Judge Probate) Judicial Assistant: Taneshia Barbary-Snell. Following the birth of her second daughter in 2010, Judge Pence practiced in-house with a real estate development company for nearly three years before returning to private practice with Hardy Pence PLLC, where she devoted her entire practice to family law matters. In one case, about 260 days had elapsed before she filed an opinion, according to the Court of Judicial Discipline. The Family Court is part of a unified statewide court system. Kress said the caseworker clashed with her parenting style and claimed she was militant. While she was strict in raising her daughters, giving them a routine of homework and chores and withholding their electronics if they disobeyed, Kress denied it warranted their removal. In the mothers case, there were no allegations of abuse, neglect or safety risk. Midlands. Payment options: Cash, check with ID, money order. Arizona Superior Court in Pima County; 110 West Congress Street; Tucson, AZ 85701; Dial 711 for Arizona Relay Service Before the McKales daughter died in November 2018, she wrote in a notarized letter that she wanted her father, Jeffrey, and stepmother, Virginia, to take her children. While Kress has her daughters back, other families remain fractured. He previously worked at Salmons Law Offices and is a former member of the West Virginia Ethics Commission. I was wrong., Character witnesses described Younges passion for children and believed she had learned her lesson and that she, herself, was a good mother.. She is married to her law school sweetheart, Matthew Stonestreet, who is a consumer rights and class action attorney at Giatras Law firm. They have six children and nine grand-children. One of Kress daughters, now an adult, plans to file a lawsuit against the city for her time in foster care after Younge had her removed from her home as a minor. , and served as counsel to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance in the West Virginia Legislature in 2005. He helped develop the James and Derick Hotsinpiller Memorial Scholarship Fund, Inc., for college students studying law enforcement. She should never again wear a judicial robe, he said. She attended Concord College from 1972 to 1976. From 2005 to 2011 he practiced law in the Charleston, W.Va., office of Hawking Parnell Thackston and Young, LLP. He and his wife, Cindy live in Bridgeport. WOAY-TV is a family-owned television station located in Oak Hill, WV. Department 22 Firetag, Nicholas Misdemeanor Vertical Calendar Department Department 31 Johnson, Mark Criminal Trials . She has been selected by the Supreme Court to train new Family Court Judges in domestic violence law, shared parenting law, and other areas of family law. Judge Julie A. Pence was born and raised in Wayne County, West Virginia, where she graduated from Ceredo-Kenova High School. She was elected to the bench in the Twenty-Second Family Court Circuit (Randolph and Tucker Counties) in May 2016 and took office on January 1, 2017. By Erik Ortiz. Two judges disagreed with the suspension as a slap on the wrist, with one writing that Younge should have been permanently removed after she caused one disaster after another.. Judge Spears was elected to the Sixth Family Court Circuit (Cabell County) in May 2016 and took office on January 1, 2017. Judges Elections Nicholas County, Kentucky (That ruling was later overturned on appeal after the Superior Court found she had abused her discretion.). She has a 1976 bachelors degree in social work and a 1977 masters degree in social work, both from West Virginia University. Nicholas was the first in his family to go to university and the first lawyer in his family. Judge Keller is an adjunct instructor at West Virginia University where she has taught graduate classes in the Master of Legal Studies Program since 1999. Driver's Licensing: Effective He received a bachelors degree in history from West Virginia University in 1990 and a law degree from Western Michigan Thomas C. Cooley School of Law in 1994. Nicholas County Circuit Judge Steve Callaghan oversees the local family treatment court. They have two adult daughters and two grandchildren. He has a 2000 bachelors degree in human resource management from West Virginia Institute of Technology and a 2004 law degree from Appalachian School of Law. Jeffrey and Virginia McKale, of New Jersey, came before Younge in 2017 in a bid to get their two grandsons from their mother, who had been using drugs. A Superior Court review later vacated the contempt decision, finding the father was not given his due process rights and wrongly incarcerated. Probate and Family Court Administrative Office 3 Center Plaza Suite 210 Boston, MA 02108 Phone: Main: (617) 788-6600 TTY: (617) 788-6616 Fax: 617-788-8995 Administrative office personnel Honorable John D. Casey, Chief Justice Domenic DiCenso, Deputy Court Administrator Diane Beswick, Managing Attorney Judge Robert Montgomery was born and raised in Weston. She oversees the Juvenile Drug Court in her circuit. Attorneys for. In 2010, she joined Lyne Ranson Law Offices, PLLC, where she practiced exclusively in the area of family law over the next 10 years. 