Bert Ketchum is a prominent personal injury trial lawyer who has tried numerous cases to jury verdict in the State and Federal courts of West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio from motor vehicle accidents to medical malpractice. He was sole trial counsel for clients who received unprecedented jury verdicts in 2010 and 2013. Bert’s appellate experience includes arguing cases before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. For his legal work, Bert has received multiple recognitions and awards including The National Trial Lawyers Top 100.
A native of Huntington, West Virginia, Bert attended Ohio University where he was a member of Ohio’s varsity baseball team and Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. He returned to Huntington in 1994 to practice law with his father, Menis E. Ketchum, II. Bert serves on several legal and community organizations including the West Virginia Association for Justice Board of Governors, the Faculty Merit Foundation of West Virginia and the West Virginia Public Defender Corporation Board of Directors for the 6th and 24th Judicial Circuits.
