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678WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOKThe PresidentBARACK H. OBAMA, JR., Democrat, is the 44th President of the United States. Heis the first African American to hold the office. Born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii.Education: Punahou Academy, Occidental College, Columbia University, Harvard LawSchool. Married on October 18, 1992, to the former Michelle Robinson; children: Malia andSasha. Previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until heresigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election. Was president of the HarvardLaw Review and was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. Workedas a civil rights attorney in Chicago and taught Constitutional law at the University of ChicagoLaw School from 1992 to 2004. Served three terms representing the 13th District in theIllinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. Defeated Republican nominee John McCain in the 2008general election and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Named the 2009 NobelPeace Prize laureate in October 2009. Re-elected to a second term in 2012.
SECTION 6 - FEDERALFEDERALUNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALSPresident: Barack H. Obama, Jr., of IllinoisVice President: Joseph R. Biden, Jr., of DelawareThe CabinetSecretary of State: John KerrySecretary of the Treasury: Jack LewSecretary of Defense: Ashton CarterAttorney General: Eric H. Holder, Jr.Secretary of the Interior: Sally JewellSecretary of Agriculture: Thomas J. VilsackSecretary of Commerce: Penny PritzkerSecretary of Labor: Thomas E. PerezSecretary of Health and Human Services: Sylvia Matthews BurwellSecretary of Housing and Urban Development: Julian CastroSecretary of Transportation: Anthony FoxxSecretary of Energy: Ernest MonizSecretary of Education: Arne DuncanSecretary of Veterans Affairs: Robert McDonaldSecretary of Homeland Security: Jeh JohnsonCabinet Rank MembersWhite House Chief of Staff: Denis McDonoughEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator: Gina McCarthyDirector, Office of Management and Budget: Shaun L.S. DonovanUnited States Trade Representative: Michael FromanUnited States Ambassador to the United Nations: Samantha PowerCouncil of Economic Advisers Chairman: Jason FurmanAdministrator, Small Business Administration: Maria Contreras-Sweet679
680WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOKUNITED STATES CONGRESS(114th Congress)U.S. Senate(Salary of Members: 174,000 per year as of September 2015)(Republicans: 54; Democrats: 45; Independents: 1; Total: 100)OfficersPresident of the Senate: Joseph R. Biden, Jr.President Pro Tempore: Orrin HatchMajority Leader: Mitch McConnellMinority Leader: Harry ReidSecretary of the Senate: Julie E. AdamsSergeant at Arms: Frank J. LarkinChaplain: Barry BlackParliamentarian: Elizabeth MacDonoughSenators from West VirginiaShelley Moore Capito (R) - Charleston, Kanawha County (Term expires 2021)5 Russell Senate Courtyard, Washington, DC 20510Joe Manchin III (D) - Fairmont, Marion County (Term expires 2019)306 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510U.S. House of Representatives(Salary of Members: 174,000 per year as of September 2015)(Republicans: 247; Democrats: 186; Vacancies: 2; Total: 433)OfficersSpeaker: John Boehner & Paul Ryan (Sworn in October 2015)Majority Leader: Kevin McCarthyDemocratic Leader: Nancy PelosiClerk: Karen L. HaasChief Administrative Officer: Ed CassidyParliamentarian: Thomas J. Wickham, Jr.Sergeant at Arms: Paul D. IrvingChaplain: Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, S.J.Representatives from West VirginiaFirst District: David McKinley (R) - Wheeling, Ohio County (Term expires 2017)412 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515Second District: Alex Mooney (R) - Charles Town, Jefferson County (Term expires 2017)1232 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515Third District: Evan Jenkins (R) - Huntington, Cabell County (Term expires 2017)502 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515
SECTION 6 - FEDERALJOE MANCHIN IIIUnited States SenatorJOE MANCHIN III (D) of Fairmont, Marion County, was elected to the U.S. Senate at aspecial election November 2, 2010, to fill the unexpired term of Robert C. Byrd, who diedJune 28, 2010. Currently serves on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science andTransportation and the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Was sworn in as WestVirginia’s 34th Governor on January 17th, 2005, and also served as the state’s 27th Secretaryof State from 2000-2004. After graduating from Farmington High School in 1965, attendedWest Virginia University on a football scholarship. Received his bachelor’s degree in Businessand Economics in 1970 and returned to Marion County to operate a chain of family-ownedretail stores. Later created Enersystems, Inc., a privately held natural resources company.Elected in 1982 to the House of Delegates; elected to the State Senate in 1986, 1988 and1992. As Governor, served as chairman of the National Governors Association; chairmanof the Democratic Governors Association; chairman of the Southern States Energy Board;chairman of the Southern Governors Association; and president of the Council of StateGovernments. Married to Gayle Conelly Manchin of Beckley, Raleigh County; children:Heather, Joseph IV and Brooke; six grandchildren.681
682WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOKSHELLEY MOORE CAPITOUnited States SenatorSHELLEY MOORE CAPITO (R) of Charleston, Kanawha County, was elected November4th, 2014. Currently serves on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee,on the Senate Environment and Public Affairs Committee, on the Senate AppropriationsCommittee and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Elected to the WestVirginia House of Delegates in 1996 until 2000. Also elected to the United States Houseof Representatives in 2001, a position she held until 2014. Born November 26, 1953, inGlen Dale, Marshall County, daughter of former Governor Arch A. Moore, Jr. and ShelleyRiley Moore. Attended Duke University, where she graduated with a B.S. in Zoology; andUniversity of Virginia with a M.Ed. Married to Charles L. Capito; children: sons Charlesand Moore and daughter, Shelley; four grandchildren.
