Brenda Coppede joins Siemens Family Law Group
Jim Siemens
Certified Family Law Specialist
We are pleased to announce that Brenda Coppede has joined Siemens Family Law Group.
Brenda attended North Carolina State University where she graduated cum laude in 2002, with a major in Public Relations and a minor in Spanish Language and Literature. She then graduated from The Dickinson School of Law at The Pennsylvania State University in 2006 where she was a member of the Woolsack Honor Society. Brenda received several distinctions and awards in law school for her pro bono work at the law school’s Family Law Clinic, including the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Eric D. Turner award.
Upon her graduation from law school, Brenda was privileged to have a one-year clerkship with three family court judges in Sussex County, Delaware. In 2007, Brenda was admitted to practice law in the state of Montana and clerked for the Honorable Holly Brown, a district court judge in Bozeman, Montana, working again primarilyon family law cases. Following her clerkships, Brenda began private practice with Kasting, Kauffman & Mersen in Bozeman, with a primary focus on family law. In 2010, Brenda was admitted to practice law in the state of North Carolina. She has practiced family law in Asheville since November of 2010, joining the Siemens Family Law Group in February 2013.
Brenda resides in Asheville with her daughter and German shorthair pointer, Clem.