTLA Advocate, Winter, 1985
Nursing Malpractice: Common Areas of Nursing Liability; WVTLA Advocate, Fall, 1986
Lecturer, "Initial Considerations," WVTLA Annual Seminar and Convention, Charleston, WV, June 4, 1994
Panelist, "Settling Insurance Claims in West Virginia," Professional Education Systems, Inc., Charleston, WV, June 7, 1996
Lecturer, "Handling Legal Malpractice Claims in West Virginia," National Business Institute, Charleston, WV, April 20, 1999
Admitted: 1983, West Virginia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia; 1984 U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia; 1986 U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky.
Education: West Virginia University, J.D., 1983; University of Pittsburgh, B.A., 1980
Member: West Virginia Bar Association; West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Pi Sigma Alpha. Member of WVU Lugar Trial Team 1982-1983. Life Member University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association, WVU Alumni Association, Marshall University Thunder Club, Marshall University Charleston Quarterback Club, and Big Green Scholarship Foundation. Member of Capital City and Tri-Cities Harley Owners Group. Member of Bible Center Church.
Special Agencies: Chairman, West Virginia Board of Examiners for Licensed Practical Nurses.
Reported Cases: Barnes v. City of Parkersburg, 100 F.R.D. 768 (U.S. District Court S.D.W.Va. 1984); Chiartas v. Bavarian Motor Works, 106 F.Supp. 2d 874 (S.D.W.Va. 2000)
Publications: Non-Testifying Experts; Trial Magazine, July, 1984
Nursing and Depositions: A Key to Establishing Hospital Liability, WVTLA Advocate, Winter, 1985
Nursing Malpractice: Common Areas of Nursing Liability; WVTLA Advocate, Fall, 1986
Lecturer, "Initial Considerations," WVTLA Annual Seminar and Convention, Charleston, WV, June 4, 1994
Panelist, "Settling Insurance Claims in West Virginia," Professional Education Systems, Inc., Charleston, WV, June 7, 1996
Lecturer, "Handling Legal Malpractice Claims in West Virginia," National Business Institute, Charleston, WV, April 20, 1999
Gregory B. Chiartas 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. Chiartas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 24, 1959. He is married to Denise (Moore) Chiartas and they have two sons, Tyler and Elliott.
Mr. Chiartas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 24, 1959. He is married to Denise (Moore) Chiartas and they have two sons, Tyler and Elliott.
