Brenda Waugh
Waugh Law & Mediation
Brenda Waugh cares most about one thing when she is working with her Brenda Waugh cares most about one She brings her passion for justice and her compassion to improve client’s wellbeing to every case she works on, whether it involves negotiating with an insurance company, mediating a conflict between co-workers or helping a family develop a future in a collaborative divorce. Brenda cares about you!
Brenda brings over thirty years of experience to this work. While she has ample experience in the courtroom as litigator, she has also received additional education and training in mediation and negotiation to broaden the skills she can bring to help clients solve their legal problems. She provides these options and works with clients to chart the best course for the client.
Brenda has litigated, negotiated, or mediated thousands of cases during her lengthy career. As a young lawyer, she worked with Legal Services as an advocate for victims of family violence and for consumers. Later, she litigated hundreds of cases, prosecuting offenders in cases involving child abuse \in both Kanawha and Berkeley Counties and winning several cases before the state Supreme Court.
After starting her private practice, Brenda determined that she needed to broaden her skills to provide clients with more options and earned a master’s degree from Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peace 2009. She has since mediated hundreds of cases, including those involving families, workplace disputes, small business, estate and probate disputes, and civil cases. In 2011, she added collaborative practices to the options that she offers when she completed training and became a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. Brenda has experience as counsel for the West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee and as a clerk with the West Virginia Supreme Court. She has published articles in law journals and taught courses at West Virginia University and Eastern Menno
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
- Family Law
- Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Father's Rights, Guardianship & Conservatorship, Paternity, Prenups & Marital Agreements, Restraining Orders, Same Sex Family Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Car Accidents
- Insurance Bad Faith
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Free Consultation
Free consultation in selected cases. - Credit Cards Accepted
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Contingent Fees
Contingent fees in selected cases.
- District of Columbia
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- Virginia
- Virginia State Bar
- ID Number: 93007
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- West Virginia
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Attorney and Mediator
- Brenda Waugh, Attorney at Law, L.C.
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- Adjunct Lecturer
- West Virginia University
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- Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
- Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney
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- Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
- Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney
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- Counsel
- West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee
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- Clerk
- West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
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- Legal Aid Society of Charleston
- Attorney
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- Eastern Mennonite University
- M.A. | Restorative Justice
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- West Virginia University
- J.D.
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- University of Virginia
- B.A.
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- Certificate of Achievement
- West Virginia State Bar
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
- Member
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- Association for Conflict Resolution
- Member
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- West Virginia State Bar
- Member
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- West Virginia Supreme Court Oversight Board
- Member
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- West Virginia State Bar Commission on Children and the Law
- Chairperson
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- West Virginia Juvenile Justice Committee
- Member
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- OWEHA: Six Characters in Search of Justice
- Washington University Journal of Law and Policy
- A Theory of Employment Discrimination
- Journal of Legal Education
- Repro-Woman: A View of the Labyrinth from the Lithotomy Position
- Yale University Journal of Law and Feminism
- Certified Mediator of JDR and GDC
- Virginia Supreme Court
- Website
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