--- title: "Andrew Dimlich | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/andrew-dimlich-wv-circuit-raleigh" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Andrew Dimlich West Virginia Circuit Court, Raleigh County · Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: West Virginia Circuit Court, Raleigh County - State: West Virginia - Role: Circuit Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## 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 ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### camera and audio equipment Scope: statewide West Virginia Trial Court Rule 8 makes courtroom camera and audio equipment subject to the presiding circuit judge's or magistrate's permission. Evidence excerpt: 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](https://www.courtswv.gov/legal-community/court-rules/wv-trial-court-rules-contents) Source checked: 2026-07-27 ### advance media request timing Scope: 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. Evidence excerpt: 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](https://www.courtswv.gov/legal-community/court-rules/wv-trial-court-rules-contents) Source checked: 2026-07-27 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/andrewDimlich) - [Official roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/andrewDimlich) - [West Virginia Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/andrewDimlich) - [West Virginia Trial Court Rules, Rule 8: Media Coverage of Court Proceedings](https://www.courtswv.gov/legal-community/court-rules/wv-trial-court-rules-contents) - [Wikidata: Andrew Dimlich](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118135957) - [West Virginia Judiciary Raleigh County directory](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/raleigh_county) - [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Dimlich) - [Wikidata: Andrew Dimlich](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118135957) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/andrew-dimlich-wv-circuit-raleigh", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/andrew-dimlich-wv-circuit-raleigh", "name": "Andrew Dimlich | KnowJudges", "description": "Andrew Dimlich, West Virginia Circuit Court, Raleigh County. 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Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.courtswv.gov/legal-community/court-rules/wv-trial-court-rules-contents). Collected 2026-07-27.