Vote May 14, 2024, to Re-Elect Judge Shawn D. Nines for Circuit Judge
About
Background
Judge Shawn David Nines took the bench in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Barbour and Taylor Counties) on January 2, 2019. Governor, Jim Justice, appointed Nines on December 11, 2018, to the new judicial position created in the 2018 legislative session. Thereafter, he was elected in the 2020 election.
Before his appointment, Judge Nines served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Taylor and/or Barbour Counties from 2007 until his appointment. At the same time, Judge Nines was also an attorney with his own law practice focusing on real estate and civil issues wherein he represented several Barbour and Taylor County banks, companies, as well as individuals. He was previously the City Attorney for Grafton, a lawyer for Huddleston Bolen LLP., and the law clerk for Judge Alan Moats from 2003 to 2005. While at the firm of Huddleston Bolen, Judge Nines handled complex and mass litigation cases. He is a registered Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Washington D.C. Judge Nines has a 1998 Bachelor’s Degree and a 2000 Master’s Degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering from West Virginia University along with a 2003 Law Degree from the University of Akron Law School. Judge Nines was also long-time assistant football and strength training coach at Grafton High School and spent 18 years as a radio broadcaster for Grafton High School football games.
Since taking the bench, in addition to his regular duties, Judge Nines is one of only seven circuit judges around the State to be appointed to West Virginia's Business Court, designed to handle complicated litigation between companies statewide and is a member of the American College of Business Court Judges. Judge Nines is also active in the West Virginia Judicial Association. He and his wife, Donette, live in Thornton and have young twins.
"For nearly two decades, it has been my sincere privilege to serve the citizens of Barbour and Taylor Counties as a prosecutor and Judge. I believe we live in the greatest State of the greatest country that has ever existed; I would be truly honored to continue working as your Judge to keep it that way."---Judge Shawn D. Nines