--- title: "Jennifer F. Bailey | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jennifer-f-bailey-wv-circuit-kanawha" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Jennifer F. Bailey West Virginia Circuit Court, Kanawha County · Circuit Judge ## Profile - Court: West Virginia Circuit Court, Kanawha 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 - Circuit judge for the 8th Judicial Circuit Court of West Virginia, serving Kanawha County since 2002, and has held multiple terms as Chief Judge of the Kanawha County Circuit Court - held the role of Chief Judge of the Kanawha County Circuit Court in 2008, 2013, 2017, and 2022 - She also held legislative counsel roles in both the Senate and House of Delegates, and managed a private law practice in Charleston, later as a partner at Hamb, Poffenbarger & Bailey ### Education - circuit service beginning May 1, 2002, an undergraduate degree from Hollins College in 1977 and JD from West Virginia University in 1980. - Hollins College — B.A. (1977) ### Additional information - Recently, she filed pre-nomination papers in 2024 to seek re-election to her Kanawha District Court seat. - In 2017, appointed West Virginia chairwoman of the Regional Judicial Opioid Initiative. - Appointed to the bench in 2002 and re-elected in 2004, 2008, and 2016. - It details Charleston private practice from 1980 to 1993 and work as an attorney for the West Virginia Senate from 1993 to 2002. - Before joining the judiciary, Bailey was the first full-time attorney for the West Virginia Senate (1993), serving as counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee. - She was admitted to the West Virginia bar in 1980. - Listed among the circuit judges on the West Virginia Judiciary’s official site. - Judge Bailey presides over cases in the Kanawha County Circuit Court, which covers Kanawha County, West Virginia. - Jennifer F. Bailey serves in the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Kanawha County, according to the current official header. - Additional studies at the Sorbonne and the Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris ## 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/jenniferBailey) - [Official roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/jenniferBailey) - [West Virginia Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/circuit-judges/jenniferBailey) - [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 Kanawha County directory](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/kanawha_county) - [ballotpedia.org](https://ballotpedia.org/Jennifer_Bailey) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jennifer-f-bailey-wv-circuit-kanawha", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jennifer-f-bailey-wv-circuit-kanawha", "name": "Jennifer F. 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