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Brenda A. Waugh
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Biography
Waugh Law & Mediation provides mediation services and selected legal services. Brenda provides mediation services in many areas including civil litigation, family law, employment, small business, insurance, education, and civil disputes. Brenda provides training and program design for communties and schools implementing restorative justice and restortative practices. Brenda has extensive training in mediation, negotiation, and collaborative practice in addition to working as a litigator as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. She has authored three law review articles and conducted hundreds of workshops and speaking engagements in the United States and Canada.
Practice Areas
5
Practice Areas
Mediation
80%
19 years | 500 cases
Car Accident
5%
29 years | 3 cases
Family
5%
24 years | 1,000 cases
Insurance
5%
29 years | 600 cases
Fees and Rates
Cost
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
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Licensed in Virginia for 7 years
State: Virginia
Acquired: 2018
No misconduct found
Licensed in West Virginia for 38 years
State: West Virginia
Acquired: 1987
No misconduct found
Licensed in District of Columbia for 15 years
State: District of Columbia
Acquired: 2010
No misconduct found
Location
Waugh Law & Mediation
15 N. King Street, Leesburg, VA, 20175
Waugh Law & Mediation
202 N. Charles Street, Charles Town, WV, 25414
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Showing 1 - 1 of 1 review | Child Custody
Posted by Philip | October 03, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Child Custody
Great attorney
I've went with Brenda twice. Once back in 2002, in order to expand on my custody and this year to help with the paperwork and court appearance to accept custody of my son so he could move with me to another state. She has always been available when I needed her to answer my questions and to explai...
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Experience
Honors
1995
Certificate of Merit, West Virginia State Bar
Work Experience
2000 - Present
Attorney and Mediator, Brenda Waugh, Attorney at Law, L.C.
2012 - 2012
Adjunct Professor, Eastern Mennonite University
2010 - 2011
Adjunct Lecturer, West Virginia University
1999 - 2000
Attorney, Manford and Waugh, PLLC
1998 - 1999
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney
1994 - 1998
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney
1993 - 1998
Counsel to the Committee, West Virginia Senate Judiciary
1992 - 1993
Clerk, West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Associations
2011 - Present
International Academy of Collaborative ProfessionalsMember
2010 - Present
Academy of Criminal Justice SciencesMember
2010 - Present
American Bar Association
2008 - Present
Association for Conflict ResolutionMember
1987 - Present
West Virginia State BarMember
1995 - 1996
West Virginia Supreme Court Oversight BoardMember
1995 - 1996
West Virginia Juvenile Justice CommitteeMember
1991 - 1994
West Virginia State Bar Commission on Children and the LawChairperson
Sample of Legal Cases
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.
Education
2007
Eastern Mennonite University
MA - Masters
1987
West Virginia University
JD - Juris Doctor
1982
University of Virginia
BA - Bachelor of Arts
Speaking Engagements
2011
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Toronto, Ontario.
Illuminating Justice: Reflections on a Search for Restorative Justice After the Virginia Tech Tragedy
2010
Virginia Mediation Network, Richmond, Virginia,
The Custody Battle: Employing Principles and Practices of Restorative Justice in Mediation in Child Custody Conflicts
2009
West Virginia State Bar, Flatwoods, West Virginia
Restorative Justice and Civil Mediation.
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
National Conference on Restorative Justice, Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, May, 2009.
OWEHA: Six Characters in Search of Justice.
2009
Florida State University, Art and Design for Social Justice Symposium, Tallahassee, Florida,
Architecture and Justice.
2009
First Friday: Webinar
Mediation for Victims of Domestic Violence: A Restorative Justice Approach
2009
Child Welfare League of America, Annual Conference, Washington D.C.,
The Role of the Professional in the Family Group Conference.
2009
Association for Conflict Resolution, Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
The Custody Battle: Employing Principles and Practices of Restorative Justice in Mediation in Child Custody Conflicts and The New Lawyer: From Swords to Plowshares.
2008
University of Massachusettes, Biennial Conflict Studies Conference
Ally and Atticus: Seeking the Restorative Lawyer.
Publications
2011
Washington University Journal of Law and Policy
Finding the End Words-A Search for Restorative Justice
1990
Journal of Legal Education
A Theory of Employment Discrimination
1990
Yale Journal of Law and Feminism
Repro-Woman, A View of the Labyrinth from the Lithotomy Position
1988
Legal Studies Forum
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Languages
English