Judge Kelly Gilmore Codispoti was born and raised in Logan County. She has a 1977 bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University and a 1980 law degree from Ohio Northern University.

Then-Governor Bob Wise appointed her to the Ninth Family Court Circuit (Logan County) in 2001. She was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2008 and 2016. In 2022 she was appointed to the Seventh Judicial Circuit seat left vacant when Eric O'Briant retired.

She began practicing law in Logan County in 1980 with Valentine, Wilson & Partain; Cagle & Garten; and as a solo practitioner before becoming a Child Advocate Attorney (now Bureau of Child Support Enforcement) in both Logan and Mingo Counties. She was also a public defender in Logan County and an assistant Logan County prosecuting attorney before her judicial appointment.

Judge Codispoti is married to former Logan County Magistrate Leonard L. Codispoti, and they have two children and two grandchildren.