Judge D. Andrew McMunn was elected to the bench in the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit (Harrison County) and took office on January 1, 2025.

He was born and raised in Clarksburg. He received a bachelor’s degree in finance from West Virginia University in 1989, a law degree from Mississippi College School of Law in 1992 and a Master of Laws degree (L.L.M.) in taxation from Emory University School of Law in 1993. He was admitted to the West Virginia Bar in 1992, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia in 1993, the United States Tax Court in 1994, and the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014.  

Judge McMunn was a Staff Attorney in the Harrison County Public Defender’s Office (1993-1994), a Trust Officer at One Valley Bank in Clarksburg (1994-1995), an Associate and Member of Waters, Warner & Harris, PLLC (1996-2004), a Managing Member of Smith McMunn & Glover, PLLC (2005-2019) and a Managing Member of Steele McMunn PLLC (2019-2024). His law practice included criminal defense, civil litigation (both plaintiff and defendant), family litigation, municipal representation, business representation, contracts, tax, elder law, estate planning, estate and trust administration, adoptions, abuse and neglect of children, real estate related matters and civil and domestic mediation.  

He also was a Harrison County Mental Hygiene Commissioner for 20 years.

When he was an attorney, Judge McMunn was a member of the Harrison County Bar Board of Directors, the Harrison County Court Advisory Council, and the former North Central West Virginia Estate Planning Council. He is a past President and Board Member of the Clarksburg Rotary Club and Clarksburg Columbian Club. He also served for many years as a Board Member Kappa Sigma Pi of West Virginia, Inc. and Northern Appalachian Teen Challenge, Inc.

As an attorney, Judge McMunn had a Martindale-Hubbell AV peer review rating for the Highest Level of Professional Excellence (2016-2024). He was named “Best Attorney in Harrison County” in 2020 and 2024 by The Exponent-Telegram newspaper. He received the Rotary College of Governors Award in 2005. He is a Bar Foundation Fellow (2016).

He is married to Deena R. McMunn, a Veterans’ Administration pharmacist, and they have three children and two grandchildren.