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Samantha M. D'Anna

Associate

Charleston Office
500 Lee Street East
Suite 1600
Charleston, WV 25301

(O): 304.340.1141
(F): 304.340.1050
(C): 773.230.0314

samantha.danna@jacksonkelly.com

Samantha M. D’Anna is an Associate in the Health Care industry group, practicing out of the Firm’s office in Charleston, West Virginia.

As an associate, Samantha enjoys learning all she can about her clients and her practice area, and loves being part of the larger client-service team. Samantha has a great deal to offer her clients as well – she is an experienced legal writer and researcher. While in law school she served as staff writer and publication editor for the University of Dayton Law Review. She also served as a teaching assistant for the school's legal writing and research course. During her last year of law school, she externed for the Honorable Judge Thomas M. Rose in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Samantha is an athlete and an animal lover, two interests she put to use in the community while in college. She served as the coach for the girls' eighth grade volleyball and fifth grade basketball teams at St. Andrews School and volunteered at the local no-kill animal shelter.

Awards

  • CALI Excellence for the Future Awards, Civil Practice & Procedure, Legal Writing & Research I

Work History

  • Jackson Kelly PLLC (2017-Present)
  • Hon. Thomas M. Rose, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Judicial Extern (2016)
  • Jackson Kelly PLLC, Summer Associate (2016)
  • University of Dayton School of Law, Legal Writing and Research I, Teaching Assistant (2015)
  • Carroll McNulty & Kull LLC, Summer Associate (2015)
  • Cassiday Schade LLP, Legal Assistant (2013-2014)
  • Congressional Office of U.S. Representative Aaron Schock, Intern (2011-2013)
  • Michael R. Panter & Associates, Law Clerk (2007)

Practices

  • Litigation
  • Medical Malpractice

Industries

  • Health Care

Education

  • University of Dayton School of Law (J.D., 2017)
    • CALI Excellence for the Future Awards
      • Legal Writing & Research I
      • Civil Practice & Procedure
  • Bradley University (B.A. in Journalism and Political Science, 2013)

Admissions

  • West Virginia (2017)
  • West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals (2017)
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia (2017)

Speaking Engagements & Publications

  • University of Dayton Law Review, Staff Writer (2015-2016); Publication Editor (2016-2017)

Community

  • Saint Andrew School, Head Fifth Grade Girls Basketball Coach and Head Eight Grade Girls Volleyball Coach (2013-2014)
  • Tazewell Animal Protective Society No-Kill Animal Shelter, Animal Assistance Volunteer (2010-2013)