Glen Stotler
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Glen Stotler is a judge for the Twenty-Third Family Circuit in West Virginia. He was appointed by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin in March of 2011.[1] He won the election in 2012 to keep his seat.
Stotler ran for re-election in 2016.[2] Glen Stotler won the general election on May 10, 2016.
Education
Stotler graduated from West Virginia University College of Law in 1989.
Career
Stotler has practiced law in Berkeley Springs primarily in the areas of family law and real estate law for twenty years. From 1985 until 2008, he served as a Morgan County Commission member.[3]
Memberships and positions
- The Eastern Panhandle Community Foundation
- The Physically Challenged Advisory Board to the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
- The Morgan County Board of Education
- The Town of Bath Council
- The West Virginia Regional Jail Authority
- The United States Architectural and Barriers Compliance Board
- Former Chairman and member of the Region 9 Planning and Development Council[3]
Awards
In 2010, he was selected as the West Virginia Bankers Title Attorney of the Year.[3]
Elections
2016
West Virginia held general elections for county judicial offices on May 10, 2016. This date coincided with partisan primaries for statewide and federal offices. The 2016 election was the first nonpartisan election for the state's judicial seats since statehood in 1863. Learn more about this change here. Candidates interested in filing for the election submitted paperwork by January 30, 2016. Incumbent Glen Stotler ran unopposed in the general election for the West Virginia Family Court Circuit 23, Division 1 seat.[2]
| West Virginia Family Court Circuit 23, Division 1 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | ||
 Glen Stotler Incumbent | ||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State, "Election Results Center," accessed May 10, 2016 | ||
Selection method
- See also: Nonpartisan election of judges
Judges of the West Virginia Family Courts are each elected to six- and eight-year terms. Their initial term is six years and every subsequent term is eight years.[4] The elections for this court are nonpartisan contested elections. To serve on this court, a judge must be a state citizen, a circuit resident, at least 30 years of age and have five years of law practice in the state.[5]
2012
Stotler ran unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012.[6] He won the election with 100 percent of the vote.[7]
- See also: West Virginia judicial elections, 2012
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ News-Tribune "Stotler is new Family Court Judge," March 18, 2011 (dead link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Search," accessed February 16, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Herald-Mail, "Stotler named to family court judgeship," March 17, 2011
- ↑ West Virginia Judiciary, "Family Courts," accessed September 25, 2014
- ↑ American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: West Virginia; Limited Jurisdiction Courts," archived October 3, 2014
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, Declared Results from Primary Election May 8, 2012
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State Election Results
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Northern District of West Virginia, Southern District of West Virginia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Northern District of West Virginia, Southern District of West Virginia
State courts:
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia • West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals • West Virginia Circuit Courts • West Virginia Family Courts • West Virginia Magistrate Courts • West Virginia Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in West Virginia • West Virginia judicial elections • Judicial selection in West Virginia
