Sara E. Brown joined the firm in October 2022 in the Morgantown office. Ms. Brown is a 2007 graduate of Ohio University and a 2012 graduate of the West Virginia University College of Law. During her law school tenure, Ms. Brown was the Executive Notes Editor for the West Virginia Law Review and worked as a summer law clerk to the Honorable John S. Kaull in the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia Magistrate Court. Upon graduation, Ms. Brown also served as law clerk to the Honorable David W. Nibert of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of West Virginia. Ms. Brown has since engaged in a practice focused on civil defense litigation. Ms. Brown is licensed to practice in the State of West Virginia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Ms. Brown and her husband, Aaron, reside with their daughter and German Shepherd in Masontown, Pennsylvania.
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Education / Admissions
Bar Admissions
U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, 2012
U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia, 2014
Education
J.D., West Virginia University College of Law, 2012
- Pro Bono Distinction
- Cali Award: Business Transactions Drafting
- Associate Editor, West Virginia Law Review 2010-2011
- Executive Notes Editor, West Virginia Law Review 2011-2012
B.S., Ohio University, 2007
- Major: Communication
- Minor: History -
Experience & Involvement
Professional Associations and Memberships
West Virginia State Bar Association
Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia
- 2020 Young Lawyer of the YearMonongalia County Bar Association
Publications
“An Illusory Expectation of Privacy: The ECPA Is Insufficient to Provide Meaningful Protection for Advanced Communication Tools", 114 W. Va. L. Rev. 277 (2011)
Representative Cases
Yong Lee v. Blue Sky Realty, LLC, 2017 W. Va. LEXIS 978 (2017)