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'''Margaret Lee Workman''' (born May 22, 1947) is a Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia]]. She was impeached by the West Virginia House of Delegates on August 13, 2018.<ref name="Levenson">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/09/politics/west-virginia-supreme-court-impeach-trnd/index.html|title=A West Virginia House panel has voted to impeach the entire state Supreme Court|last=Levenson|first=Eric|date=9 August 2018|work=CNN|access-date=10 August 2018|via=}}</ref> She awaits trial by the West Virginia Senate.<ref>https://wvrecord.com/stories/511532178-senate-to-meet-aug-20-to-establish-rules-for-impeachment-trials</ref>
'''Margaret Lee Workman'''

(born May 22, 1947) is the Chief Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia]], a five-member panel of elected jurists in the State's Court of last resort.
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She and all the remaining Justices were named in Articles of Impeachment by the West Virginia House of Delegates in Extraordinary Session on August 13, 2018.<ref name="Levenson">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/09/politics/west-virginia-supreme-court-impeach-trnd/index.html|title=A West Virginia House panel voted to impeach the entire state Supreme Court.|last=Levenson|first=Eric|date=9 August 2018|work=CNN|access-date=10 August 2018|via=}}</ref>
Her impeachment trial before the West Virginia State Senate is set to begin 15 October 2018. Chief Justice Workman petitioned the panel of West Virginia Circuit Court Judges serving as the Supreme Court of Appeals ''pro tempore'' filing 12 motions to dismiss the Articles, as well as a motion to reschedule the trial from Oct. 15 until after the Nov. 6 election. She also filed separate motions against the Senate to halt the proceedings.<ref name="Adams">{{Cite|url=http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2018/09/west-virginia-supreme-court-justice-margaret-workman-seeking-impeachment-trial-slowdown/|title=West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman Seeking Impeachment Trial Slowdown|last=Adams|first=Steven|work=the Intelligencer}}</ref> Chief Justice Workman cites improper procedure by the House of Delegates in issuing the [[Articles of Impeachment]] and the House of Delegates' failure to name any impeachable offenses on her part. Meanwhile, she prepares for her trial in the West Virginia Senate.
In the impeachment trial the Senators will act as jurors and prosecutors, while the trial is presided over by the recently named Acting Supreme Court Justice, Cabell County Circuit Judge Paul Farrell,<ref name=Farrell>{{Cite|title=The News Center: Update 8-9-2018|url=https://www.thenewscenter.tv/content/news/West-Virginia-lawmakers-tour-state-Supreme-Court-offices-in-investigation-of-Justice-Allen-Loughry-490158061.html|date=8-9-18}} </ref> who was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the suspension of former Chief Justice, Allen Loughry who faces 23 counts of federal indictment for his alleged malfeasance while on the Court.<ref name=WSAZ>{{Cite|url=https://www.thenewscenter.tv/content/news/West-Virginia-lawmakers-tour-state-Supreme-Court-offices-in-investigation-of-Justice-Allen-Loughry-490158061.html|title="West Virginia Lawmakers Tour State Supreme Court Offices in Investigation of Justice Allen Loughry"|author="WSAZ News"|date=8-16-2018}}</ref> Justice Menis Ketchum vacated his seat on the Court in July 2018 when he plead guilty to one count of federal [[wire fraud]] and was allowed to retire his position with full pension.


