IN RE WILFONG

No. 14-0379.

765 S.E.2d 283 (2014)

In the Matter of Jaymie Godwin WILFONG, Judge, 20th Judicial Circuit.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachael L. Fletcher Cipoletti, Esq. , David A. Jividen, Esq. , Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Charleston, WV, Special Judicial Disciplinary Counsel.

David A. Sims, Esq. , Law Offices of David A. Sims, PLLC, Vienna, WV, Harry G. Deitzler, Esq. , Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Counsel for Judge Wilfong.


In this judicial disciplinary proceeding, a circuit court judge admits that she had an affair with a local man for over two years, and concealed the relationship from her husband and the man's wife. The judge deliberately intertwined the affair with her judicial office, and eventually involved her staff, courthouse employees, the...

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