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# Lori B. Jackson

West Virginia Family Court, Doddridge County · Family Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: West Virginia Family Court, Doddridge 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

- The elected Family Court Judge for West Virginia’s Eighteenth Family Court Circuit, covering Doddridge and Harrison counties, and has served since 2008 with re‐elections in 2016 and 2024.

### Education

- B.A. in Business, West Virginia Wesleyan College (1986) J.D., West Virginia University College of Law (1995)
- Bachelor's degree, Business from West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1986

### Additional information

- Based at the Harrison County Courthouse, 306 Washington Avenue, Clarksburg, WV 26301, and can be reached at 304‐627‐2100.
- Elected to the bench in 2008
- Earlier career experience includes certified public accountant before law school; practiced family law for 11 years.
- Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Harrison and Marion Counties for five years.
- Judge Jackson presides over family law cases in the Eighteenth Family Court Circuit (Doddridge and Harrison Counties).
- Pre‐judicial career: 11 years as a family law attorney 5 years as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Harrison and Marion Counties Earlier work as a certified public accountant
- Born in Clarksburg, raised in Nutter Fort; active in her church; former youth soccer and C‐ball coach.

## 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/family-judges/loriJackson)
- [Official roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/family-judges/loriJackson)
- [West Virginia Judiciary official judicial roster](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/family-judges/loriJackson)
- [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 Doddridge County directory](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/doddridge_county)
- [West Virginia Judiciary Harrison County directory](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/harrison_county)
- [Judge Lori B. Jackson](https://www.courtswv.gov/public-resources/court-information-county/family-judges/loriJackson)

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