700 Main Street, Suite 7 Wanting to draw attention publicly, she organized protests with other families affected by Younge outside of the Department of Human Services, holding up signs that read, Younge and reckless.. 304-872-7810 We became a support group for people who had Lyris Younge, Kress said. 304-872-7850, Magistrate Doren W. Plummer He has a 1982 bachelors degree in dietetics from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a 1992 law degree from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich. He has a 2005 law degree from Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Florida. His Honour Judge Simon Andrew Carr. Family Court Nicholas County is in the Sixteenth Family Court Circuit, which also includes Clay County. 1:13. She attended Concord College from 1972 to 1976. She was elected to the bench in the Twenty-First Family Court Circuit (Barbour and Taylor Counties) in May 2016 to a term beginning January 1, 2017. Bob Wise appointed him to be a Family Court Judge in the Eleventh Family Court Circuit (Kanawha County). If any of these apply to you, contact the court to verify they observe the exemption. He served on the Grant Memorial Hospital Board of Directors for 12 years. He also speaks at various schools and churches. District Judge Deborah Wilson Margaret Campbell. Nicholas County . This is just the tip of the iceberg, she said. Steve Hamilton (859) 289-3725. Nicholas J. Brazeau, Jr. presiding Office - 715-421-8518 Fax - 715-421-8535 . Birmingham (205) 325-5491 | Bessemer (205) 481-4225. Grievances against the judge for her courtroom behavior were piling up around the time Kress saw her in late 2017, and not just from disgruntled parents but lawyers, social workers and foster families, too. Requesting Older Court Records15-35 years old: Request records from the State Records Center by submitting thisformto state.records@ky.gov. The courts top judge wrote a scathing opinion, noting that her punishment falls just short of the most severe penalty for a judge removal from office because that generally involves criminal conviction. Nicholas County Judge Executive 125 E. Main Street Carlisle, KY 40311 (859) 289-3725 - Office (859) 289-3705 - Fax JudgeEx@qx.net Moving forward one step at a time Read archived messages from the Judge Executive. Pittsburgh municipal court judges' contact information; Name & Address Contact District Court; Daniel E. Butler . *Not location specific. In the past Judge Chernenko has also been an alumnae advisor to both the Bethany College Panhellenic Council and the Bethany College Student Court. Members include judges from both appellate . Civil Panel : 6 : C19 Political consultant Wallace 'Gator' Bradley listens to a candidate for judge make their case to the Cook County Democratic Party during a 'pre-slating' event on Thursday, Oct. 14. 2 reviews Visit Website 304-250-4640 Law Firm Profile Contact us Hayden & Associates Family Law Lawyers Serving Nicholas County, WV (Beckley) 2 reviews Law Firm Website Law Firm Profile Judge Tallman is married to Sharyn Tallman, and they have three children. She is an active member of the American Bar Association Family Law Section and currently serves as the Chairwoman of the Alimony Committee. He practiced law at Jack Hickok, Attorney at Law approximately three years and was a sole practitioner approximately fourteen years before being elected to the bench in the Twenty-Sixth Family Court Circuit (Putnam County) in 2014. She won membership on the College of Laws Moot Court Board, was awarded membership in the Order of the Barristers honorary, and represented WVU at several national appellate advocacy competitions. All Juvenile Dependency and Delinquency Cases (with the assistance of Judge Steele on Delinquency cases) including Shelter Hearings; 75% of Civil Non-Jury Cases (from time of filing), excluding Residential and Commercial Mortgage Foreclosure Cases; All Jimmy Ryce Cases; All Probate2 and Guardianship Cases; All Risk . banking law, estate planning, family law and landlord tenant law. Kress shook her head recently when she thought about how Younge is being afforded a second chance. Circuit Court Branch II Hon. Summersville, WV 26651 Judge Karen Hill Johnson spent her formative years in Belington, attended Barbour County Schools, and graduated from Phillip Barbour High School in 1988. He has a 1994 bachelors degree in political science from West Virginia State University and a 1997 law degree from West Virginia University College of Law. While in law school he served on the editorial staff of the Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law and Policy. A lot of times, complaints arise simply because someone lost their case and is pissy about it. Judge Joyce Helmick Carpenter is a native of Gilmer County. Juvenile Court Juvenile and Family Justice Center 25 W. 7th St. St. Paul, MN 55102 (651) 266-5115 It is also my faith that requires me to be accountable when I have done wrong and when I have hurt others, Younge said. FREEHOLD - A judge ruled Thursday that prosecutors blatantly violated court rules by deliberately withholding potentially exculpatory evidence during the recent trial of a mother and . The case against Younge reveals a rare glimpse inside the operations of a family court, which are not often made public, and highlights how judges who demonstrate malfeasance and fail to be impartial can harm people at their most emotionally fraught. Her Honour Judge Elizabeth Annabel Carr KC. She is a board member of Western West Virginia Animal Rescue Alliance. