Press Releases
Press Release Archive
June 2020
- A new "And Justice For All" Video is Available (June 30)
- Courts Prepared to Resume Holding Trials (June 26)
- Family Court Office Closing For Three Days (June 24)
- New Monongalia Circuit Judge Investiture to be June 29 (June 24)
- Justice Hutchison Sworn In For Four-year Term (June 24)
- Supreme Court Establishes Instagram Account (June 23)
- A new "And Justice For All" Video is Available (June 22)
- New "And Justice For All" Video Available (June 15)
- New "And Justice For All" Videos Available (June 8)
- Justice Jenkins Launches "And Justice For All" Civic Eduation Video Series (June 1)
May 2020
- Supreme Court, National Guard Make Video About Workplace Best Practices (May 28)
- Supreme Court Makes Recordings of Oral Arguments Available for First Time (May 27)
- West Virginia Courts Conduct Thousands of Virtual Hearings (May 26)
- Supreme Court Admits Lawyers in Virtual Ceremony (May 21)
- Judge Beane to sit on Supreme Court for one case (May 18)
- WV Courts to Begin First Step of Gradual, Phased-in Resumption of Operations on May 18; New Protocols to Guide Procedures (May 6)
- Senior Status Magistrate Kept Kanawha Magistrate Court Operational During Closure (May 4)
April 2020
- New Temporary Order Gives Additional Guidance In Civil Matters, Seeks Public Comments (April 24)
- Judge Lorensen Sits On Supreme Court Remotely (April 23)
- Chief Justice Issues Revised Order Extending Judicial Emergency Through May 15 (April 22)
- Supreme Court Establishes Guardian Ad Litem Phone Line, Conducts Training Remotely (April 20)
- Video Shows WV Court System Continues to Work During Coronavirus Pandemic (April 20)
- Mass Litigation Panel Releases 2019 Annual Report (April 10)
- Justice Beth Walker Participates in "Lady Justices" Educational Video (April 8 )
- Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Remotely (April 8)
- Supreme Court Extends Judicial Emergency To Reduce In-person Proceedings Throughout W.Va. Due to Coronavirus (April 3)
March 2020
- Kanawha Judicial Offices Remain Functional Despite Building Closure (March 26)
- West Virginia Supreme Court Declares Judicial Emergency to Reduce In-Person Proceedings (March 22)
- Judicial Employee Hospitalized with COVID-19 (March 21)
- Supreme Court Issues Order Suspending Court Proceedings Throughout West Virginia Due To Coronavirus (March 16)
- Supreme Court Arguments Postponed (March 13)
- CIP Postpones Training Sessions (March 13)
- Supreme Court Issues Protocol on Coronavirus (March 12)
- Legislature Approves Fiscally Responsible Budget for State's Court System (March 11)
- Treatment Court Graduation Ceremony Focuses on Hope (March 5)
- Supreme Court Admits Lawyers (March 4)
- Judge Nines to Sit on Supreme Court for One Case (March 3)
February 2020
- Graduation Ceremony to Highlight Treatment Court Day at the Legislature (February 26)
- Judge Bloom to preside over mock trial for the Big Bad Wolf (February 25)
- Nicholas County Family Treatment Court Holds Opening Ceremony (February 21)
- Justices to Attend Family Drug Treatment Court Opening in Nicholas County (February 20)
- Two Circuit Judges Hear Supreme Court Cases (February 13)
January 2020
- Justices Attend Family Drug Treatment Court Opening in Roane County (January 31)
- Chief Justice Armstead to speak for career day (January 31)
- Supreme Court Admits Lawyers (January 30)
- Justices to Attend Family Drug Treatment Court Opening in Roane County (January 29)
- Business Court Issues Annual Report for 2019 (January 24)
- Chief Justice Armstead Presents Budget Request That is $4 Million Less Than Five Years Ago (January 13)
- Legislative Auditor Praises Supreme Court for Changes Made Over the Last Year (January 7)
- Chief Justice Armstead Explains Goals for 2020 in Two New Videos (January 6)
- 2020 Interest Rate on Judgements and Decrees (January 3)
- New Magistrate Appointed in Kanawha County (January 2)