==Life==
==Life==
Workman was born in [[Charleston, West Virginia]] to Mary Emma Thomas Workman and Frank Eugene Workman.<ref name="EWV">{{cite web|last1=Michael|first1=Kay|title=Margaret Workman|url=http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1347|website=e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia|publisher=e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref> Her father was a coal miner, and his ancestors were some of the first settlers of [[Boone County, West Virginia]].<ref name="WVJ">{{cite web|title=Justice Margaret L. Workman|url=http://www.courtswv.gov/supreme-court/current-justices/justice-workman.html|website=West Virginia Judiciary|publisher=West Virginia Judiciary|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref> She attended public schools in [[Kanawha County, West Virginia]]. She attended Morris Harvey College (now the [[University of Charleston]]) for one year and received her undergraduate degree from West Virginia University. She earned a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from [[West Virginia University College of Law]]. She was the first person in her family to attend college.<ref name="WVL">{{cite web|title=Margaret Workman: The Trailblazer|url=http://www.wvliving.com/Fall-2016/Margaret-Workman/|website=WV Living|publisher=WV Living|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref> She is mother to two sons and a daughter, her best friend, recently deceased.<ref name=EWV /><ref name=WVJ />
Workman was born in [[Charleston, West Virginia]] to Mary Emma Thomas Workman and Frank Eugene Workman.<ref name="EWV">{{cite web|last1=Michael|first1=Kay|title=Margaret Workman|url=http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1347|website=e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia|publisher=e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref> Her father was a coal miner, and his ancestors were some of the first settlers of [[Boone County, West Virginia]].<ref name="WVJ">{{cite web|title=Justice Margaret L. Workman|url=http://www.courtswv.gov/supreme-court/current-justices/justice-workman.html|website=West Virginia Judiciary|publisher=West Virginia Judiciary|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref> She attended public schools in [[Kanawha County, West Virginia]]. She attended Morris Harvey College (now the [[University of Charleston]]) for one year and received her undergraduate degree from West Virginia University. She received a degree in law from [[West Virginia University College of Law]]. She was the first person in her family to attend college.<ref name="WVL">{{cite web|title=Margaret Workman: The Trailblazer|url=http://www.wvliving.com/Fall-2016/Margaret-Workman/|website=WV Living|publisher=WV Living|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref> She has three children.<ref name=EWV /><ref name=WVJ />


==Career==
==Career==
As a senior in high school, Workman wrote a letter to West Virginia Governor [[Hulett Smith]] seeking employment, and she was hired to handle correspondence at the governor's office. This job ignited her passion to spend the next seven years in higher education to pursue a career in the Law.<ref name=WVL /> After graduating from West Virginia University College of Law, she worked in [[Washington, D.C.]], for U.S. Senator [[Jennings Randolph]], where she drafted legislation and did legal research. In 1974, she served as assistant majority counsel to the United States Senate Public Works Committee.<ref name=EWV /> She later returned to West Virginia to work with Professor (later West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice) Franklin D. Cleckley in his private practice of law. She became a law clerk for the 13th Judicial Circuit (Kanawha County) in West Virginia. In 1976, she served as an advance woman for [[Rosalynn Carter]] in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Campaign. Workman then opened her own law practice in [[Charleston, West Virginia]].<ref name=WVL /><ref name=WVJ /> In 1981, she was appointed a circuit judge by Governor [[Jay Rockefeller]] in [[Kanawha County, West Virginia]], to fill a vacancy. She was subsequently elected in 1982.<ref name=EWV /> She inherited the largest backlog of cases in West Virginia, and during her tenure, reduced said backlog to the lowest in the circuit. She also held more jury trials than any other circuit judge during her tenure.<ref name=WVJ /> She was elected to the Supreme Court in 1988 for a 12-year term, expiring in 2000, making her the first woman elected to this position and the first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia.<ref name=EWV /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Margaret_Workman |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215211124/http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Margaret_Workman |archivedate=2013-02-15 |df= }}</ref><ref name=WVL /> She, however, resigned in 1999 with 18 months left on her term. She returned to her private law practice.<ref name=WVL />
As a senior in high school, Workman wrote a letter to West Virginia Governor [[Hulett Smith]] seeking employment, and she was hired to handle correspondence at the governor's office. This job led her to enroll in law school.<ref name=WVL /> After graduating from West Virginia University College of Law, she worked in [[Washington, D.C.]], for U.S. Senator [[Jennings Randolph]], where she drafted legislation and did legal research. In 1974, she served as assistant majority counsel to the United States Senate Public Works Committee.<ref name=EWV /> She later returned to West Virginia to work with Professor (later Justice) Franklin D. Cleckley in his private practice of law. She became a law clerk for the 13th Judicial Circuit (Kanawha County) in West Virginia. In 1976, she served as an advance woman for [[Rosalynn Carter]] in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Campaign. Workman then opened her own law practice in [[Charleston, West Virginia]].<ref name=WVL /><ref name=WVJ /> In 1981, she was appointed a circuit judge by Governor [[Jay Rockefeller]] in [[Kanawha County, West Virginia]], to fill a vacancy. She was subsequently elected in 1982.<ref name=EWV /> She inherited the largest backlog of cases in West Virginia, and during her tenure, reduced said backlog to the lowest in the circuit. She also held more jury trials than any other circuit judge during her tenure.<ref name=WVJ /> She was elected to the Supreme Court in 1988 for a 12-year term, expiring in 2000, making her the first woman elected to this position and the first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia.<ref name=EWV /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Margaret_Workman |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-21 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215211124/http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Margaret_Workman |archivedate=2013-02-15 |df= }}</ref><ref name=WVL /> She, however, resigned in 1999 with 18 months left on her term. She returned to her private law practice.<ref name=WVL />


