Judge Jacob E. Reger was elected circuit judge in the circuit that includes Upshur and Lewis Counties in 2014. He was re-elected in 2016 and 2024.

Judge Reger was born and raised in Buckhannon. He graduated from Buckhannon-Upshur High School in 1978. He graduated from West Virginia University in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and from West Virginia College of Law in 1992.

Judge Reger was engaged in the general practice of law (1992-1998, 2002-2004), both in his own practice and with the law firm of Coleman and Wallace. He served as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Upshur County (1993-1998). He was an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Kanawha County and served as the Director of the Fraud and Investigations Unit for the Bureau of Employment Programs (1998-2002). He was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Upshur County in 2004 and re-elected in 2008 and 2012. He is a member of the West Virginia Judicial Association and a member of its board. Judge Reger has served by temporary assignments as a justice on the Supreme Court of Appeals.  

Judge Reger is a member of First United Methodist Church in Buckhannon and served on various boards and committees of the church. He has served on a number of boards of directors for several community service organizations, including the Upshur County Senior Center, United Way, Literacy Volunteers, and the Child Development Center.

He and his wife, Beverly, live in Upshur County.