John Greg Goodykoontz

As a West Virginia defense litigator, I have tried more than 50 jury trials to verdict for clients in a variety of industries, including chemical and product manufacturing, timber, and health care institutions and nursing homes for medical malpractice. I have represented a national mining equipment manufacturer against claims including miner silicosis and also defended third party claims filed by a manufacturer of respirators in claims filed by black lung victims for the alleged defect in respirators worn by underground coal miners. I am national, regional and local counsel for clients named in asbestos litigation and I am familiar with the pattern and practice of asbestos litigation in West Virginia and nationally. I have also represented clients regional and local counsel for clients named in benzene litigation.

• Director (Retired)

• Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Of Counsel, 1980 - 2021
• Languages
• English
• Representative Clients
• Induction furnace manufacturer
• Coal mining equipment manufacturer
• Paint manufacturer

• West Virginia, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1982

• West Virginia State Bar, 1980 - Present (Member)