Ms. French was born on May 13, 1979 in Bluefield, WV.  Born and raised in Southwestern Virginia, she graduated from Tazewell High School in 1997.  She currently resides in Tazewell with her husband, twin daughters and two German Shepherds

Education

• Valparaiso University School of Law, JD, 2004
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, BA, 2001

Admissions

• Virginia, 2004
• West Virginia, 2016
• US District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 2006
• 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, 2014
• United States Supreme Court, 2014
• U.S. District Court For the Southern District of West Virginia, 2016

Practice Areas

• Mineral Title
• Mineral Litigation
• Real Estate
• Estate Planning

Community Activities and Memberships

• Tazewell County Bar Association, Member and Past Vice President
• Member of Executive Board, Tazewell County Chamber of Commerce
• Member of Board of Directors of Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital
• Colors of Cancer 5k/10k, Co-Chair
• Member of the Energy and Mineral Law Foundation

Notable Cases

• Dye v. CNX Gas Co., LLC, 291 Va. 319, 784 S.E.2d 703 (2016)
• Blankenship v. Consolidation Coal Co., 850 F. 3d 630, 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 4168 (2017)
• Graham v. Consolidation Coal Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170787 (W.D.Va, December 10, 2014)
• Graham v. Consolidation Coal Co., 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35046 (W.D.Va., March 18, 2014)
• Graham v. Consolidation Coal Co., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97293, 2015 WL 4529847 (W.D. Va., July 27, 2015)
• Graham v. Consolidation Coal Co., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144645, 2017 WL 6449691 (W.D. Va., Oct. 26, 2015)
• Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Yellow Poplar Lumber Co., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99758, 2017 WL 2799316 (W.D. Va, June 28, 2017)
• Pocahontas Mining LLC v. CNX Gas Co. LLC, 276 Va. 346, 666 S.E.2d 527 (2008)
• CNX Gas Co. LLC v. Rasnake, 287 Va. 163, 752 S.E.2d 865 (2014)