West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued the following announcement on Jan. 14.
The Kanawha County judiciary has hired a new court administrator. Christopher McClung, 54, will start work Tuesday, January 18.
He replaces Beverly Selby, who died May 17. He has a degree in political science from Marshall University, where he minored in history and English, and a law degree from Ohio Northern University College of Law. For the last five years, he has had a private practice in Charleston, concentrating on guardian ad litem work in child abuse and neglect cases. He previously was an assistant prosecutor in Kanawha and Putnam Counties for 11 years and worked for the Attorney General’s Office.
“I’m very humbled, and I’m very grateful for this opportunity. I look forward to working with all the circuit judges and all members of the Kanawha County judiciary. I am very excited for this opportunity,” he said. Thirteenth Judicial Circuit (Kanawha County) Chief Judge Jennifer Bailey said, “The judges of Kanawha County are very excited to welcome an attorney who has such experience and knowledge of our court system. We are sad to lose him as an attorney practicing before us, but happy to bring him on to handle the administration of our court.” Kanawha County has seven circuit judges, five family court judges, and ten magistrates.
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