SECTION 6 - FEDERALDAVID MCKINLEYUnited States Representative - 1st Congressional DistrictDAVID MCKINLEY (R) of Wheeling, Ohio County, elected to the U.S. House ofRepresentatives from the First Congressional District in 2010. Born in Wheeling in 1947.Education: Public schools, Civic Engineering degree from Purdue University. EstablishedMcKinley and Associates - an architectural and engineering company that includes offices inWheeling, Charleston, and Washington, Pennsylvania. Member, Board of Directors of thestate engineering society and Board of the National Society of Professional Engineers. From1981-1994, represented the Third Delegate District in the West Virginia Legislature, servingprimarily on the Finance Committee as well as the Banking and Insurance and Roads andTransportation committees among others. Elected in 1990 as State Chairman of his partyand was one of three individuals representing West Virginia on the Republican NationalCommittee in Washington, D.C. Wife: the former Mary Gerkin from New Martinsville;four children and six grandchildren.683
684WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOKALEX MOONEYUnited States Representative - 2nd Congressional DistrictALEX MOONEY (R) of Charles Town, Jefferson County, elected to the U.S. House ofRepresentatives from the Second Congressional District in 2014. Born in Washington,D.C., in 1971. Attended Dartmouth College, where he graduated in 1993. He served as aState Senator from 1999-2010. He currently serves on the House Committee on NaturalResources and the House Committee on the Budget. Alex and his wife, Grace, live inCharles Town with their three children.
SECTION 6 - FEDERALEVAN JENKINSUnited States Representative - 3rd Congressional DistrictEVAN JENKINS (R) of Huntington, Cabell County, elected to the U.S. House ofRepresentatives from the Third Congressional District in 2014. In 1994, Evan was electedto serve in the West Virginia House of Delegates, where he represented Cabell and Waynecounties for three terms from 1995 to 2001. In 2002, he was elected to the West VirginiaSenate, where he served three terms from 2003 to 2015. Evan has a Bachelor of Sciencein Business Administration from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor from theCumberland School of Law at Samford University. He previously served as the ExecutiveDirector of the West Virginia State Medical Association and taught business law at MarshallUniversity. Evan and his wife, Elizabeth, live in Huntington with their three children.685
686WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOKGOVERNORS OF U.S. nesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth est tle aHonoluluBoiseSpringfieldIndianapolisDes MoinesTopekaFrankfortBaton RougeAugustaAnnapolisBostonLansingSt. PaulJacksonJefferson CityHelenaLincolnCarson CityConcordTrentonSanta FeAlbanyRaleighBismarckColumbusOklahoma leAustinSalt Lake enneRobert BentleyBill WalkerDoug DuceyAsa HutchinsonJerry BrownJohn HickenlooperDan MalloyJack MarkellRick ScottNathan DealDavid IgeC.L. “Butch” OtterBruce RaunerMike PenceTerry BranstadSam BrownbackMatt BevinJohn Bel EdwardsPaul LePageLarry HoganCharlie BakerRick SnyderMark DaytonPhil BryantJay NixonSteve BullockPete RickettsBrian SandovalMaggie HassanChris ChristieSusana MartinezAndrew CuomoPat McCroryJack DalrympleJohn KasichMary FallinKate BrownTom WolfGina RaimondoNikki R. HaleyDennis DaugaardBill HaslamGreg AbbottGary HerbertPeter ShumlinTerry McAuliffeJay InsleeEarl Ray TomblinScott WalkerMatthew 44244444
687SECTION 6 - FEDERALFEDERAL COURTSSUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES#1 First Street, N.E., Washington 20543Name of OfficeAppointed FromDate SeatedChief Justice:John G. RobertsNew YorkSept. 29, 2005Antonin ScaliaVirginiaSept. 26, 1986Anthony M. KennedyCaliforniaFeb. 18, 1988Clarence ThomasGeorgiaOct. 