Judge Timothy L. Sweeney was appointed to the circuit court bench in 2010. He was elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016. In 2024, he was re-elected to the expanded Third Judicial Circuit, which now includes Wirt County, along with Doddridge, Pleasants, and Ritchie Counties.

Judge Sweeney was raised in Pleasants County and graduated from St. Marys High School in 1974. He has a 1978 bachelor’s degree in business administration from West Virginia University and a 1981 law degree from West Virginia University College of Law.

He spent 30 years in private practice with law firms that include White & Sweeney, Sweeney & Ballard, the Sweeney Law Firm, and as general counsel for Pleasants County Bank. He was the elected Prosecutor of Pleasants County from 1985 to 2010.

Judge Sweeney is a member of the West Virginia Judicial Association. He is a former President of the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Association and a former member of the West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and the National College of District Attorneys.

Judge Sweeney is President of the Pleasants County Library Board and volunteers with several other community organizations.

He and his wife, Charlene, have four children.