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This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in West Virginia.It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are women who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
This category contains articles about lawyers associated with the U.S. state of West Virginia. This category also includes lawyers who resided in the region that would become West Virginia prior to its separation from Virginia in 1863.
William Stewart Thompson (born 1969) [1] is the United States attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia since 2021. From 2007 to 2021, he served as a judge on the 25th Judicial Circuit of West Virginia.
Agnes Jane Westbrook Morrison (1854-1939) was West Virginia’s first female lawyer. [1] Morrison was born in 1854 in Wheeling, Virginia, to Henry Westbrook and Martha Barratt. [2] By 1895, Morrison would become West Virginia College of Law's first female graduate. Her husband Charles Sumner Morrison was a classmate and he graduated the same year.
John "JB" McCuskey [1] (born 1981 in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American lawyer and politician who is currently serving as the 35th attorney general of West Virginia since 2025. As a Republican, he has previously served as the West Virginia State Auditor from 2017 to 2025.
The attorney general represents the state in all claims processed by the United States Court of Claims, prosecutes civil actions as prescribed by law, enforces the state consumer, antitrust, and preneed burial statutes, and enforces the West Virginia Human Rights Act and the West Virginia Fair Housing Act. [2] The attorney general is also an ex ...
Year Seat 1 Seat 2 Seat 3 Seat 4 Seat 5 1873: Moore: Paull: Hoffmann: A.F. Haymond: 1874 1875 Dec. 24: Green 1876 Jun. 13: Edmiston 1877: Johnson 1878 1879 1880 1881
William Joseph Ihlenfeld II (born May 5, 1972) is an American attorney and politician from West Virginia. He is a Democrat. He has served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia since 2021. He previously served in the same capacity under Barack Obama.