Joyce Morton to Serve as New Family Court Judge

Family Court Judge-elect Joyce Morton plans
to have her cat, Sir Rudy Poopsalot, with her on
the bench when her terms starts January 1, 2017.

Longtime Webster County lawyer Joyce Helmick Morton will become the new Family Court Judge for the Webster-Pocahontas County district.  Morton is running unopposed in the upcoming May 10 election and her eight year term will begin on January 1, 2017.  Judges are now elected on a non-partisan basis in the May primary election, with no election in the Fall general election.

Morton, who is married to Michael Carpenter, is originally from Sand Fork in Gilmer County, attended Gilmer County High School, studied at Glenville State College, and received her law degree from WVU.  Prior to her short-lived "retirement," Morton was a partner in the law firm of VanNostrand & Morton, and worked for the Milan Pushkar trust.