Judge Patrick N. Wilson was appointed to the circuit court bench in Marion County on January 6, 2016. He was elected later in 2016 and re-elected in 2024.

Judge Wilson was born and raised in Marion County. He has a 1979 bachelor’s degree from Fairmont State College (now University). He has a 1985 law degree from West Virginia University College of Law.

Judge Wilson began his legal career in 1985 as an associate with Manchin, Aloi, and Carrick in Fairmont. Shortly after, he began serving in the Marion County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office as the Chief Assistant Prosecutor. He also worked as a part-time professor at Fairmont State College, where he taught courses in criminal law/procedure, legal ethics/communication, adjudication, and argumentation and debate. In 1991, he became a partner at Wilson, Fucillo, and Shields, LLC, where he worked until 2004. In 2005, he was elected Marion County Prosecutor, a job he held until his appointment to the bench.

Judge Wilson has one adult son.