Judge Cindy Scott was elected in 2020 to the circuit court bench in Monongalia County. She was re-elected in 2024.

Judge Scott is a native of Morgantown and graduated from Morgantown High School in 1982. She received a bachelor’s degree in business administration-marketing from West Virginia University in 1986. After a brief career in banking, she returned to school and received a law degree from West Virginia University College of Law in 1994.

Judge Scott began her legal career by engaging in the general practice of law for 12 years, focusing on the representation of defendants in misdemeanor and felony criminal cases and respondents in child abuse and neglect cases. She also served as a guardian ad litem in child abuse and neglect cases, practiced in family court, and engaged in civil litigation.

From 2006 to 2016, Judge Scott served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney with the Monongalia County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. In 2016, she joined WVU’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Office of Equity Assurance, where she addressed discrimination, harassment, and intimate partner violence involving WVU’s faculty, staff, and students. She led the Prevention and Education Team and reviewed Title IX Case Investigations.

As a circuit judge, Judge Scott supervises the Monongalia County Adult Drug Court. She previously served on the Monongalia County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), the Monongalia/Preston Counties’ Violence Against Women Act - STOP Team, the Human Rights Committee for the Monongalia County Youth Services Center, and she worked directly with the Court Appointed Special Advocate Program (CASA).

She and her husband, Todd, live in Morgantown and have two adult children and one granddaughter. They are active members of Kingdom: A Community Church.