Rudolph L. DiTrapano, Attorney

Rudolph L. DiTrapano is the most experienced member of the law firm of DiTrapano Barrett & DiPiero, PLLC. He has been actively representing West Virginia's hard working citizens for almost 60 years.  He received a B.S. in Physical Science, and an L.L.B. from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

The son of a coal miner, Mr. DiTrapano was reared in a coal camp in Cabin Creek, West Virginia.  He worked hard to get the opportunity to attend the University of Notire Dame, in South Bend, Indiana, where he received both his undergraduate and law degrees.  Returning home to Cabin Creek, Mr. DiTrapano began his legal career.  He later moved his office to Charleston, West Virginia, and for almost sixty years he has been involved in active litigation on behalf of the families of coal miners and other hard working people of West Virginia, throughout most of the counties in West Virginia, and in other jurisdictions, including Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. He has been involved in and has had significant successes in diverse types of cases, including death and injury claims, securities claims, complex commercial and business torts, defective product injuries, environmental, medical malpractice, as well as all manner of personal injury cases. He has practiced criminal law, and in the United States Supreme Court he argued and won a case for a West Virginia legislator in a case entitled U.S.A v. McCormick.  Mr. DiTrapano's legal work is so prolific that he there are well over 200 published opinions from cases in which he was counsel.  Mr. DiTrapano was lead co-counsel for the West Virginia Board of Investments in cases against Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and others recovering for the State of West Virginia a total of $84,974,184. He and other members of the firm represented the West Virginia Bureau of Employment Programs in coal contract litigation that resulted in substantial settlement recovery for the State of West Virginia in excess of $60,000,000.

Mr. DiTrapano is one of only a very few lawyers listed in The Best Lawyers of America in two different categories: personal injury litigation and criminal defense.  Mr. DiTrapano also was selected for inclusion in the 2009 West Virginia Super Lawyers in the category of "personal injury plaintiff." 

Mr. DiTrapano is active in the community, and serves on the Board of the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and is a former Chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party.

Weekends And Evenings By Appointment.