About Brenda Waugh
Brenda Waugh, Attorney at Law, L.C. is a small, client-centered law firm with offices located in South Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia. Brenda Waugh represents people who have legal problems in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Her office has never represented insurance companies and large corporations, and is focused on working with families in these areas to find solutions to their legal problems. Brenda Waugh opened her law office in the Eastern Panhandle in September of 2000 after a successful career in public service. Since that time, she has provided assistance to hundreds of families with their legal problems ranging from car accidents, insurance disputes, crime victim’s compensation, consumer issues and civil rights.
Brenda Waugh is an attorney with over twenty years of experience working for the people of West Virginia. She is excited to bring that experience to work on your case. A native of Princeton, West Virginia, she graduated with honors from the University of Virginia in 1982. She graduated from West Virginia University Law School in 1987.
As a young lawyer, Ms. Waugh worked with the Legal Aid Society of Charleston, as an advocate for victims of family violence and for consumers. She then accepted a position with the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals where she served as the clerk to the committee which developed the first set of procedural rules for Family Courts. Following completion of that project, Ms. Waugh spent several years working as counsel to the West Virginia Legislature with the Senate Judiciary Committee. In that position, she drafted bills and legislation at the direction of Chairman William R. Wooton during the legislative session.
Recognizing that abused children in the region needed a strong advocate, Brenda Waugh accepted a position as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Kanawha County. During that period she also worked with the West Virginia State Bar and served as the first chairperson of the West Virginia State Bar Commission on Children and the Law. She was also appointed by the West Virginia Supreme Court to serve on the Supreme Court Oversight Committee and the Juvenile Justice Committee.
In 1997, Ms. Waugh relocated to the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia to be closer to her extended family. She accepted a position as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Berkeley County. She continued in that position until entering the private practice of law.
Ms. Waugh has litigated cases in over a dozen West Virginia Counties and has argued and won many cases before the West Virginia Supreme Court. She has published articles in law journals including those published by Yale University and the Journal of Legal Education. She has conducted dozens of seminars on legal issues through groups such as West Virginia Continuing Legal Education and the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the West Virginia State Bar and the American Bar Association.
Ms. Waugh is married with three children. She enjoys being active and has completed three marathons, a metric century bicycle event and six triathalons.