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky has jurisdiction in Nicholas County. He also served on the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority. She became a member of the National Association of Counsel for Children in 1993 and began service on the West Virginia State Bar Commission on Children at its inception in 1994, eventually serving as chairwoman for ten years. He has a 1978 bachelors degree in special education and a 1980 masters degree in industrial safety, both from Marshall University. He also served as the Braxton County Prosecuting Attorney from 1985-1988. She was also awarded the CALI excellence for the Future Award in Legal Research and Writing and a leadership award from the Womens Law Caucus. He was first appointed to the seat on October 8, 2015 and won the seat in the 2016 election. She is very excited to inform Southern West Virginia of what the weather will be like for the week. She worked at VanNostrand & Morton, PLLC, from 1990 to 2012, Milan Puskar Trust from 2011 to 2012, and she had a solo practice from 2013 until she took the bench. Accessibility: Ramp at back of building for main floor. Previously she has served as a Girl Scout leader and a member of the Young Lawyer Division of the American Association for Justice. These judges are appointed by the South Carolina legislature. Judge Minor and his wife, Janine Breyel, have four sons who have been very active in sports, music, and theatre. Pima County residents may file a fraud report online at www.pimasheriff.org or by calling (520) 351-4900 or 1-888-477-2328. She is a former trustee of the West Virginia State Bars Client Protection Fund, chairwoman of the West Virginia State Bar Commission on Children and the Law, and a member of the West Virginia Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Work Group. She previously worked as a Child Support Enforcement Attorney with the West Virginia Bureau of Child Support Enforcement Division from 1994 to 1997. Bob Wise and was elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2008 and 2016. She is married to Kenneth Rock, MD, and has an adult son. Programs Inc. and their distance-learning programs DBA Court Ordered Classes have received dozens of endorsements from Judges and Family/Children's Court Referees and hundreds of endorsements from social workers, probation and parole officers, case . He and his wife, Patricia Jones, have been married for more than thirty-five years. Hours of Operation 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Monday through Friday, excluding Holidays. He started practicing law in 1993 in Mercer County and had been practicing family law for fifteen years when then-Governor Joe Manchin III appointed him to the bench in the Twelfth Family Court Circuit (McDowell and Mercer Counties) in 2008 and re-elected in 2016. (651) 266-2842 Family Court oversees court cases involving family matters, such as dissolutions of marriage, parenting time schedules and disputes, child custody issues, child support establishment and modification, and paternity cases. He was elected to the bench in the Eighteenth Family Court Circuit (Doddridge and Harrison Counties) in May 2016 to a term beginning January 1, 2017. CINCINNATI (WXIX) -A woman accused of kidnapping a 2-year-old appeared in the Hamilton County Courthouse Saturday morning, where a judge set her bond at $25,000, according to court documents. She also adopted a parent education program in her circuit prior to the legislature having implemented such a program statewide. The Court of Judicial Discipline found in its opinion: Jimmy Binns, a Philadelphia attorney who has tried to gain custody of his three grandchildren after they were placed in foster care, said he witnessed Younges demeanor in court and reported her behavior. 