H. L. Kirkpatrick, III | |
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Chief Judge of the Raleigh County Circuit Court | |
In office 2016–2024 | |
Judge of the Raleigh County Circuit Court | |
In office January 1,1996 –2024 | |
Appointed by | Gaston Caperton |
Personal details | |
Born | Harry Louis Kirkpatrick III 1951 (age 73–74) Beckley,West Virginia,U.S. |
Spouse | Rebecca Nicewonder |
Children | 2 |
Education | Woodrow Wilson High School,University of Kentucky,West Virginia University College of Law (JD) |
Harry Louis Kirkpatrick III (born 1951),abbreviated H. L. or H.L.,is a retired judge of the Raleigh County Circuit Court in West Virginia. [1] [2] Kirkpatrick was appointed by then-West Virginia Governor Gaston Caperton in 1995 to serve as a circuit judge on the Tenth Judicial District in Raleigh County, [3] [4] [5] [6] where he served from 1996 to 2024.
Harry Louis Kirkpatrick III was born in Beckley,West Virginia and grew up in Fayette and Raleigh Counties. He is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School (Beckley,West Virginia),University of Kentucky,and the West Virginia University College of Law. [3]
Kirkpatrick served as a lawyer for more than twenty years until he was appointed to serve as a circuit judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit in 1995 by then-West Virginia Governor Gaston Caperton. Kirkpatrick assumed office in 1996 and was re-elected in 2000,2008,and 2016. [3]
Kirkpatrick announced in November 2023 that he would not run for re-election after nearly 29 years on the bench. [7] He retired at the end of 2024,but stated he will preside over the murder trial of Natalie Cochran, [8] a former pharmacist and convicted fraudster [9] who is alleged to have murdered her husband Michael Cochran in 2019 by poisoning him with insulin. [10]
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