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Chris McCarthy sworn in as a circuit judge

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. ? Chris McCarthy was sworn into office as a judge in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (Harrison County) in a ceremony on Wednesday, Dec. 28, in the Harrison County Courthouse in Clarksburg.

The oath of office was delivered by Circuit Judge Thomas A. Bedell. Judge-Elect McCarthy was elected in May to a term beginning Jan. 1. He replaces Circuit Judge J. Lewis Marks, Jr., who did not run for re-election and will retire Dec. 31. Judge-Elect McCarthy is a native of Harrison County. His mother is a retired school teacher and his father, Daniel L. McCarthy, served as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Harrison County Commissioner, and Circuit Court Judge. Judge-Elect McCarthy has a 1991 bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Dayton in Ohio and a 1994 law degree from Virginia University College of Law. He practiced law in Martinsburg for several years before co-founding the Clarksburg law practice Booth & McCarthy in 1999. The law firm maintains offices in Harrison County and has had a branch office in Winchester, Virginia, since 2010. Judge-Elect McCarthy's practice concentrated on contract enforcement, bankruptcy disputes, and commercial and consumer creditor rights. At the time of his election, he was managing partner at the firm and also was the Municipal Court Judge for the City of Bridgeport. Judge-Elect McCarthy is licensed to practice law before the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Supreme Court of Ohio, United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, and the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia. Between 2000 and 2014, Judge McCarthy served on the Bridgeport Police Civil Service Commission, and he was president for six years. In 2011, he became a trustee of the Barbara B. Highland Charitable Lead Trust. In 2014, he was appointed to the West Virginia Central Transit Authority (CENTRA) Board of Directors and was immediately elected to the position of secretary/treasurer. Between 2011 and 2014

he was a volunteer judge for The American Legion Mountaineer Boys State moot court competition.

Judge McCarthy is a member of All Saints Catholic Church. He resides with his wife, Meredith, and four children in Harrison County.

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