BENJAMIN CHIEF JUSTICE Brent Benjamin To Serve Again As Chief Justice Of State Supreme Court
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Jan. 3, 2013 10:37 AM EST
Updated: Jan. 3, 2013 10:45 AM EST
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Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
Brent Benjamin is getting another turn as chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
The position of chief justice is determined annually by a vote of the court. Benjamin was elected to succeed Justice Menis Ketchum, who served as chief in 2012.
Benjamin previously served as chief justice in 2009. Under his leadership that year, the court established an Access to Justice Commission, a Compliance Committee on Prisons and Jails, a Domestic Violence Registry, a Mental Hygiene Registry and a Northern Panhandle Re-Entry Court.
Benjamin was elected to a 12-year term on the Supreme Court in 2004.
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