Kelly C. Morgan

Equity Member

About

Kelly C. Morgan is an equity Member in Bailey & Wyant, PLLC's Charleston office. She is a native of Charleston, West Virginia and grew up working in her family's construction business, Welding, Inc. She graduated cum laude in three years with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resource Management from the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics. While in school, she was a piccolo player in the “Pride of West Virginia” West Virginia University Marching Band.

She attended West Virginia University College of Law and was a member of the Marlyn E. Lugar Trial Association. She graduated in 2003 at the age of 23 and moved back to Charleston. Since graduating from law school, Kelly has focused her law practice primarily in the areas of general litigation and insurance defense. From 2004 to 2006, she was associated with the law firm of McQueen, Harmon & Murphy, LC in Charleston, where she was involved in general defense practice consisting primarily of insurance defense and premises liability for a national retailer.

In 2006, she joined Bailey & Wyant, PLLC as an Associate, went on to become a Partner at age 31 and then became the firm's first female Equity Partner.

She currently engages in general and insurance defense litigation in the areas of education, labor & employment, government liability, product liability, personal injury, deliberate intent, construction and general negligence. She regularly represents business, the State Board of Education, county boards of education and a variety of other state agencies and political subdivisions.

Education

J.D.– West Virginia University College of Law, 2003

B.S.– West Virginia University College of Business and Economics, Cum Laude, 2000

Bar Admissions

West Virginia State Bar
United States District Court for Northern District of WV
United States District Court for Southern District of WV
United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
Supreme Court of the United States of America

Practice Areas

Education Law
General Litigation
Insurance Defense
Labor and Employment
Government Liability
Product Liability
Personal Injury
Deliberate Intent
Construction
General Negligence

Professional Associations

WV Bar Association
Contractors Association of WV
Defense Trial Counsel of WV
Education Law Association
National School Board Association's Council of School Attorneys

Awards

AV Distinguished Peer Review Rated, Martindale Hubbell

Reported Cases

WV Supreme Court of Appeals:

Sturm v. Bd. of Educ. , 223 W. Va. 277, 672 S.E.2d 606, 2008 W. Va. LEXIS 101
Melissa C. v. W. Va. Dep't of Health & Human Res., 2016 W. Va. LEXIS 347, 2016 WL 2970887
Gomez v. Kanawha Cnty. Comm'n, 237 W. Va. 451, 787 S.E.2d 904, 2016 W. Va. LEXIS 438
Pendleton v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., 2015 W. Va. LEXIS 1216, 2015 WL 8232155
Campion v. W. Va. Dep't of Educ., 2016 W. Va. LEXIS 460, 2016 WL 3141580
E.K. v. W. Va. Dep't of Health & Human Res., 2017 W. Va. LEXIS 894
Kostenko v. W. Va. Offices of the Ins. Comm'r, 2015 W. Va. LEXIS 73, 2015 WL 424928
Kostenko v. W. Va. Offices of the Ins. Comm'r, 2015 W. Va. LEXIS 78, 2015 WL 424936
Kostenko v. W. Va. Offices of the Ins. Comm'r, 2013 W. Va. LEXIS 1445, 2013 WL 6283835
Redman v. South Branch Career & Tech. Ctr., 2013 W. Va. LEXIS 966, 2013 WL 5418171
W. Va. Dep't of Health & Human Res. v. E.H., 2017 W. Va. LEXIS 472, 2017 WL 2492802 4th Circuit – United States District Court
Johnson v. W. Va. Div. of Rehab. Servs., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 70923
Johnson v. W. Va. Div. of Rehabilitative Servs., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 57974, 2017 WL 1395501
Johnson v. W. Va. Div. of Rehab. Servs., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 194112
Hunter v. Riley, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135585
Hunter v. Riley, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 137123
Hunter v. Riley, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 105735, 2017 WL 2930830
Hunter v. Riley, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 32734
Hunter v. Riley, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 33647, 2018 WL 1095578
Manford v. Ballard, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17848
Workman v. Mingo County Sch., 667 F. Supp. 2d 679, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102662
Bailey v. Wal-Mart Stores E., L.P., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24764, 2005 WL 2405948
Doe v. Sorsai, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 100423, 2012 WL 2954107
Menei v. Rubenstein, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146257
Cleveland Clinic Found. v. Welding Inc. Emple. Ben. Plan, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58383, 39 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2591
Courtney v. Hous. Auth., 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6264, 2007 WL 295486

Presentations

Diversity in the Workplace, University of Charleston Business & Leadership Program