Steven L. Shaffer was sworn in as a Judge in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit (Preston County) on May 18, 2018, and began work May 29.

Judge Shaffer was elected to fill the remainder of the term of Judge Lawrance Miller, who retired in 2017. The term ends in 2025.

He is a resident of Tunnelton and a graduate of Tunnelton High School. He spent 23 years in construction and as a coal miner before attending college and law school. He graduated from the West Virginia University College of Law in 2003. He worked for then-Preston County Prosecutor Ron Brown before entering private practice.