Attorney Profiles

Christopher Charles Ross is a Kanawha County native who grew up in Clendenin, WV as the son of two public school teachers. Mr. Ross attended West Virginia University graduating Cum Laude with University Honors from the Psychology Program in 1996. In his senior year Mr. Ross was one of five finalists for the title of "Mr. Mountaineer" and was honored at a half-time ceremony during Mountaineer Week. Additionally, he performed in The "Pride of West Virginia" Mountaineer Marching Band for all four of his years attending WVU.

Mr. Ross then attended the University of Akron School of Law in Akron, Ohio where he participated in the Saul Lefkowitz Intellectual Property Moot Court and the American Bar Association Negotiation Competition advocacy teams. Mr. Ross was active in several law school organizations and held leadership positions within the Student Bar Association, Phi Delta Phi International Law Fraternity, and Black Law Students Association. Mr. Ross was employed as a student WestLaw representative and was awarded the Samuel Reese Willis Foundation Public Interest Fellowship. He also worked as a certified legal Intern in the Housing Unit at Community Legal Aid Services in Canton, Ohio.

Mr. Ross worked for the Housing Advocates, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio while studying for the Ohio Bar Exam. In that position, he assisted in presenting fair housing clinics, he participated in regional fair housing task forces, and he coordinating fair housing testing, among other duties.

Upon successfully passing the Ohio Bar Exam, Mr. Ross accepted the position of Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in the Summit County Prosecutor's Office in Akron, Ohio, in the Tax Division. Mr. Ross frequently litigated before the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals, the Court of Common Pleas, the Ohio Supreme Court of Appeals, and the Federal Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Ohio. During his time as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Mr. Ross participated in community outreach activities on behalf of the Summit County Prosecutor, he served as the Chair of the City of Kent Fair Housing / Housing Appeals Board, he was active in the Akron Bar Association's Scanlon Inn of Court, and he returned to his law school to serve as the Coach of the University of Akron School of Law Negotiation advocacy team.

Mr. Ross returned to West Virginia in 2007 as an Assistant Kanawha County Public Defender. The work he did as a Public Defender was initially in the Mental Hygiene and Juvenile courts but he also periodically litigated in the Magistrate Court and was later responsible for the City of Charleston Municipal Court criminal docket.

In January 2011 Mr. Ross joined Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, PLLC on the Asbestos Litigation Team where he represents PFF clients in West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky.

Mr. Ross has had several publications. The National Fair Housing Advocate Online published his major paper from law school "Deference to the EEOC: Whether English-Only Policies In The Workplace Evince Title VII Disparate Impact On The Basis Of National Origin". In 2003 Mr. Ross had his article "The Pitfalls of Electronic Discovery: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You" published by the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) in their Employment Rights Section Newsletter. Additionally, Mr. Ross co-authored articles for the Summit County Prosecutor's Civil Division Newsletter related to the real estate tax appraisal process and the 2005 changes to the Federal bankruptcy regulations.