She entered the Democratic primary in 2002 and 2004 for [[West Virginia's 2nd congressional district]] seat, but was unsuccessful. She ran again for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in 2008 and was elected. Workman previously served as Chief Justice in 1993, 1997, 2011, and 2015.<ref name="WVP">{{cite web|title=Workman to Serve as W.Va. Supreme Court's Next Chief Justice|url=http://wvpublic.org/post/workman-serve-wva-supreme-courts-next-chief-justice|website=West Virginia Public Broadcasting|publisher=West Virginia Public Broadcasting|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref>
She then entered the Democratic primary in 2002 and 2004 for [[West Virginia's 2nd congressional district]] seat, but lost both times. She then ran again for the court in 2008 and was elected. Workman previously served as Chief Justice in 1993, 1997, 2011, and 2015.<ref name="WVP">{{cite web|title=Workman to Serve as W.Va. Supreme Court's Next Chief Justice|url=http://wvpublic.org/post/workman-serve-wva-supreme-courts-next-chief-justice|website=West Virginia Public Broadcasting|publisher=West Virginia Public Broadcasting|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref>

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==Impeachment==
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Following a series of controversies involving excessive spending, the [http://www.wvlegislature.gov/committees/house/judiciary/hcomJUD.cfm?Chart=jud West Virginia House Judiciary Committee] voted to recommend that Workman and the three remaining justices be [[Impeachment in the United States|impeached]] on August 7, 2018 "for maladministration, corruption, incompetency, neglect of duty, and certain high crimes and misdemeanors".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2018/08/07/delegates-vote-to-impeach-all-four-remaining-wv-supreme-court-justices/|title=Delegates vote to impeach all four remaining WV Supreme Court justices|last=McElhinny|first=Brad|date=2018-08-07|work=WV MetroNews|access-date=2018-08-10|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en}}</ref> Based on the committee recommendation, Workman was impeached by the full [[West Virginia House of Delegates]] on August 13, 2018.<ref name="Levenson"/>


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
In 1993, Workman received the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Association’s Excellence in Criminal Justice Award. She has also received the Susan B. Anthony Award, the Celebrate Women Award for Government and Public Service, and the WVU College of Law Women’s Law Caucus Distinguished Women in the Law Award.<ref name=EWV />
In 1993, Workman received the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Association’s Excellence in Criminal Justice Award. She has also received the Susan B. Anthony Award, the Celebrate Women Award for Government and Public Service Award, and the WVU College of Law Women’s Law Caucus Distinguished Women in the Law Award.<ref name=EWV />

