Angela Alexander Walters was sworn in as a judge in the Twelfth Family Court Circuit (McDowell and Mercer Counties) on December 20, 2023.
Governor Jim Justice appointed Judge Walters to the bench to fill a vacancy left by the October 31retirement of a family judge.
From 2002 until the time of her appointment (21 years), Judge Walters was an assistant attorney general working on cases for the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources in 13 southern West Virginia counties. All of this work was for children and families.
Judge Walters attended college in West Virginia when the West Virginia University marching band recruited her to be a member of its flag corps. She was a proud member of the Pride of WV, the WVU marching band. She graduated from West Virginia University in 1991 with a triple major in international studies, Slavic studies, and foreign languages (she is fluent in French and Russian). She received her law degree from West Virginia University College of Law in 1994 after spending the summer of 1992 with two of her law professors lecturing about law (in Russian) in Donetsk, Ukraine.
After law school, she worked for the firm of Randall Roahrig in Princeton, at the Public Defender’s Office in Princeton (as chief assistant public defender), and then the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office until she joined the Attorney General’s Office.
She is the service chair for the Princeton Rotary and has three sons, Riley Ash, Dalton Ash, and Aidan Ash. All three sons are Eagle Scouts and attending WVU.
I have been band booster president for PSHS madrigal booster president for PSHS cubmaster for troop one pack 10 in charge of first grade through fifth grade taught Bible study for children for a couple of decades at Sacred Heart in Princeton.
I am the best choice because I was appointed after A long vetting process AND over both of my opponents. I am the most well-rounded and have the most experience in every single court system in West Virginia. I have helped thousands of children in Mercer and McDowell County in all aspects and all courts from family court magistrate Court circuit Court intermediate court of appeals office of inspector general and the West Virginia Supreme Court. I have personally argued 150 cases in front of the West Virginia Supreme Court and helped with over 1000 cases in the Supreme Court all dealing with children and families. A lot of the law that we use in children and family cases I created myself through the appeal system Because I have been in every single representation from GAL defense attorney prosecutor and assistant Attorney General I can make better decisions as a judge because I can see it from every perspective. My whole career has been in public service and I have served Mercer and McDowell communities for 30 years.
I truly am the best choice not only due to my broad well-rounded all encompassing legal experience but also because I have the true spirit of helping children through my community service in Mercer and McDowell for the past 30 years.