Governor Jim Justice appointed Judge Stephanie Abraham to the Kanawha County Circuit Court bench in August 2023.

Judge Abraham received a bachelor’s degree in finance from Syracuse University in 2000 and a law degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Law in 2003. She is licensed to practice law in West Virginia and Maryland.

Her legal career has included civil litigation, corporate matters, and representing state and county governmental agencies. She also owned and operated a law firm as a solo practitioner engaged in real estate and property law since 2017. Most recently, she has been the General Counsel for the West Virginia Board of Education. She was also an attorney for the West Virginia Department of Education and was previously a judicial law clerk at the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia for the Seventh Judicial Circuit. She was also an Instructor of Business and Lead Faculty for Career Programs at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College and has served on the school’s Board of Governors.

She and her husband, Brian, have two sons and live in South Charleston.