Harvey D. Peyton - a Nitro, USA Courtroom Litigation Lawyer

Nitro Courtroom Litigation Lawyer

Updated: 02/28/2026

Areas of Practice

Courtroom Litigation

Attorney Information

Overview

Born in 1949 to the late Tom H. Peyton and Anne T. Peyton, Mr. Peyton is a lifelong resident of West Virginia

A native of St. Albans, West Virginia, Harvey D. Peyton was admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia immediately upon graduation from the West Virginia University College of Law in 1974. After a one-year clerkship with Chief Judge Robert E. Maxwell of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, Mr. Peyton began practicing in the law office of Andrew J. Goodwin with a concentration on insurance defense trial work. In 1977, Mr. Peyton began practicing in Nitro, West Virginia, representing a wide range of civil litigants. Currently, he concentrates his practice on plaintiffs’ civil and criminal defense trial work in the Circuit Courts of Kanawha, Putnam and Mason Counties of West Virginia, and in local federal district courts. He is a member of the Putnam County Bar Association, the West Virginia State Bar, the West Virginia Bar Association, the West Virginia Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. He is a past president of the West Virginia Association for Justice (formerly the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association) and the West Virginia Bar Association. During a career that has now spanned almost 50 years of active practice, Mr. Peyton has completed well over two hundred jury trials involving wrongful death, serious personal injury, business disputes, claims under the Federal Employers Liability Act and criminal matters ranging from burglary and robbery to first degree murder.

Mr. Peyton believes that one’s highest goal is to help others who may be less fortunate. With his latest gifts to WVU and other institutions, the value of Mr. Peyton’s charitable gifts has exceeded a million and a half dollars.

Mr. Peyton is married to the former Jennifer Bailey of Poca, West Virginia, a graduate of Marshall University. He is the father of three children, Tom, Sarah and George, two of whom studied at WVU and all three of whom graduated from Marshall University.

Awards and Honors

Super Lawyers® Selectees

Harvey D. Peyton included in a Super Lawyers® list

Honors

Kathie C. Peyton Spirit of Volunteerism Award, 2004

Other Sources of Feedback About Harvey D. Peyton

Included on the 2021West Virginia Super Lawyers list

Past Lists

2020 West Virginia Super Lawyers list

Education

Legal Education
- West Virginia University College of Law, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1974
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Law Review: Law Review, WVU College of Law, Articles Editor
Non Legal Education
- West Virginia University, 1971
  B.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

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Attorney at Law
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Past Positions

Senior Law Clerk to Judge Robert Maxwell, U. S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, Elkins, W. Va.
City Attorney, City of St. Albans, West Virginia
City Attorney, Town of Buffalo, West Virginia
Municipal Judge, City of Nitro, West Virginia
Mental Hygiene Commissioner, Putnam County, West Virginia
Board of Directors, Nitro Development Authority

Pro Bono Activities

Thomas H. Peyton Memorial Athletic Scholarship, WVU Athletic Endowment Fund
WVU College of Law Tom and Anne Peyton Merit Scholarship
Thomas Memorial Hospital Foundation – Surgical Waiting Room (2005)
Dumont Tri-County YMCA Capital Campaign
CAMC Foundation
Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences
Jericho House Shelter, St, Albans WV
Contributions of fine art to the Juliet Museum of Art at the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences, WV, WVU Museum of Art, the Huntington Museum of Art and Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
Christ’s Kitchen Food Program, St. Albans, WV
Special Olympics West Virginia
Donations for improvements, equipment and supplies to area schools
Donations of publications to area county libraries
Secret Santa Program
D.A.R.E. Program
Salvation Army
Literacy Volunteers
Union Mission
Breast Health Awareness
Kanawha Pastoral Counseling Center
Help One Student to Succeed Program
Buffalo High School Music Department
Nitro High School Boosters

Bar Admissions

West Virginia, 1974
U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia
U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia
U.S. District Court Western District of Virginia
U.S. District Court Southern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

Other Affiliations

WVU Mountaineer Athletic Club
WVU Alumni Association, Life Member
WVU Foundation Woodburn Circle Society
WVU College of Law Dean’s Partner
WVU College of Law Development Council
Past President, West Virginia Association for Justice (formerly the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association)
West Virginia State Bar
West Virginia State Bar Foundation Fellow
Past President, West Virginia Bar Association
Putnam County Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Juliet Museum of Art Collectors Club, Past President
Huntington Museum of Art, Collections Committee Member

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Nitro, WV

2801 First Avenue
P.O. Box 216
Nitro, WV 25143 - 1602

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