About Stephen
Stephen Skinner graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1986 with a B.A. in English and earned his J.D. from West Virginia University in 1991. Those years set the stage for a practice grounded in litigation and courtroom work. He followed a traditional path into law, moving from law school into private practice in West Virginia and surrounding jurisdictions.
He began practicing at Nichols & Skinner, LC in the mid-1990s and remained associated with that firm into the 2000s. Records show continued ties to Nichols & Skinner through 2004. In 2008 he established the Skinner Law Office. That move created a firm based in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, operating offices in Charles Town and a Martinsburg branch.
Skinner is admitted in multiple jurisdictions. His admissions include Maryland, West Virginia, New York, the District of Columbia, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. That range of admissions positions him to handle matters in state and federal courts and to pursue appellate avenues when cases require review.
He belongs to professional organizations that reflect an emphasis on trial work and on litigating for injured people. His memberships include the American Association for Justice Leaders Forum, the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Public Justice, the National Crime Victim Bar Association and the Brain Injury Association of West Virginia. Those affiliations keep him connected to trial practice, developments in brain injury litigation and issues affecting victims of crime.
Files and dockets over the years show a lawyer who moves between the trial calendar and appellate filings. Admission to the Fourth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court indicates the capacity to bring appeals when necessary. At the same time his local offices in Charles Town and Martinsburg anchor his daily work in the Eastern Panhandle and nearby communities.
Colleagues and court records describe a practitioner comfortable in jury settings and accustomed to handling the procedural demands of federal practice. He maintains memberships that suggest an interest in both plaintiff-side civil litigation and in advocacy for crime victims and those affected by brain injury. He has combined regional practice with credentials that allow work across several states and at the federal level.
Today Skinner continues to practice at Skinner Law Office from offices in Charles Town and Martinsburg. He concentrates his practice on civil trial work, victims’ rights matters and cases involving brain injury and related litigation.
