--- title: "Gina Marie Groh | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gina-marie-groh" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Gina Marie Groh U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia · U.S. District Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia - State: West Virginia - Role: U.S. District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. West Virginia, 2012-present - Groh held the role of Chief Judge of the Northern District of West Virginia from 2015 to 2022 - Judge, West Virginia Circuit Court, Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit, 2006-2012 - In 2006, Governor Joe Manchin appointed her as a judge of the 23rd Judicial Circuit Court of West Virginia, the first woman in that circuit and only the third female circuit judge in the state - Assistant prosecutor, Jefferson County, WV, 2002-2006 - Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Jefferson County, WV (2002–2006) - Assistant prosecutor, Berkeley County, WV, 1998-2002 - Gina Marie Groh (née Householder; born January 1, 1964, in Hagerstown, Maryland) is an American judge serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia - The first U.S. District Judge from the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia - As of now, she remains a Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia - First female circuit judge in West Virginia’s 23rd Judicial Circuit ### Education - West Virginia University College of Law — J.D. (1989) - obtained a B.S. in 1986 summa cum laude from Shepherd University, receiving the McMurran Scholar Award, the highest academic honor from that institution. ### Additional information - Served until March 2012, when she resigned to accept her federal judicial commission. - Commission issued: March 20, 2012 - Senate confirmation: March 15, 2012 (95–2 vote) - In March 2011, Senators Joe Manchin and Jay Rockefeller recommended Groh to President Barack Obama to fill the seat vacated by Judge W. Craig Broadwater. - Private practice, Baltimore and Hagerstown, MD, 1995-1998 - After law school, Groh practiced private law in Martinsburg, WV (1989–1991), Washington, D.C. (1991–1995), and Baltimore/Hagerstown, MD (1995–1998). - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1991-1995 - Private practice, Martinsburg, WV, 1989-1991 - Date of birth: 1964-01-01 - Williamsport High School - Her caseload includes a wide range of federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy matters. - Birth place: Hagerstown, MD ## 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 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393916) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393916) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393916) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1293/gina-marie-groh/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1293/gina-marie-groh/) - [Wikidata: Gina Marie Groh](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5562895) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gina-marie-groh", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gina-marie-groh", "name": "Gina Marie Groh | KnowJudges", "description": "Gina Marie Groh, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.