Matching the spirit of the new year, three new Monongalia County circuit clerk officials were sworn in Wednesday, while tearful farewells were said to retirees. As his last official act as Monongalia County Circuit Court judge before his Dec. 31 retirement, Judge Phillip Gaujot said it was ...
It was a bittersweet moment for members of the legal community in Monongalia County who gathered Tuesday evening to celebrate the retirement of Judge Phillip D. Gaujot. “It has been my personal privilege to have practiced in front of Judge Gaujot over the years and to have known him ...
BY MIKE NOLTING Seven people have applied to fill the vacancy in the 17th Judicial Circuit Court that will be created with the retirement of Monongalia County Circuit Judge Phillip Gaujot. The state Judicial Vacancy Commission recently closed the application period. One of the ...
Monongalia County Circuit Court Judge Phillip D. Gaujot announced his plan to retire Dec. 31. He has been a circuit judge since then-Gov. Joe Manchin appointed him to the 17th Judicial Circuit bench in 2009, after the Legislature added a third seat to the circuit. He was elected in 2012 ...
“This case has followed a tortured path,” West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Moats wrote in the Court’s latest opinion to deny West Virginia University Hospitals (WVUH) and West Virginia United Health Services’ (WVUHS) third petition for writ of prohibition regarding a class action ...
BY MIKE NOLTING Monongalia County Magistrate Phillip T. Gaujot was publicly admonished by the state Judicial Investigation Commission after the commission found probable cause that Gaujot violated five rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct. The JIC said the first complaint against ...