Brent P. Copenhaver,
a native of Charleston, West Virginia and a 1987 graduate of the WVU College of
Law, has over 25 years of litigation and trial experience in defending
physicians, nurses, hospitals and nursing homes in medical malpractice and
health care negligence claims and lawsuits in West Virginia and Ohio, with
extensive first chair trial experience. Additionally,
Brent served as Deputy General Counsel for Health Sciences for West Virginia
University from 2014 to 2018, during which he worked directly and closely with
the University’s senior leadership at the West Virginia University Health
Sciences Center and provided a wide range of legal services to meet the needs
of the five schools that comprise the WVU Health Sciences Center in a wide
range of practice areas, including: medical malpractice litigation management;
risk management and credentialing issues; peer review issues; healthcare
compliance and regulation matters; human resource and employment issues;
conflicts of interest and conflicts of commitment; contractual issues; educational
seminars to faculty, residents and medical students; involvement with Title IX investigations
of retaliation, hostile work environment and discrimination claims; all matters
involving the WVU Office of Graduate Medical Education; and employment,
academic and professionalism issues involving faculty, residents and students
of the West Virginia University School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School
of Nursing, School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health. Additional
information about Brent’s experience and the nature of his practice is
available upon request. For
several years, Brent has held an “AV Rating” from Martindale-Hubbell’s highly
regarded system that periodically solicits anonymous surveys from fellow
members of the bar and judicial officials.
