Janey I. Wigal

Professional career

• The incumbent Magistrate Judge for Wirt County, West Virginia, serving in Division 2 of the county’s magistrate court system

Education

Additional information

• Listed as the Magistrate Judge for Division 2 and is part of a four‐year term that runs from 2024 to 2028.
• First elected to the Wirt County Magistrate Court Division 1 seat in the May 10, 2016 general election, defeating Reginald Grimmett and Craig Mills.
• Her as an incumbent who won the 2016 election against Reginald Grimmett and Craig Mills.
• Recognized for her role in maintaining fair and efficient judicial processes at the county level.
• Janey Wigal presides over the Wirt County Magistrate Court, a county-level judicial body that handles certain criminal matters and small claims cases.
• The court’s administrative office is located at Wirt County Magistrates Court, P.O. Box 53, Elizabeth, WV 26143, with a main phone number of 304‐275‐3642.
• West Virginia magistrate judges are elected in nonpartisan elections and serve fixed terms.
• Wigal’s work focuses on adjudicating cases within the magistrate court’s jurisdiction, which includes minor criminal offenses, traffic violations, and small claims disputes.
• She has since been re‐elected and is currently serving in Division 2.
• No adequate education or prior-career biography was established.
• Janey I. Wigal is identified as a Wirt County magistrate in Division 1.