Tonya P. Shuler is a partner in the Charleston office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the General Liability Practice. Since graduating with from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 2004, Ms. Shuler has successfully litigated cases at both the state and federal levels on behalf of numerous local, regional and national clients, in areas including employment law, deliberate intent, medical professional liability, wrongful death, products liability, and toxic tort. Ms. Shuler joined the Lewis Brisbois team in February of 2019.

Prior to law school, Ms. Shuler attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, where she graduated with top honors in 2000. Ms. Shuler is a longtime resident of Teays Valley, West Virginia, where her three children attend elementary school. Ms. Shuler is also active in the local community, whether it be coaching her children in soccer, teaching Latin dance classes, or supporting the local political scene.

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • West Virginia
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
• United States Courts of Appeals
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Admissions

West Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

U.S. District Court Northern District of West Virginia

Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

Associations

Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia

Education

Washington and Lee University School of Law

Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 2004

• Order of the Coif (top 10%)
• Women's Law Student Organization, Phi Alpha Delta, member

Marshall University

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Minors in English and French, summa cum laude, 2000

• University Book Award, 2003
• John Marshall Scholar, 1997-2000