Judge Betty Gregory was elected to the Fourth Family Court Circuit (Calhoun, Gilmer, Ritchie, and Roane Counties) in May 2024 and took office on Jan. 1, 2025.

She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from West Virginia State University in 2006 and a law degree from Appalachian School of Law in 2000.

She was in private practice (2000-2011) and was an assistant prosecutor in Logan County (2009-2011) specializing in sexual assault cases. She was an assistant public defender in Calhoun and Roane Counties (2011-2014), had her own practice in central West Virginia (2013-2014), and was an assistant prosecutor in Jackson County (2014-2015), specializing in representing the state in child abuse and neglect cases. She also was an immigration attorney (2017-2024). After her election, she served as a circuit court law clerk in Lewis and Upshur counties until she took the bench.

She has four children and 10 grandchildren.