Candice Harlow is a Member in the Health Care industry group, focusing primarily on medical professional liability and other health care litigation. She practices out of the Firm’s office in Charleston, West Virginia.
Much of Candice’s legal practice is focused on defending health care providers, including physicians, mid-level providers, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities, in medical malpractice actions. She has handled cases involving a variety of medical issues, from family medicine to complex surgical care, and has successfully defeated a putative class action against physicians arising from the use of contaminated steroids. As a litigator, Candice has tried and won cases on behalf of physicians and other health care 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 for Volumes 115 and 116 and was a member of the United States Supreme Court Law Clinic. Since then, she has become well versed in the West Virginia Medical Professional Liability Act, having published articles on the statute and applicable case law. She also serves as Chair of the Medical Liability Committee for the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia.
Outside of the office, Candice enjoys traveling, music festivals, and outdoor adventures. In 2019, she hiked the Grand Canyon with her husband while pregnant with their first child. Candice and her husband, Adam, hope to continue these traditions with their two sons, Wyatt and Wade.