Judge Stephanie Abraham was appointed to the circuit court bench in Kanawha County in August 2023. She was elected in 2024 to an eight-year term that began January 1, 2025.

She presides over the Kanawha County Juvenile Treatment Court, is a member of the Mass Litigation Panel, and is a member of the West Virginia Judicial Association’s Legislative Committee.

Judge Abraham received a bachelor’s degree in finance from Syracuse University in 2000 and a law degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Law in 2003. She is licensed to practice law in West Virginia and Maryland.

Her legal career has included civil litigation, corporate matters, and representing state and county governmental agencies. She also owned and operated a law firm as a solo practitioner engaged in real estate and property law (2017-2023). She has been General Counsel for the West Virginia Board of Education, an attorney for the Department of Education, and was previously a judicial law clerk in Logan County. She was also an Instructor of Business and Lead Faculty for Career Programs at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College and has served on that school’s Board of Governors.

She and her husband, Brian, have two sons and live in South Charleston.