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Attorneys Gene W. Bailey II and Christopher S. Arnold have joined the firm of Hendrickson & Long.

Arnold joined the firm's litigation practice. His practice focuses on the areas of general insurance defense litigation, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, and environmental law and toxic torts. 

He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida and his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Defense Research Institute and the Judge John A. Field Jr. American Inn of Court.

He served as an officer for five years with the Kanawha County Bar Association, concluding with a term as president. He has also worked with a consulting firm that combined technological, linguistic and legal analysis to bolster the electronic discovery practices of attorneys nationwide.

Bailey practices in construction law, fidelity and surety law, business and commercial litigation as well as safety and health law. He earned his undergraduate degree from the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., and his law degree from the West Virginia University College of Law, where he was senior articles editor of the WVU Law Review and staff member of the Journal of College and University Law. 

He is also a graduate of the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General School. He served for 26 years in both the Army and the West Virginia Air National Guard, last holding the position of state judge advocate.

He is a member of the American Bar Association and its Construction Industry Forum and Fidelity and Surety Committee, the West Virginia State Bar, where he is chairman of the Veterans and Military Affairs Committee, DRI—The Voice of the Defense Bar and Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia.