Margaret Workman

Margaret Workman
Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
In office
February 16, 2018 – December 31, 2018
Preceded byAllen Loughry
Succeeded byBeth Walker
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
In office
January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2020
Preceded byLarry Starcher
Succeeded byWilliam R. Wooton
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 an American lawyer and a former justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. Her 1988 election to the Supreme Court made her the first woman elected to statewide office in West Virginia and first female Justice on the Court.[1]

  1. ^ Young, Maria (January 2, 2021). "Workman leaves legacy of shattered ceilings". Charleston Gazette-Mail.