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Circuit Court

Ohio County is in the First Judicial Circuit, which also includes Brooke and Hancock Counties. The county seat is Wheeling.


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Judge Jason A. Cuomo  
Brooke County Judicial Center 
P.O. Box 474   
620 Main Street  
Wellsburg, WV 26070  
304-737-1400  
Fax: 304-737-5123

Judge Michael J. Olejasz  
Ohio County Courthouse  
1500 Chapline Street, Room 506  
Wheeling, WV 26003   
304-234-3620  
Fax: 304-234-6402

Judge David J. Sims  
Ohio County Courthouse  
1500 Chapline Street, Room 503  
Wheeling, WV 26003   
304-234-3794  
Fax: 304-234-3866

Judge Ronald E. Wilson  
Hancock County Courthouse  
P.O. Box 428   
102 Court Street  
New Cumberland, WV 26047   
304-564-3311, ext. 237  
Fax: 304-564-5602

Brenda L. Miller, Clerk  
City/County Building  
1500 Chapline Street  
Wheeling, WV 26003  
304-234-3611  
Fax: 304-232-0550


 

Family Court

Ohio County is part of the First Family Court Circuit, which also includes Brooke and Hancock Counties.


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Judge Joyce D. Chernenko  
Brooke County Judicial Center
Brooke County Family Court
620 Main Street, Third Floor
Wellsburg, WV 26070
304-737-5015
Fax: 304-737-4596

Judge Heather Wood  
Ohio County Courthouse Annex, Second Floor   
51 16th Street  
Wheeling, WV 26003-3433  
304-238-1012  
Fax: 304-238-1020


 

Magistrate Court


Magistrate Patricia L. Murphy  
(address is the same as Magistrate Clerk)  
304-234-3753

Magistrate Joseph E. Roxby  
(address is the same as Magistrate Clerk)  
304-234-3763

Magistrate Kevin A. Stryker  
(address is the same as Magistrate Clerk)   
304-234-3774

Magistrate Janine L. Varner  
(address is the same as Magistrate Clerk)  
304-234-3710

Magistrates Fax: 304-234-3898

Gerald O. Ames, Jr., Clerk  
Ohio County Magistrate Court  
26 Fifteenth Street  
Wheeling, WV 26003  
304-234-3709  
Fax: 304-234-6439


 

Probation


Terry Stuck, Chief  
Brooke County Judicial Center  
620 Main Street 
Wellsburg, WV 26070   
304-737-3669  
Fax: 304-737-3597

Hancock County Probation Office  
P.O. Box 1286   
1114 Ridge Avenue  
New Cumberland, WV 26062  
304-564-3220  
Fax: 304-564-3254

Nicole Serafine, Deputy Chief  
3549 Main Street  
Weirton, WV 26062  
304-748-1490 Fax: 304748-3525

Ohio County Probation Office  
1413 Eoff Street, Suite 101  
Wheeling, WV 26003  
304-234-3777  
Fax: 304-234-3857