The Chafin Law Firm, PLLC

H. Truman Chafin, one of the most trusted and experienced political leaders in West Virginia, was first elected to the State Senate in 1982. A Marshall University graduate, Chafin received his law degree from Michigan State University and served as a judge in Williamson where he was past president of the Mingo County Bar Association and the Mingo County Commission. Chafin was also elected to the West Virginia State Democratic Executive Committee and served as a delegate to the 1996 and 2000 Democratic National Conventions.

Truman Chafin is the only state senator to serve on both the Senate Finance Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee, and served as Vice Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee. He served as the Majority Leader for the 69th, 70th, 72nd, 73rd, 74th, 75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, and 79th Legislatures. Currently Chafin serves as a member of the West Virginia Bar Association and the Mingo County Bar Association, the Trial Lawyers of America, Pi Kappa Alpha, LOOM, BPOE, and is a Shriner and 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason. Chafin is also a charter member of the Governor’s Judicial Advisory Committee.

Letitia Neese Chafin is the managing partner at The Chafin Law Firm. She graduated cum laude from Marshall University and received her J. D. from West Virginia University, Order of the Barristers. Chafin has worked at the firm since graduating from law school and is licensed in both West Virginia and Kentucky. She is also certified to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit; and the United States Federal Court, Southern District of West Virginia. Chafin has argued cases before the Supreme Court of Appeals in West Virginia and the Kentucky Supreme Court of Appeals.

Chafin is the immediate Past President of the West Virginia State Bar Association (2010-2011), where she has also served on the Board of Governors and is an Ex Officio member of the Judicial Advisory Committee. She is currently serving her second term on the Marshall University Board of Governors, and is Chairperson of the Academic & Student Affairs Committee. Chafin also serves on the Education Alliance Board and the Children’s Home Society Board, and is an Elder of the Presbyterian Church, Charleston.
At The Chafin Law Firm, we offer unwavering, diligent representation to our clients. With over 75 years collectively of personal injury litigation experience, our law firm has knowledge and resources necessary to make sure you and your family receive the compensation you deserve.

We prepare every case to go to trial.

Our practice areas include:

Serious Car Accidents
Work Injury
Medical Malpractice
Coal & Commercial Truck Accidents
Wrongful Death
Catastrophic Injury