Andrew Dimlich at a glance
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Andrew Dimlich
Circuit Judge · West Virginia Circuit Court, Raleigh County
Biography
Professional career
- Assistant Raleigh County Prosecutor: 1999–2016
- Assistant West Virginia Attorney General: 1996–1997, counsel for state public colleges and universities
- Andrew G. Dimlich is a judge of the Raleigh County Circuit Court in West Virginia, serving in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit
- Associate Attorney: Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe, managing civil litigation and defense cases
- Judge Dimlich’s long tenure as a prosecutor and his legal background in both private practice and state service have informed his judicial work, which spans a broad range of cases in his district
Education
- B.A. in Business, Indiana University (1988) J.D., Wake Forest University School of Law (1992)
Additional information
- Re-elected: 2024, following the circuit’s renumbering
- Andrew Dimlich was elected in 2016 to a new Raleigh County seat in the Tenth Judicial Circuit and reelected in 2024 to the same seat in the renumbered Fourteenth Circuit.
- Elected: May 10, 2016, to a newly created seat in the then-Tenth Judicial Circuit
- Champion of Children Award from the Child Advocacy Center (2013)
- Began at Pullin Fowler Flanagan Brown & Poe handling civil litigation and defense, held the role of Assistant West Virginia Attorney General and counsel to public colleges/universities in 1996–1997, and held the role of Assistant Raleigh County Prosecutor from 1999 until election.
- He was born in Milwaukee and raised in Centerville, Ohio, earned an Indiana University business bachelor’s degree in 1988 and Wake Forest law degree in 1992.
- Date of birth: 1965
- handling juvenile delinquency, violent crimes, white-collar offenses, property crimes, firearm violations, sexual assaults, and crimes against children; resolved over 1,000 felony cases
- Married to H. Suzanne McGraw, a Raleigh County Family Court Judge
- They have two adult twin children
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Camera And Audio Equipment
Statewide
West Virginia Trial Court Rule 8 makes courtroom camera and audio equipment subject to the presiding circuit judge's or magistrate's permission.
Cameras and audio equipment may be permitted in and around the courtrooms at the discretion of each presiding circuit judge or magistrate.West Virginia Trial Court Rules, Rule 8: Media Coverage of Court Proceedings ↗
Advance Media Request Timing
Statewide
West Virginia Trial Court Rule 8 directs the presiding officer to decide requests for camera or audio coverage made at least one day before the proceeding, and lack of advance approval may preclude use.
Requests made by a party or any other person at least one day in advance of the proceedings.West Virginia Trial Court Rules, Rule 8: Media Coverage of Court Proceedings ↗
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
West Virginia Trial Court Rules, Rule 8: Media Coverage of Court Proceedings
West Virginia Circuit Court, Raleigh County
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West Virginia Judiciary official judicial roster
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