The Law firm of Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler, PLLC began in 1980, when senior partner, R. Edison Hill, departed a large corporate and insurance defense firm to begin a small personal injury practice. The eight lawyers in this firm engage exclusively in representing victims of personal injury. The PLLC members have each been in practice for 30 years or more. Recognizing that traumatic brain injury from motor vehicle collisions, workplace incidents, defective products or other unexpected trauma is now a highly specialized area of personal injury law, this firm has concentrated on developing expertise in this area, by attending and presenting at related seminars and being very active in the West Virginia Brain Injury Association and the National Brain Injury Foundation. Other areas of practice include medical malpractice, legal malpractice and products liability, and class action litigation. Insurance bad faith is another area of concentration; and it is recognized that a thorough working knowledge of insurance law and insurance "bad faith" is required in most personal injury litigation. All of our lawyers belong to and are very active in the West Virginia Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. The firm encourages continuing professional development and participation in Continuing Legal Education seminars, Trial Lawyer Association activities and the National Brain Injury Association.