Judge John H. Treadway, Jr., was elected to the bench in the Twenty-Sixth Judicial Circuit (Hampshire, Hardy and Pendleton Counties) and took office January 1, 2025.

Judge Treadway grew up on a farm. He attended Shepherd University and later earned a law degree from West Virginia University College of Law (2002). He was a member of the Shepherd University football team; he earned All-American Honorable Mention, twice earned First Team All-Conference Honors and is a member of the Shepherd University Athletic Hall of Fame.

Between college and law school he worked in the propane industry. He managed Southern States Petroleum in Moorefield and served as an officer of both the West Virginia Propane Association and the West Virginia Propane Education and Research Council.

Prior to managing Southern States Petroleum, he served in the U.S. Army National Guard in Company A, 1-115th Infantry.

As an attorney, Judge Treadway was a civil and criminal litigator. He was a Mental Hygiene Commissioner (2006-2024), participated in drug court, was an officer of the South Branch Valley Bar Association and was a founding member of the South Branch Valley Community Correction Board. He was a director on the Board of EA Hawse Health and is a long-time member of Baker Ruritan Club.

He and his wife, Wendy reside in Baker, West Virginia, and have one daughter.