--- title: "Jacob E. Reger | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jacob-e-reger-wv-circuit-lewis" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Jacob E. Reger West Virginia Circuit Court, Lewis County · Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: West Virginia Circuit Court, Lewis 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 Jacob E. Reger is the elected Circuit Court Judge for the 18th Judicial Circuit (Upshur and Lewis Counties, West Virginia), serving since 2014 and re‐elected in 2016 and 2024 - Elected Upshur County Prosecuting Attorney in 2004 and re-elected in 2008 and 2012 - Earlier career experience includes general private practice, 1992-1998 and 2002-2004, including with Coleman and Wallace; assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Upshur County, 1993-1998. - Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Kanawha County and Director of the Fraud and Investigations Unit for the Bureau of Employment Programs, 1998-2002 - He has also been temporarily assigned as a justice on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ### Education - West Virginia University College of Law in — J.D. (1992) - B.B.A. from West Virginia University in 1982 ### Additional information - Has served by temporary assignment on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. - A member of First United Methodist Church in Buckhannon, Reger has served on boards for the Upshur County Senior Center, United Way, Literacy Volunteers, and the Child Development Center. ## 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/jacobReger) - [Official roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/jacobReger) - [West Virginia Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/jacobReger) - [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 Lewis County directory](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/lewis_county) - [West Virginia Judiciary Upshur County directory](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/upshur_county) - [Judge Jacob E. 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