How do judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia / Joined 2021 / Active

William R. Wooton

Justice, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia

William R. Wooton is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, serving since 2021. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2021 · 5 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2021	Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Wooton authored 0 published opinions for the court (2026), plus 1 dissent and 1 concurrence.

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 2 of these were attributed to Wooton by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2026	State of West Virginia v. Brendan W· Concurrence†	–	0
2026	Credit Acceptance Corporation v. Kenneth E. Stanley and Kerry J. Stanley· Dissent†	–	0

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is nonpartisan election.
Which court is William R. Wooton on?: William R. Wooton is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

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5 years on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Data as of 2026-07-02. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).