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Jenna Perkins Wood joins Rawle & Henderson LLP
01/01/07
Contact
Thomas A. Kuzmick
(215) 575-4262
Rawle & Henderson LLP, announced today that Jenna Perkins Wood has joined the Firm as a partner in its Wheeling, West Virginia office. In joining Rawle & Henderson, Ms. Wood will focus her practice primarily in the areas of insurance coverage, medical malpractice, premises and product liability matters.
“At Rawle & Henderson, we have been successful in attracting top level attorneys with specialties in a variety of practice areas,” said Tom Kuzmick, partner and Executive Committee Member at Rawle & Henderson. “Jenna’s experience in a number of fields of law will not only help to expand our base of expertise in West Virginia, but will also further cement our position as one of the Mid-Atlantic’s best law firms. The addition of Jenna and her staff, legal secretary Lisa Berger and paralegal Yvonne Holstine, with their experience and specialties, fits into Rawle & Henderson’s business and professional plans. We are always looking to add excellent attorneys at Jenna’s level,” said Kuzmick.
Ms. Wood has more than ten years of extensive litigation and trial experience representing individuals, corporations, municipalities, public authorities and insurance companies in premises liability and insurance coverage matters. She also defended personal injury and other civil litigation matters, which included product liability, medical malpractice and employment cases. Ms. Wood also serves as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for the Ohio County Prosecuting Attorneys Office representing the interest of abused and neglected children.
Ms. Wood is admitted to practice in West Virginia as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of West Virginia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She graduated cum laude from West Liberty State College in West Virginia in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She was previously employed as a Registered Nurse and certified as a Trauma Nurse Specialist. Ms. Wood received her Juris Doctorate from the West Virginia University College of Law in 1995.
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