Joseph Robert Goodwin (born December 23, 1942) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
Joseph Robert Goodwin
West Virginia Southern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Born 1942 in Ripley, WV
FJC ID: 884
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
West Virginia Southern District Court · 1995–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Charleston, West Virginia1970–1995
- Ripley [West Virginia] Municipal CourtJudge · 1972–1973
- Ripley, West VirginiaCity attorney · 1971–1972
JAG CorpsU.S. Army · 1965–1967
Appointments
1995–present · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)
Education
- West Virginia University College of LawJ.D. · 1970
- West Virginia UniversityB.S. · 1965