Ryan White at a glance
- Current role
- Judge
- Jurisdiction
- West Virginia · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Ryan White
Biography
Professional career
- Ryan White won election to the West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals in 2024 for a ten-year term beginning January 1, 2025, becoming its first elected judge
- He held the role of counsel to the state Senate Finance and Economic Development committees in 2009–2011 and served on Kanawha County’s school board from 2014 to 2024 after three elections.
- He clerked for U.S. District Judge Joseph Robert Goodwin, joined Jackson Kelly, and formed White Law Offices with his father Steve White in 2012
- His practice included public finance, property, municipal, corporate, administrative, litigation, tax, utility and nonprofit law
Education
Additional information
- Mark Matkovich joined the firm in 2017.
- Awards: Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award (2016) for work on obstruction/excessive force case against former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca.
- Born in Charleston in 1978, he obtained a University of Michigan political science bachelor’s degree in 2001 and a West Virginia University law degree in 2005, graduating Order of the Coif.
- Judicial focus: Family law, with emphasis on litigants’ voices and long‐term child‐related orders.
Applicable Court Rules & Procedures
Camera And Audio Equipment
Statewide
West Virginia Trial Court Rule 8 makes courtroom camera and audio equipment subject to the presiding circuit judge's or magistrate's permission.
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 ↗
Advance Media Request Timing
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.
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 ↗
Sources
Identity source checked August 22, 2026.
Biography sources checked October 11, 2026.
West Virginia Judiciary official judicial roster
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View West Virginia Judiciary official judicial roster ↗West Virginia Trial Court Rules, Rule 8: Media Coverage of Court Proceedings
Statewide source · HTML · Source checked July 27, 2026
View West Virginia Trial Court Rules, Rule 8: Media Coverage of Court Proceedings ↗