Mary Beth Smith

Professional career

• Mary Beth Smith is the current Division 1 Magistrate Judge for the Braxton County Magistrate Court in West Virginia, elected in 2016 and re‐elected in 2022
• Judge Smith’s career includes service as a magistrate in the Braxton County Magistrate Court
• A law-clerk result and Facebook judicial-secretary result lack an explicit attorney-to-magistrate identity bridge
• While specific prior judicial or legal roles are not detailed in the provided sources, her current position reflects a long‐term commitment to local justice in West Virginia

Education

Additional information

• First elected to the Division 1 Magistrate Court seat in May 2016 and ran unopposed.
• The role is part of West Virginia’s local trial court system
• handling various civil and criminal matters at the magistrate level.
• Judge Smith’s work focuses on matters within the magistrate court’s jurisdiction, which can include traffic cases, small claims, certain criminal matters, and other local civil cases.
• No safely attributed education or prior career biography recovered.
• Mary Beth Smith as Braxton County magistrate through SOS and judicial directories.