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==Impeachment==
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Following a series of controversies involving allegations of excessive spending, the [http://www.wvlegislature.gov/committees/house/judiciary/hcomJUD.cfm?Chart=jud West Virginia House Judiciary Committee] voted to recommend that Workman and the three remaining justices be [[Impeachment in the United States|impeached]] on August 7, 2018 "for maladministration, corruption, incompetence, neglect of duty, and certain high crimes and misdemeanors".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2018/08/07/delegates-vote-to-impeach-all-four-remaining-wv-supreme-court-justices/|title=Delegates vote to impeach all four remaining WV Supreme Court justices|last=McElhinny|first=Brad|date=2018-08-07|work=WV MetroNews|access-date=2018-08-10|language=en}}</ref> Based on the committee recommendation, Workman and the other three Justices were impeached by the full [[West Virginia House of Delegates]] on August 13, 2018, also in Extraordinary Session.<ref>https://wvrecord.com/stories/511532178-senate-to-meet-aug-20-to-establish-rules-for-impeachment-trials</ref>
Her impeachment trial before the West Virginia State Senate is set to begin 15 October 2018. Chief Justice Workman petitioned the panel of West Virginia Circuit Court Judges serving as the Supreme Court of Appeals ''pro tempore'' filing 12 motions to dismiss the Articles, as well as a motion to reschedule the trial from Oct. 15 until after the Nov. 6 election. She also filed separate motions against the Senate to halt the proceedings.<ref name="Adams">{{Cite|url=http://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2018/09/west-virginia-supreme-court-justice-margaret-workman-seeking-impeachment-trial-slowdown/|title=West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman Seeking Impeachment Trial Slowdown|last=Adams|first=Steven|work=the Intelligencer}}</ref> Chief Justice Workman cites improper procedure by the House of Delegates in issuing the [[Articles of Impeachment]] and the House of Delegates' failure to name any impeachable offenses on her part. Meanwhile, she prepares for her trial in the West Virginia Senate.
In the impeachment trial the Senators will act as jurors and prosecutors, while the trial is presided over by the recently named Acting Supreme Court Justice, Cabell County Circuit Judge Paul Farrell,<ref name=Farrell>{{Cite|title=The News Center: Update 8-9-2018|url=https://www.thenewscenter.tv/content/news/West-Virginia-lawmakers-tour-state-Supreme-Court-offices-in-investigation-of-Justice-Allen-Loughry-490158061.html|date=8-9-18}} </ref> who was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the suspension of former Chief Justice, Allen Loughry who faces 23 counts of federal indictment for his alleged malfeasance while on the Court.<ref name=WSAZ>{{Cite|url=https://www.thenewscenter.tv/content/news/West-Virginia-lawmakers-tour-state-Supreme-Court-offices-in-investigation-of-Justice-Allen-Loughry-490158061.html|title="West Virginia Lawmakers Tour State Supreme Court Offices in Investigation of Justice Allen Loughry"|author="WSAZ News"|date=8-16-2018}}</ref> Justice Menis Ketchum vacated his seat on the Court in July 2018 when he plead guilty to one count of federal [[wire fraud]] and was allowed to retire his position with full pension.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 07:11, 4 October 2018

Margaret Workman
Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Assumed office
February 16, 2018
Preceded byAllen Loughry
In office
January 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015
Preceded byRobin Davis
Succeeded byMenis Ketchum
In office
January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011
Preceded byRobin Davis
Succeeded byMenis Ketchum
In office
January 1, 1997 – December 31, 1997
Preceded byThomas McHugh
Succeeded byRobin Davis
In office
January 1, 1993 – December 31, 1993
Preceded byThomas McHugh
Succeeded byWilliam T. Brotherton Jr.
Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Assumed office
January 1, 2009
Preceded byLarry Starcher
In office
January 1, 1989 – August 31, 1999
Preceded byDarrell McGraw
Succeeded byGeorge Scott
Personal details
Born (1947-05-22) May 22, 1947 (age 77)
Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Charleston
West Virginia University, Morgantown (BA, JD)

