Candice represents and defends physicians and physician groups, advanced practice providers, hospitals, nurses, and other medical facilities across a broad range of specialties. Her experience includes cases involving primary care, complex surgery, critical care, wound care, orthopedics, cardiology, emergency medicine, mental health, oral surgery, cancer diagnosis, radiology, and birth injuries. She has written about the West Virginia Medical Professional Liability Act and Peer Review Statute, drawing on her extensive knowledge of these laws and the decisions interpreting them.

Her representation of health care clients reaches beyond malpractice defense. On behalf of medical professionals and facilities, she has also handled contract and noncompete disputes, tortious interference claims, employment matters, peer review proceedings, mandatory reporting disputes, and construction matters. She has represented clients in state and federal courts in matters involving alleged disclosures of protected health information, HIPAA-related privacy claims, and consumer credit protection disputes. And, she has represented providers before the West Virginia Boards of Medicine, Osteopathy, and Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses.

Candice also has experience defending clients in opioid, pharmaceutical, and medical device litigation. She successfully defeated a putative class action against physicians arising from their use of contaminated steroids. Beyond that, she has represented media clients in defamation matters and contract disputes, in addition to providing general consulting services.

Across her practice, Candice has secured favorable outcomes in litigation, at trial, on appeal, and through negotiated settlements. She approaches client relationships as partnerships built on trust, frequent communication, and practical problem-solving. Working closely with clients from the outset, she helps investigate claims, prepare for litigation, and identify opportunities to resolve disputes—or avoid them altogether.

Though based in Charleston, Candice serves clients throughout West Virginia. She is also admitted in Kentucky and collaborates with Jackson Kelly attorneys across state lines and practice groups. Candice is an active member of the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia and co-chaired its Medical Liability Committee from 2021 through 2026. She also serves as Vice President of the WVU Medicine Thomas Foundation’s Board of Directors, supporting efforts to strengthen local health care resources for patients and providers.

Candice graduated Order of the Coif from the West Virginia University College of Law, where she served as an editor of the West Virginia Law Review, participated in the United States Supreme Court Law Clinic, and clerked for a U.S. federal district court judge before joining Jackson Kelly as a summer associate in 2013.

Outside the office, Candice enjoys spending time with her husband and sons, exploring national and state parks, attending music festivals and football games, and cheering on her boys at their sporting events.