700 Main Street, Room 216 0:04. She has a 1985 law degree from West Virginia University College of Law, where she was Order of the Barristers and won first place in a moot court competition in Philadelphia. In 2001 she established Child Law Services Inc., the states only legal service program for children. She was also a sole practitioner from 1990 to 2000. She has been a life-long member of the Methodist Church. Judges of the Civil Court of the City of New York . Judge Jara Howard is a native of Cabell County. Kress daughter Brianna Donahue, now 19, plans to file a lawsuit against the city next week for negligence and violation of her civil rights over how she said she was treated while in foster care. She and her husband, Leonard Ike Hill, have two sons. She lives in Charleston with her partner, Mark Kelley, and two dogs and seven cats. He previously was an assistant prosecuting attorney in Wayne County; an associate at Bellomy & Turner, LC; and a law clerk for Twenty-Fourth Judicial Circuit (Wayne County) Darrell Pratt. Chamber: WW14133. Judge Workman was a law clerk in Cabell County to former Sixth Judicial Circuit Judge Dan OHanlon from 2002 to 2004 and in Logan County to Seventh Judicial Circuit Judge Eric OBriant from 2011 to 2015, where he was a participant in the Adult Drug Court team. Judicial Lists By Division Chief Judge Circuit Criminal Circuit Civil 245 Judge Angela M. Lancelin; 246 Judge Angela L. Graves-Harrington ; 247 Judge Janice Berg; 257 Judge Sandra Peake; 280 Judge Damiane Dianne Curvey; . Judge McGraw is married to Andrew Dimlich, and they have two children. Her predecessor was appointed as a Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge. Family Court Judge: Judge Rick Woeste (859) 292-6314: 330 York St, Newport, KY . Supreme & County Court Chief Clerk Christine Kibler Phone: 716-280-6400 Fax: 716-280-6424 ckibler@nycourts.gov . A landlord who says she has lost more than $100,000 and largely given up since the COVID-19 pandemic, selling most of her rental . He also was a member of the Harrison County Board of Education from 1990 to 1998 and served as president of the board for four of those years. For Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division Full Term Beginning 1/3/2023 . Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Jacey Fortin WALTERBORO, S.C. A judge . This year Judge Chernenko enters her 27th year on the bench in Family Court. Before he was elected, he was concurrently a math teacher at Boone County Career and Technical Center (two years), a Boone County fiduciary commissioner (two years) and an attorney with Cook and Cooke Attorneys in Madison (26 years). In 2008 and 2016 she was re-elected to a circuit that also included Summers County. Judge John A. Nicholas. She took office on December 28, 2020. Skip over navigation. We hear family matters, personal injury claims, commercial disputes, trust and estates issues, criminal cases, and landlord-tenant cases. Judge Chernenko and her husband, Marc (Bethany College Class of 78), have remained active at their alma mater, where he served on Bethanys Board of Trustees for 20 years before his election to emeritus trustee status last year. Judge Eric Shuck, a true native of southern West Virginia, was born in Raleigh County and raised in both Summers and Raleigh. The final vote was 4,305 for Stollings to 3,660 for Stanton and 1,774 for Grindo. NICHOLAS COUNTY, WV (WOAY)- Final election results are in for Nicholas County. He also coached little league basketball and soccer for 10 years. Nicholas County Family Court; Nicholas County Probate Court; Nicholas County Unemployment Offices; Nicholas County Bankruptcy Court; Nicholas County Judge Executive. In April 2017, Governor Jim Justice appointed him to fill a vacancy in the Twenty-Fifth Family Court Circuit (Grant, Hardy, and Pendleton Counties). Honorable Nia Trammell Room: 5015 Zip: 53703-3289 Contact your local county court for more information or visit their website. Judge Jason Spears is a native of Huntington. She has a 1987 bachelor's degree in business from Fairmont State College and a 1990 law degree from West Virginia University College of Law. 304-872-9618 She took office on October 27, 2014 and won the seat in the 2016 election. He has coached youth basketball for many years and is active in his church. Let us know here, Eighteenth District Nicholas County District CourtNicholas County Courthouse, 125 Main Street0.0 mile away, Eighteenth Judicial Circuit of Kentucky Nicholas County Circuit CourtNicholas County Courthouse, 125 Main Street0.0 mile away, Fourteenth Judicial Circuit of Kentucky Bourbon County Circuit CourtBourbon County Judicial Center, 310 Main Street7.4 miles away, 2023 Everything-Bytes | Terms of Use & Privacy Policy. Judge Sanders is married to Barbara Sanders. She advocates for more oversight of judges in family court and said often judges who win an election are simply placed into family court assignments without any experience or training. Before she became a judge, she also had been a family court guardian ad litem for Lincoln, Logan, and Mingo Counties since 2005 and an approved family court mediator for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals since 2013. She ran as a Democrat in November 2015 for one of 15 open judgeship positions within the citys Municipal Court and Court of Common Pleas, winning a seat despite not earning a recommendation from the Philadelphia Bar Association.