Judge Joshua Butcher was elected to the bench in the then-Seventh Judicial Circuit (Logan County) in 2016 and re-elected in 2024 to the new Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Logan and Mingo Counties).

Judge Butcher was born and raised in Logan County and is a 1998 graduate of Beth Haven Christian School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Marshall University in 2003 and a law degree from the West Virginia University College of Law in 2006.

Judge Butcher worked a short stint in private practice and served as a Logan County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney (2012-2013). He served nearly 10 years (2006-2015) as a law clerk to now-former Circuit Judge Roger Perry in Logan County and to former Circuit Judge Miki Thompson in Mingo County. He is a former President of the Logan County Bar Association and current member of the West Virginia Judicial Association.

Judge Butcher is married to Jamie Dempsey Butcher; they have two daughters and one son.