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Gordon H. Copland

Education

  • J.D. William & Mary
    B.A. Washington & Lee University

Bar Admissions

  • West Virginia


Gordon H. Copland
Member

Gordon H. Copland
Member

Gordon Copland concentrates his practice in complex litigation and health care matters. He routinely represents clients before the Health Care Authority (HCA) and other state regulatory boards on certificate of need, licensure, and related health care matters. He has extensive experience in antitrust litigation and in intellectual property litigation, including patents and trademarks.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Jury trial on antitrust claims under state antitrust statute and sales below cost statute against national coal company
  • Defended a hospital on claims of antitrust violations (exclusive dealing and tying) arising from exclusion of CRNA's as a class
  • Acted as local counsel to a major pharmaceutical manufacturer in claims of legal malpractice by mishandling of the defense of a case in state and federal antitrust claims
  • Represented hospital in antitrust claims by physician
  • Represented a chemical manufacturer in a case by excluded piping contractor against area chemical plants involving numerous Sherman Act and West Virginia antitrust claims

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 1983
    Steptoe & Johnson

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AWARDS

  • Antitrust Section, American Bar Association
  • Health Care Committee, American Bar Association
  • National Health Lawyers Association
  • The Best Lawyers in America®
  • Graduated cum laude, Washington & Lee University

INDUSTRY / CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS

  • Former Member, West Virginia Health Care Task Force's "Certificate of Need Panel," which was responsible for drawing up the draft State Health Plan for 1992

PUBLICATIONS / SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • "Government and Antitrust Enforcement in the Health Care Market: The Regulators Need an Update," West Virginia Law Review
  • “Advance Medical Directives in West Virginia, Part Two,” West Virginia Law Review