--- title: "Catie Delligatti | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/catie-delligatti-wv-circuit-berkeley" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Catie Delligatti West Virginia Circuit Court, Berkeley County · Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: West Virginia Circuit Court, Berkeley 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 - Judge Catie Wilkes Delligatti is the elected judge for West Virginia’s Twenty-Seventh Judicial Circuit (Berkeley and Morgan Counties), taking office January 1, 2025, after being chosen in the 2024 nonpartisan election. - Elected Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney in 2016 and subsequently re-elected - Bowles Rice LLP, Martinsburg, 2011-2016, practicing tax, corporate, and municipal law and serving as a city prosecutor - Legal Career: Attorney at Bowles Rice LLP (2011–2016) - Before joining the bench, she practiced tax, corporate and municipal law at Bowles Rice and served as Berkeley County prosecuting attorney. ### Education - West Virginia University College of Law — J.D. (2011) - Law and business administration degrees at West Virginia University in 2011. - B.A. in Spanish, Shepherd University (2008) J.D. and M.B.A. from West Virginia University (2011) - Bachelor's degree, Spanish — Shepherd University — 2008 ### Additional information - Took office January 1, 2025. - handling tax, corporate, and municipal law; held the role of city prosecutor Berkeley County Prosecuting Attorney (2016–2024), re-elected in 2021 - Catie Delligatti grew up in Berkeley County and graduated from Shepherd University in 2008 with a degree in Spanish. - Jim Justice Former Immediate Past-President of the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Association - Selection: Nonpartisan election - Office location: Berkeley County Judicial Center, 380 West South Street, Suite 3411, Martinsburg, WV - Served as immediate past president of the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Association at the time of election to the bench. - Public Service: Member of Eastern Panhandle Bar Charitable Foundation Board Appointed to West Virginia Sentencing Commission by Gov. - Raised in Berkeley County, WV - Married to Anthony Delligatti; two children - Recognized in The State Journal’s “Generation Next: Forty Under Forty” - Former member of the Eastern Panhandle Bar Charitable Foundation Board. - Recognized by The State Journal as part of Generation Next: Forty under Forty. ## 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/judge-catie-wilkes-delligatti) - [Official roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/judge-catie-wilkes-delligatti) - [West Virginia Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/judge-catie-wilkes-delligatti) - [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) - [West Virginia Judiciary Berkeley County directory](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/berkeley_county) - [West Virginia Judiciary Morgan County directory](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/morgan_county) - [Judge Catie Wilkes Delligatti](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/judge-catie-wilkes-delligatti) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/catie-delligatti-wv-circuit-berkeley", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/catie-delligatti-wv-circuit-berkeley", "name": "Catie Delligatti | KnowJudges", "description": "Catie Delligatti, West Virginia Circuit Court, Berkeley County. 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