23, 1991Ruth Bader GinsburgNew YorkStephen G. BreyerMassachusettsSamuel Anthony Alito, Jr.PennsylvaniaSonia SotomayorNew YorkAugust 8, 2009Elena KaganNew YorkAugust 7, 2010Associate Justices:August 10, 1993August 3, 1994Jan. 31, 2006Clerk: Scott HarrisReporter of Decisions: Christine L. FallonMarshal: Pamela TalkinLibrarian: Linda MaslowUNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUITRichmond, Va. 23219Composed of the districts of Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.Terms and Sessions of Court: The Court shall have an annual term. Sessions shall be had at such timesand places as the Court from time to time shall determine.Circuit Judges:William B. Traxler, Jr., Chief Judge - South CarolinaClyde H. Hamilton, Senior Judge - South CarolinaJ. Harvie Wilkinson III - VirginiaPaul V. Niemeyer - MarylandDiana Gribbon Motz - MarylandRobert B. King - West VirginiaRoger L. Gregory - VirginiaDennis W. Shedd - South CarolinaAllyson K. Duncan - North CarolinaCircuit Executive: Samuel W. PhillipsClerk: Patricia S. ConnorSenior Staff Counsel: Melissa L. WoodLibrarian: Lewis F. PowellChief Circuit Mediator: Thomas F. Ball IIIG. Steven Agee - VirginiaAndre M. Davis - MarylandBarbara Milano Keenan - VirginiaJames A. Wynn, Jr. - North CarolinaAlbert Diaz - North CarolinaHenry F. Floyd - South CarolinaStephanie D. Thacker - West Virginia
688WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOKCHIEF JUDGE, NORTHERN DISTRICTGINA M. GROH – Martinsburg, BerkeleyCounty. Gina Marie Groh is a United StatesDistrict Judge for the United States DistrictCourt for the Northern District of WestVirginia. She was confirmed by the Senate onMarch 15, 2012, and received her commissionon March 20, 2012. Chief Judge for theNorthern District of West Virginia, March18, 2015 - present. Judge Groh received aBachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude,from Shepherd University in 1986. In 1989she received a Juris Doctorate from WestVirginia University College of Law. After lawschool, Judge Groh worked at the law firm ofSteptoe & Johnson from 1989 to 1991 andMell, Brownell & Baker from 1991 to 1995.She took a position with the firm Semmes,Bowen & Semmes from 1995 to 1998 andbecame an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney forBerkeley County, West Virginia, between theyears of 1998 to 2002. From 2002 until 2006,she was an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney forJefferson County, West Virginia. In 2006, shewas appointed by then-Governor Joe Manchinas a Judge of the 23rd Judicial Circuit andat the time of her appointment was only thethird female circuit judge in West Virginia.She served as a Circuit Court Judge from her appointment in 2006 until March 19, 2012, when sheresigned in order to receive her federal judicial commission.
SECTION 6 - FEDERAL689JUDGE, NORTHERN DISTRICTIRENE M KEELEY (R) - Clarksburg,Harrison County. Born January 17th, 1944,in Brooklyn, New York; daughter of JohnLawrence and Irene Catherine FlahertyMurphy. Education: College of Notre Dameof Maryland (AB, 1965); West VirginiaUniversity (MA, 1977); West Virginia Collegeof Law (JD, 1980). Associate Editor, WestVirginia Law Review, Vol. 81; member, MootCourt Board. Married to John Paul KelleyIII; three daughters. Law practice withSteptoe & Johnson in Clarksburg (19801992); concentration – litigation and healthcare law. Former secondary school teacher,Harrison County public schools; member,West Virginia State Bar; Fellow, West VirginiaBar Foundation; member, West VirginiaBar Association, Harrison County BarAssociation, American Bar Association; Fellow,American Bar Foundation of the AmericanBar Association; 2002-2003, Chair, NationalConference of Federal Trial Judges of theABA; 2005-2007, President, Federal JudgesAssociation; former member, Fourth CircuitJudicial Council; member, Conference of theFourth Circuit; Fourth Circuit District JudgesAssociation; member, Board of Trustees, NotreDame of Maryland University, 2011-present; Chair, Presidential Search Committee, Notre Dameof Maryland University, 2011-12; former President, Harrison County United Way; former memberand Chair, Board of Advisors, West Virginia University; former member, Board of Directors, WestVirginia University Alumni Association; Visiting Committee, West Virginia University College ofLaw; recipient, College of Law Justitia Officium Award, 2005; Convocation Speaker, West VirginiaUniversity, 1997; West Virginia University Alumnae of the Year, 2000; recipient, Order of Vandalia,2003; The West Virginia State Society of Washington D.C. Daughter of the Year, 2000; FederalBureau of Investigation Director’s Community Leadership Award, 2002. Appointed by PresidentGeorge Bush on August 12th, 1992, as Judge of the United States District Court for the NorthernDistrict of West Virginia; Chief Judge, March 2001-March 2008.
690WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOKJUDGE, NORTHERN DISTRICTJOHN PRESTON BAILEY (R) of Wheeling, Ohio County. Born May 2nd, 1951, in Wheeling;son of George Gilbert Bailey and Lucretia T. Bailey. Education: Dartmouth College (AB, 1973).West Virginia University College of Law (JD, 1976). Order of the Coif; Order of Barristers. StaffWriter, West Virginia Law Review. National Moot Court Team. Member, Moot Court Board.Three children: John Preston Bailey II, Brian James Bailey, Jenna Marie Rozenblat. Law Clerk tothe Honorable Charles H. Haden II, 1976-1978. Law practice with Bailey, Riley, Buch & Harman,L.C., 1978-2007. Chairman, Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, 1985-1989. AssistantProsecuting Attorney for Ohio County, 1985-1986. Past President, West Virginia State Bar; pastPresident, West Virginia Bar Association; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Fellow, West VirginiaBar Foundation. Appointed by President George W. Bush on March 19th, 2007, as Judge of theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Served as Chief Judge fromMarch 2008 - March 2015. Member, Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of theBankruptcy System, 2012 to present. Member, Board of Directors, Federal Judges Association.
SECTION 6 - FEDERAL691JUDGE, NORTHERN DISTRICTFREDERICK P. STAMP, JR. (R) - Wheeling,Ohio County, was born July 24th, 1934; sonof Frederick P. Stamp and Louise Aul Stamp.Education: Washington & Lee University(BA, 1956); University of Richmond LawSchool (LLB, 1959). Married Joan A. CorsonSeptember 20th, 1975; two children, FrederickAndrew and Joan Elizabeth. Member, OhioCounty Bar Association (President, 1974-1975);West Virginia State Bar; West Virginia BarAssociation (President, 1981-1982); DefenseTrial Counsel of West Virginia, 1982-1990(President, 1985-1986); Fourth Circuit DistrictJudges Association (President, 2002-2005).Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers;American Bar Foundation; West VirginiaBar Foundation; American Bar Association(member, Litigation Section). Member, WestVirginia Legislature, House of Delegates,1966-1970; West Virginia Board of Regents,1970-1977 (President, 1973-1974); NationalConference of Commissioners on Uniform StateLaws; Committee on Federal State Jurisdiction,Judicial Conference of the United States (Chair2001-2004). Episcopalian. Practiced law withthe firm of Schrader, Stamp, Byrd, Byrum &Companion (and predecessor firms). April1960-July 1990. Appointed by President George Bush on July 12th, 1990, as Judge of the United StatesDistrict Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Chief Judge, March 1994 to March 2001.
692WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOKCLERK, NORTHERN DISTRICTCHERYL DEAN RILEY - Wheeling, OhioCounty. Clerk of the United States DistrictCourt for the Northern District of WestVirginia (August 2009-present). Born inNew Martinsville, WV; daughter of WarrenE. and Elizabeth Harper Dean. Education:West Virginia University (BS, 1982); WestVirginia University College of Law (JD, 1986).Order of Barristers; Chief Justice, Moot CourtBoard; National Moot Court Team. MarriedChristopher Paul Riley; two children. Lawpractice with Bailey, Riley, Buch & Harman,LC (and predecessor firms) in Wheeling, 19862009. West Virginia Workers’ CompensationHearing Examiner, 1986-1990; member,West Virginia State Bar; past President,West Virginia Bar Foundation; Fellow, WestVirginia Bar Foundation; 2009 WheelingChamber of Commerce Kathy FortunatoCommunity Service Award; Board of Trustees,Oglebay Institute (Chairman, 2003-2004);Board of Trustees, The Linsly School; member,Wheeling Symphony Auxiliary; member,Community Foundation Womens’ GivingCircle; former member, Board of Directors,Wheeling YWCA; Big Brothers/Big Sisters;Victorian Wheeling Society; and Hancock,Brooke and Ohio Counties Victim Assistance Program.
SECTION 6 - FEDERAL693UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIAFederal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, West VirginiaComposed of the counties of Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant,Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia,Morgan, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Preston, Pocahontas, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler,Upshur, Webster and Wetzel.Court SessionDistrict Court is continuously in session in Wheeling, Elk
Federal Agencies and Institutions in West Virginia . 678 WEST VIRGINIA BLUE BOOK The President BARACK H. OBAMA, JR., Democrat, is the 44th President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. . Secretary of Health and Human Services: Sylvia Matthews Burwell
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