Michael Bonasso Email & Phone Number

Michael Bonasso concentrates his civil litigation practice in the areas of commercial litigation, complex litigation, class/mass litigation and products liability. He has extensive experience in defending American, Japanese and German manufacturers of automobiles, as well as industrial equipment, agricultural machinery, recreational equipment, and consumer and commercial tools and equipment. In the area of products liability, he has represented numerous industrial equipment manufacturers in mass/class product defect cases.Mr. Bonasso also focuses his practice on litigation and legal counsel for clients in the areas of commercial, contract, and business law. He has handled class action, mass tort litigation and commercial litigation matters involving medical devices, toxic emissions, coal royalties, oil and gas supply contracts, business interruption claims, business interference claims, equipment leasing claims, among others.He has served as the Managing Member of Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC since the inception of the firm in 1991. He has overseen and managed the Firm's growth from six lawyers to more than sixty lawyers in three offices across the State of West Virginia. Additionally, he serves as Chairman of FSB's Product Liability Section.Specialties: Practice Concentrations:Class/Mass LitigationComplex LitigationCommercial LitigationAutomotive Products Liability Industrial and Consumer Products LiabilityCourt Admissions: * United States Supreme Court * West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals * United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals * United States District Courts

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  Managing Member

  Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Pllc

  Oct 1991 - Present