PERSONNEL FILE: Hazard joins Bell Law Firm

CHARLESTON -- Sprague W. Hazard has joined The Bell Law Firm.

Hazard, a 1969 graduate of Yale and 1977 graduate of the West Virginia University College of Law, previously operated his own law practice in Charleston since 1998.

Before that, he was with the firm of Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman & Kalur. Before that, he was with Steptoe & Johnson and Avey, Steptoe, Perry & VanMeter.

A trial lawyer and litigation specialist his entire career, Hazard has tried more than 100 cases to jury verdict. For the first 20 years of his practice, he focused his attention on insurance defense work specializing in personal injury and medical professional liability.

For the last 13 years, he said he has focused his attention on plaintiff's medical professional liability.

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