MORGANTOWN (WVDN) – Perri Jo DeChristopher will be sworn in as a judge in the 17th Judicial Circuit (Monongalia County) at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 27.
The ceremony will be held in Courtroom 3 in the Monongalia County Judicial Center in Morgantown. Senior Status Circuit Judge Robert B. Stone will deliver the oath of office.
On Dec. 20, 2022, Gov. Jim Justice appointed DeChristopher to the bench to replace Judge Phillip D. Gaujot, who retired Dec. 31, 2022. DeChristopher was in her second term as Monongalia County prosecutor when she was appointed. She was previously an assistant prosecutor in Harrison and Monongalia counties. She has a 1991 bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University and a 1994 degree from West Virginia University College of Law. She has served on numerous boards and committees and was president of the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Association from 2018 to 2020.
