--- title: "Christopher R. Workman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/christopher-r-workman-wv-family-logan" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Christopher R. Workman West Virginia Family Court, Logan County · Family Court Judge ## Profile - Court: West Virginia Family Court, Logan County - State: West Virginia - Role: Family Court 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 Christopher R. Workman is the presiding judge for Division II of the Ninth Family Court Circuit in Logan County, West Virginia, appointed in 2015 and re‐elected in 2024. - Law clerk to Seventh Judicial Circuit Judge Eric O'Briant, 2011-2015 - held the role of law clerk to the Seventh Judicial Circuit from 2011 until his judicial appointment in 2015 - Law Clerkships: Cabell County, Sixth Judicial Circuit Judge Dan O’Hanlon (2002–2004) Logan County, Seventh Judicial Circuit Judge Eric O’Briant (2011–2015) - Attorney: Civil Litigation Associate, Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young, LLP, Charleston, WV (2005–2011) Practice focused on mass tort, products liability, workplace accident, and deliberate intent claims - Earlier career experience includes law clerk to Sixth Judicial Circuit Judge Dan O'Hanlon, 2002-2004; attorney at Hawkins Parnell Thackston and Young, LLP in Charleston, 2005-2011 ### Education - University of Pittsburgh School of Law in — J.D. (2002) - Bachelor's degree, Economics from Centre College in 1998 - in Economics – Centre College — B.A. (1998) ### Additional information - Elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2024. - Appointed to the Ninth Family Court Circuit on October 8, 2015. - Appointed: October 8, 2015, by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin to replace Jason D. Harwood - Legislative Work: Staff attorney for the West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee and for the Joint Committee on Government and Finance (2005). - Represented clients in multiple bench trials involving negligence and defective products. - Active in law school organizations, including the Moot Court Board and Beta Theta Pi fraternity. - While in law school, served on the editorial staff of the Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law and Policy ## 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/christopherWorkman) - [Official roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/christopherWorkman) - [West Virginia Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/christopherWorkman) - [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 Logan County directory](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/logan_county) - [Judge Christopher R. 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