A state trial court

West Virginia Circuit Court

A general-jurisdiction trial court in West Virginia.

The West Virginia Circuit Court is a general-jurisdiction trial court in West Virginia, where most civil and criminal cases are first heard. Its judges are chosen by nonpartisan election, the method West Virginia uses for its judges. This page lists the court's sitting judges, from West Virginia's official judicial directory.

Judges in history

Currently serving

Nonpartisan

Selection

12-yr

Term

Current judges

Judge	Since
Stephanie Abraham	–
Maryclaire Akers	–
David D. Amsbary	–
Michael W. Asbury	–
Anita Harold Ashley	–
Jennifer Bailey	–
Kenneth D. Ballard	–
Joseph Barki	–
John D. Beane	–
Hilary Bright	–
Joshua D. Butcher	–
Stephen O. Callaghan	–
H. Charles Carl III	–
Brian K. Cochran	–
Kelly Codispoti	–
Bridget Cohee	–
James W. Courrier Jr.	–
Jeffrey D. Cramer	–
Jason A. Cuomo	–
Perri Jo DeChristopher	–
Catie Wilkes Delligatti	–
Matthew Delligatti	–
Sabrina Deskins	–
Andrew Dimlich	–
Lora Dyer	–
Laura V. Faircloth	–
Paul T. Farrell	–
Thomas Fast	–
Ryan J. Flanigan	–
W.E. Sam Fox II	–
Michael E. Froble	–
Jason J. Fry	–
Jasmine R. H. Morton	–
Kurt Hall	–
David M. Hammer	–
Sean K. Hammers	–
Dave Hardy	–
Jay M. Hoke	–
Gregory L. Howard	–
Thomas B. Hoxie	–
Todd Kirby	–
Richard Lindsay	–
Michael D. Lorensen	–
Chad Lovejoy	–
Amy Mann	–
Leslie Maze	–
Christopher McCarthy	–
Debra McLaughlin	–
D. Andrew McMunn	–
Joshua J. Miller	–
Rudolph J. Murensky II	–
Shawn David Nines	–
Stacy Nowicki-Eldridge	–
Michael J. Olejasz	–
Cody Pancake	–
Darl W. Poling	–
R. Steven Redding	–
Jacob E. Reger	–
Robert E. Richardson	–
Tera L. Salango	–
Cindy Scott	–
Joseph F. Shaffer Jr.	–
Steven L. Shaffer	–
Michael Simms	–
David J. Sims	–
Mark Sorsaia	–
Phillip M. Stowers	–
Timothy L. Sweeney	–
Richard Craig Tatterson	–
John H. Treadway Jr.	–
Gregory A. Tucker	–
Patrick I. Via	–
Robert A. Waters	–
Carrie L. Webster	–
Jason Wharton	–
Jaymie Godwin Wilfong`	–
Mark Wills	–
David H. Wilmoth	–
C. Richard Wilson	–
Patrick N. Wilson	–
James H. Young Jr.	–

Former judges

No former judges on record.

How a judge reaches this court. Judges of the West Virginia Circuit Court are chosen in nonpartisan elections to 12-year terms. Selection methods vary by jurisdiction and have changed over time; this page reflects the court’s current method (source: National Center for State Courts). Open any judge to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: West Virginia Judiciary, Circuit Court Judges; selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data last verified 2026-07-02. Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).