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EYEWITNESS LOCAL NEWS
SENIOR JUDGE STATUSfrom Eyewitness News Online WV Supreme Court Approves Senior Status For Retiring Judges, Magistrates Reported by:  Jeff MorrisWeb Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: Jan. 8, 2013 4:36 PM EST Updated: Jan. 8, 2013 4:56 PM EST
Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
The West Virginia Supreme Court voted in administrative conference to approve senior status applications for one retiring Supreme Court justice, one retiring circuit court judge and 11 retiring magistrates. Retired judicial officers who wish to be appointed to serve as senior status justices, judges, or magistrates must apply for that position to the Supreme Court; it is not automatic upon leaving office, according to a news release from the state Supreme Court. The court approved the reinstatement of senior status, as of Jan. 1, for former Justice Thomas McHugh, who retired for a second time Dec. 31. The court also granted senior status to Twenty-Sixth Judicial Circuit (Lewis and Upshur counties) Judge Thomas Keadle. Judge Keadle announced last month that he will be retiring on February 1, when his senior status will begin. His last day in office will be Jan. 31. The court has granted senior status, as of Jan. 1, to the following magistrates: * William D. Anderson of Marshall County, who was defeated in the Democratic primary after serving a total of 26 years as a magistrate. * Kim M. Blair of Putnam County, who was defeated in the Republican primary after serving 10 years as a magistrate. * Joan V. Bragg of Berkeley County, a Democrat who did not seek re-election after serving almost 25 years as a magistrate. * D. Frances Davis of Doddridge County, a Republican who did not seek re-election after serving 28 years as a magistrate. * Charles L. Garvin, III, of Fayette County, a Democrat who did not seek re-election after serving seven years as a magistrate. * Donna Jackson of Wood County, a Democrat who did not seek re-election after serving for 20 years as a magistrate. She will become the judge of the West Central Regional Drug Court. * Mary H. Jennings of Raleigh County, a Democrat who lost in the general election after serving for 25 years as a magistrate. * Janet Kershner-Vanover of Pocahontas County, a Democrat who lost in the general election after serving a total of nine years as a magistrate. * Sandra L. Miller of Berkeley County, a Democrat who did not seek re-election after serving 20 years as a magistrate. * James D. “Dan” Moody of Lewis County, a Republican who lost in the general election after serving 35 years as a magistrate. * Janice L. Wiseman of Fayette County, who lost in the Democratic primary after serving since her appointment to the post in December 2010. She previously served 16 years as executive assistant to two Supreme Court justices and 12 years as magistrate assistant to her predecessor, former Magistrate Joe Parsons. MORE NEWS FROM EYEWITNESS NEWS
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