MORGANTOWN — Monongalia Circuit Judge Russell Clawges is retiring from the bench.
Clawges announced his retirement Friday, as well as a request to the state Supreme Court to make him a senior status judge. Such designation will allow him to stay on the bench until Gov. Jim Justice appoints Clawges’ replacement.
“It’s just time. I’ve got 22 years in. I am way past 65. It’s time to do something
else,” the judge said. ”
Clawges, a Morgantown native, will turn 69 on Jan. 30.
Then-Gov. Gaston Caperton appointed Glawges to the bench in 1997, and Glawges won elections in 2000, 2008 and 2016.
