Jacob M. Jeffries

Jacob M. Jeffries is an associate with Burns White in Wheeling, West Virginia, whose practice includes Healthcare and Long-Term Care and Litigation. Jeffries defends healthcare providers and healthcare systems in civil disputes and works within a firm practice that handles complex claims affecting medical and long-term-care organizations. The representation centers on responding to litigation, developing factual and legal defenses, and helping institutional clients manage the procedural demands of contested matters.

Jeffries received his Juris Doctor from Charleston School of Law in 2026. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, summa cum laude, from West Virginia University in 2023.His professional background centers on healthcare defense litigation in the firm’s Wheeling office. The work requires careful review of medical records, institutional policies, witness testimony, expert opinions, and the procedural rules governing civil disputes. By developing familiarity with the operational and legal concerns facing providers and healthcare systems, Jeffries supports defense strategies that connect the factual record with the issues that will shape discovery, motion practice, and resolution.

Jeffries represents healthcare providers and healthcare systems in litigation, a practice that can require review of medical records, policies, witness testimony, expert opinions, and procedural defenses. The firm’s current directories place Jeffries in both Healthcare and Long-Term Care and Litigation. Within those areas, the work involves helping clients respond to claims, organize the record, participate in discovery, and develop a defense strategy suited to the factual and legal issues presented.

Jacob M. Jeffries provides litigation support to healthcare clients operating in regulated and fact-intensive environments. Jeffries’s current practice is focused on defending providers and systems when civil claims create legal, operational, and reputational concerns. By working from the verified facts and applicable procedural rules, Jeffries helps healthcare organizations move through discovery and other stages of litigation while maintaining a structured approach to the issues that will affect defense strategy and resolution.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, Burns White Attorneys At Law
• Member, The West Virginia State Bar
• Volunteer Teacher, Street Law Clinic (2025)
• Guardian Ad Litem, August 6 December, Charleston County Probate Court (2024)

Licensed State

• West Virginia

Education

• Charleston School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• West Virginia University
  Bachelor of Science (B.S. Summa Cum Laude

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