Judge Joshua J. Miller was elected to the bench in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit (McDowell and Wyoming Counties) in 2024 and took office on January 1, 2025.

Judge Miller was born and raised in Crumpler, McDowell County. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science with minors in legal studies and history from Concord University (2010) and a law degree from West Virginia University College of Law (2013).

He was a McDowell County Assistant Public Defender (2013-2015), an Associate at Evans Law Office, PLLC, in Oceana (2015-2017), a part-time McDowell County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney (2017-2019), and a part-time Wyoming County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney (2019-2024. He has been a partner at Ward Law Office, PLLC, in Beckley since 2019. 

He has coached little league and travel softball, serves on the McDowell County Public Defender’s Board, and is an avid outdoorsman.

He lives in Pineville with his wife, Brittany L. Miller, and their two children.