W. Jesse Forbes - Charleston, WV

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia
    B.S.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney at Law

Past Positions

• West Virginia’s 5th Judicial Circuit, Judicial Law Clerk
• West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, Law Clerk
• United States International Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., Law Clerk
• West Virginia Circuit Court Judge, Law Clerk

Pro Bono Activities

• Public Justice Foundation, Member
• Guardian Ad Litem

Bar Admissions

• West Virginia
• U.S. District Court Southern District of West Virginia

Other Affiliations

• Charleston Municipal Planning Commission Commissioner
• West Virginia Medical Cannabis Advisory Board
• Kanawha County Mental Hygiene Commissioner
• Kanawha County Deputy Sheriff's Civil Service Commission Commissioner
• West Virginia State Bar Elder Law Committee (Chair)
• West Virginia State Bar Criminal Law Committee
• Kanawha County Community Corrections Board (Member)
• West Virginia State Bar (Member)
• American Association for Justice (Member)
• Criminal Law Section, American Association for Justice (Member)
• West Virginia Association for Justice (Board Member)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
• United States Supreme Court Historical Society