Alan M. Suder

Professional career

• Magistrate Court Judge serving in Upshur County, West Virginia, elected in 2022, and is based at the Upshur County Courthouse in Buckhannon

Education

Additional information

• Election: Elected in 2022
• Appointed Upshur County magistrate in January 2021 by Circuit Judges Jacob Reger and Kurt Hall, filling Kay Hurst’s vacancy.
• First appointed as a magistrate in January 2021 to fill a vacancy left by former Division 2 magistrate Kay Hurst.
• A directly read February 24, 2021 My Buckhannon report confirms he was sworn in that day and would begin March 1.
• He had served twelve years (three terms) on the Upshur County Board of Education and did not seek reelection in 2020.
• His appointment was announced by 26th Judicial Circuit Court Judges Jacob Reger and Kurt Hall.
• he has been in private business for over 30 years and served three terms on the Upshur County Board of Education.
• He was born, educated and raised his children in Upshur County.
• Alan M. Suder has been active in the community for decades.
• He is the fourth generation of his family to be raised in Upshur County, where he lives with his wife, Christy.