Jaden P. Rhea

Associate

304-345-4222

[email protected]

About

Jaden P. Rhea is an Associate in the Bailey & Wyant, PLLC Charleston Office. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology, summa cum laude, from West Virginia University and earned her J.D. from the West Virginia University College of Law in 2018. During law school, she served as Executive Research Editor for Volume 120 of the West Virginia Law Review and was a student clinician in the United States Supreme Court Clinic where she was selected to present argument in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of a clinic client. In addition, her student note was awarded a 2018 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing, which is a national award that recognized her note as an exemplar of “creativity, knowledge, and know-how.”  After graduation, Jaden served as a law clerk for the Honorable Frank W. Volk, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia and a law clerk for the Honorable Thomas E. Johnson, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Jaden is originally from Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and currently resides in South Charleston. 

Education

J.D. West Virginia University College of Law, 2018

Bachelor of Arts in Criminology (summa cum laude), West Virginia University, 2015

Court Admissions

West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

United States District Court for the Southern District and Northern District of West Virginia

Bar Admissions

West Virginia State Bar

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense

Personal Injury

Government Defense

Insurance Defense

Medical Defense

Civil Rights Defense

Publications

Jaden Rhea, Note, Highway to Hell: The Privatized Prison Transportation Industry and the Long Road to Reform, 120 W. Va. L. Rev. 203 (2017).