CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WVDN) — Gov. Jim Justice has ordered all United States and West Virginia flags at the Capitol Complex and state-owned facilities in Wyoming County to be displayed at half-staff from dawn to dusk on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, in honor of former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Darrell Vivian McGraw, Jr.
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After serving three years in the United States Army, Justice McGraw attended West Virginia University. He graduated from the West Virginia College of Law with both a Masters degree and a Juris Doctorate.
Justice McGraw served as legal counsel to Governor Huttlet C. Smith from 1965 to 1969, and later the West Virginia Legislature. In 1976, he was elected to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and served as chief justice.
Justice McGraw went on to become Attorney General of West Virginia, a position he held for twenty years.
