Attorney Profiles

John H. Tinney Jr.
Charleston, West Virginia

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Admitted to practice in 1995, Jack Tinney worked in private practice for three years before serving as law clerk to Judge Robert B. King on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Following his clerkship, Jack joined the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. While an Assistant United States Attorney, he prosecuted a variety of cases and represented the United States before the Circuit Court of Appeals.

Jack is a cum laude graduate of Washington & Lee University and Wake Forest University School of Law and a Barrister in the Judge John A. Field American Inn of Court.

Areas of Practice:: General Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense

Bar Admissions:: West Virginia, 1995; U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia, 1995; U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia, 1999; U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit

Education:: Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, May, 1995
J.D.
Honors: Recipient of the Bennett Liverman Scholarship; Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1992
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: History

Representative Cases:: US v. Smith, 2001 WL 1082100 (4th Circuit 2001); US v. Craig, 2001 WL 863563 (4th Circuit 2001); US v. Kelly, 2001 WL 732533 (4th Circuit 2001); US v. Thompson, 2001 WL 369699 (4th Circuit 2001); US v. Ball, 2001 WL 324624 (4th Circuit 2001); US v. Salomon, 2001 WL 42962 (4th Circuit 2001); US v. Vineyard, 232 F.3d 892 (4th Circuit 2000); State ex rel. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Kaufman, 658 S.E.2d 728 (Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia 2008)

Professional Associations and Memberships:: West Virginia State Bar, 1995 - Present; West Virginia Bar Association, 1995 - Present; American Bar Association, 1995 - Present; Kanawha County Bar Association, 1995 - Present; West Virginia Defense Trial Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Judge John A. Field American Inns of Court, 2002 - Present; Barrister; Federal Bar Association; West Virginia Law Institute, May 8, 2008 - Present; Appointed

Past Employment Positions:: Southern District of West Virginia, Assistant United States Attorney, 2000 - 2002; United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Hon. Robert B. King, Law Clerk, 1999 - 2000; Spilman, Thomas & Battle, PLLC, Associate Attorney, 1995 - 1998

Birth Information:: June 17, 1970, Huntington, West Virginia, United States of America