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Waugh Law & Mediation is a small, client-centered law firm providing mediation services and legal services. Brenda Waugh works with clients to find non-adversarial ways to meet the client's needs and resolve their legal conflicts. Brenda has extensive training in mediation, negotiation, and collaborative practice in addition to working as a litigator as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney.

Practice areas

  1. Personal injury: 30%

    Crime victims and accident victims

    25 years, 600 cases

  2. Insurance: 25%

    25 years, 600 cases

  3. Mediation: 25%

    13 years, 300 cases

  4. Car accident: 20%

Languages spoken

English

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Waugh Law & Mediation

215 Depot Court SE
Leesburg, VA, 20175

    Waugh Law & Mediation

    202 N. Charles Street
    Charles Town, WV, 25414

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    License
    StateStatusAcquiredUpdated
    VAActive201802/27/2019
    DCGood Standing201006/08/2022
    WVActive198707/10/2022
    We have not found any instances of professional misconduct for this lawyer.
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    Awards
    Award nameGrantorDate Granted
    Certificate of MeritWest Virginia State Bar1995
    work experience
    TitleCompany nameDuration
    Attorney and MediatorBrenda Waugh, Attorney at Law, L.C.2000 - Present
    Adjunct ProfessorEastern Mennonite University2012 - 2012
    Adjunct LecturerWest Virginia University2010 - 2011
    AttorneyManford and Waugh, PLLC1999 - 2000
    Assistant Prosecuting AttorneyBerkeley County Prosecuting Attorney1998 - 1999
    Assistant Prosecuting AttorneyKanawha County Prosecuting Attorney1994 - 1998
    Counsel to the CommitteeWest Virginia Senate Judiciary1993 - 1998
    ClerkWest Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals1992 - 1993
    associations
    Association namePosition nameDuration
    International Academy of Collaborative ProfessionalsMember2011 - Present
    Academy of Criminal Justice SciencesMember2010 - Present
    American Bar Association2010 - Present
    Association for Conflict ResolutionMember2008 - Present
    West Virginia State BarMember1987 - Present
    West Virginia Supreme Court Oversight BoardMember1995 - 1996
    West Virginia Juvenile Justice CommitteeMember1995 - 1996
    West Virginia State Bar Commission on Children and the LawChairperson1991 - 1994
    publications
    Publication nameTitleDate
    Washington University Journal of Law and PolicyFinding the End Words-A Search for Restorative Justice2011
    Journal of Legal EducationA Theory of Employment Discrimination1990
    Yale Journal of Law and FeminismRepro-Woman, A View of the Labyrinth from the Lithotomy Position1990
    Legal Studies ForumWhen Did We Last Meet?1988
    education
    School nameDegreeGraduated
    Eastern Mennonite UniversityMA - Masters2007
    West Virginia UniversityJD - Juris Doctor1987
    University of VirginiaBA - Bachelor of Arts1982
    speaking engagements
    Conference nameTitleDate
    Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Toronto, Ontario.Illuminating Justice: Reflections on a Search for Restorative Justice After the Virginia Tech Tragedy2011
    Virginia Mediation Network, Richmond, Virginia,The Custody Battle: Employing Principles and Practices of Restorative Justice in Mediation in Child Custody Conflicts2010
    Association for Conflict Resolution, Annual Conference, Atlanta, GeorgiaThe Custody Battle: Employing Principles and Practices of Restorative Justice in Mediation in Child Custody Conflicts and The New Lawyer: From Swords to Plowshares.2009
    West Virginia State Bar, Flatwoods, West VirginiaRestorative Justice and Civil Mediation.2009
    National Conference on Restorative Justice, Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, May, 2009.OWEHA: Six Characters in Search of Justice.2009
    Pennsylvania Council of Mediators, Annual Conference, Harrisburg, Pennslyvania, May 2009.The Custody Battle: Employing Principles and Practices of Restorative Justice in Mediation in Child Custody Conflicts.2009
    Child Welfare League of America, Annual Conference, Washington D.C.,The Role of the Professional in the Family Group Conference.2009
    Florida State University, Art and Design for Social Justice Symposium, Tallahassee, Florida,Architecture and Justice.2009
    First Friday: WebinarMediation for Victims of Domestic Violence: A Restorative Justice Approach2009
    University of Massachusettes, Biennial Conflict Studies ConferenceAlly and Atticus: Seeking the Restorative Lawyer.2008
    legal cases
    Case nameOutcome
    Bailey v. Facemire, 186 W. Va. 528, 413 S.E.2d 183 (1991).The Court ruled that part time prosecuting attorneys should not accept cases in areas which pose a potential conflict with constitutional duties.
    State ex rel. Games-Neely v. Sanders, 212 W.Va. 710, 575 S.E.2d 320 (2002).Statute was declared unconstitutional and defendant was not prosecuted.
    State ex rel. Dillon v. Egnor,188 W.Va. 221, 43 S.E.2d 624 (1992)The Court ruled that due process required that the litigant be permitted to file for divorce, pro se
    State ex rel. Pries v. Watt, 186 W. Va. 49, 410 S.E.2d 285 (1991).The Court granted the writ, holding that the defendant did not have sufficient contact with West Virginia to confer jurisdiction.

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    Somair Alam, Personal injury Attorney on Feb 13, 2017
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    Brenda is an excellent litigation attorney who is dedicated to client success.

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