Margaret Lee Workman (born May 22, 1947) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. She was impeached by the West Virginia House of Delegates on August 13, 2018.[1] She awaits trial by the West Virginia Senate.[2]

Life

Workman was born in Charleston, West Virginia to Mary Emma Thomas Workman and Frank Eugene Workman.[3] Her father was a coal miner, and his ancestors were some of the first settlers of Boone County, West Virginia.[4] She attended public schools in Kanawha County, West Virginia. She attended Morris Harvey College (now the University of Charleston) for one year and received her undergraduate degree from West Virginia University. She received a degree in law from West Virginia University College of Law. She was the first person in her family to attend college.[5] She has three children.[3][4]

Career

As a senior in high school, Workman wrote a letter to West Virginia Governor Hulett Smith seeking employment, and she was hired to handle correspondence at the governor's office. This job led her to enroll in law school.[5] After graduating from West Virginia University College of Law, she worked in Washington, D.C., for U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph, where she drafted legislation and did legal research. In 1974, she served as assistant majority counsel to the United States Senate Public Works Committee.[3] She later returned to West Virginia to work with Professor (later Justice) Franklin D. Cleckley in his private practice of law. She became a law clerk for the 13th Judicial Circuit (Kanawha County) in West Virginia. In 1976, she served as an advance woman for Rosalynn Carter in the Jimmy Carter Presidential Campaign. Workman then opened her own law practice in Charleston, West Virginia.[5][4] In 1981, she was appointed a circuit judge by Governor Jay Rockefeller in Kanawha County, West Virginia, to fill a vacancy. She was subsequently elected in 1982.[3] She inherited the largest backlog of cases in West Virginia, and during her tenure, reduced said backlog to the lowest in the circuit. She also held more jury trials than any other circuit judge during her tenure.[4] She was elected to the Supreme Court in 1988 for a 12-year term, expiring in 2000, making her the first woman elected to this position and the first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia.[3][6][5] She, however, resigned in 1999 with 18 months left on her term. She returned to her private law practice.[5]

She then entered the Democratic primary in 2002 and 2004 for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district seat, but lost both times. She then ran again for the court in 2008 and was elected. Workman previously served as Chief Justice in 1993, 1997, 2011, and 2015.[7]

Impeachment

Following a series of controversies involving excessive spending, the West Virginia House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend that Workman and the three remaining justices be impeached on August 7, 2018 "for maladministration, corruption, incompetency, neglect of duty, and certain high crimes and misdemeanors".[8] Based on the committee recommendation, Workman was impeached by the full West Virginia House of Delegates on August 13, 2018.[1]

Awards and honors

In 1993, Workman received the West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Association’s Excellence in Criminal Justice Award. She has also received the Susan B. Anthony Award, the Celebrate Women Award for Government and Public Service Award, and the WVU College of Law Women’s Law Caucus Distinguished Women in the Law Award.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Levenson, Eric (9 August 2018). "A West Virginia House panel has voted to impeach the entire state Supreme Court". CNN. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  2. ^ https://wvrecord.com/stories/511532178-senate-to-meet-aug-20-to-establish-rules-for-impeachment-trials
  3. ^ a b c d e f Michael, Kay. "Margaret Workman". e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d "Justice Margaret L. Workman". West Virginia Judiciary. West Virginia Judiciary. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Margaret Workman: The Trailblazer". WV Living. WV Living. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2012-08-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Workman to Serve as W.Va. Supreme Court's Next Chief Justice". West Virginia Public Broadcasting. West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  8. ^ McElhinny, Brad (2018-08-07). "Delegates vote to impeach all four remaining WV Supreme Court justices". WV MetroNews. Retrieved 2018-08-10. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)

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