A Message From the Chief

"Firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right"

February 12, 2009, marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of arguably our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln. We forget that this greatest of all presidents was considered by many of his time to be a relatively unknown Springfield, Illinois, lawyer with little experience for the office he was to assume. A man of personal strength and integrity, Lincoln's training as a lawyer produced a man of quiet eloquence and immense courage - a man perfectly prepared for the challenges of leadership.(Read More...)

Supreme Court Justice Joseph P. Albright Dies at Age 70

West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Joseph P. Albright died Friday evening, March 20, 2009, at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian of complications of esophageal cancer. He was 70.(Read More...)

Governor Appoints Justice McHugh to Supreme Court

Justice Thomas McHugh was appointed by Governor Joe Manchin III on April 8, 2009, to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia created by the March 20 death of Justice Joseph Albright.(Read More...) 

Legislation That Affects the Judiciary

The West Virginia Legislature passed several bills during the 2008 regular session that affect the court system and its employees.(Read More...) 

Supreme Court Launches Domestic Violence Registry, holds Regional 
Firearms Summits Around the State

An innovative collaboration between the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, the West Virginia State Police, the FBI, and more than two dozen other state, federal, and private entities is responsible for the creation of West Virginia's Domestic Violence Registry and Statewide Database, announced during an event in the Supreme Court Chamber on March 23, 2009.(Read More...)

Judicial Roundtables on Child Abuse and Neglect, Youth Services a Success 

 West Virginia Circuit Judges who attended the state's first regional judicial leadership roundtables, which focused on child abuse and neglect and youth services, said the meetings have helped them better perform their daily duties of protecting the state's children.(Read More...)

Four Drug Courts Open to Serve Adults in Five Counties

Since the beginning of the year, four Drug Courts have opened to serve adults in five West Virginia counties, bringing to twenty-three the number of counties now covered by adult drug courts, or half the state.(Read More...) 

Supreme Court Justices Hear Cases in Lewisburg as Part of the 2009 LAWS Program

The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia heard four cases at the Greenbrier County Courthouse in Lewisburg on March 24, 2009,  in front of about three hundred high school students from Greenbrier, Pocahontas and Monroe Counties.(Read More...) 

Three Schools Perform Mock Trials in Supreme Court Chamber

Students from three schools performed mock trial scripts they wrote as part of West Virginia Law Adventure, the Supreme Court's program for middle school students, in the Supreme Court Chamber.(Read More...)

Circuit Judges, Magistrates carry Robes to Schools into its third year

Kanawha County Circuit Judge Duke Bloom and Kanawha County Magistrate Kim Aaron were among the Career Day speakers at Alum Creek Elementary School in South Charleston in early April.(Read More...)

Judge Johnson Receives Award at National Conference