Willard Craig Broadwater (August 8, 1950 – December 18, 2006) was a U.S. federal judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
W. Craig Broadwater
West Virginia Northern District Court
Born 1950 in Elk City, OK
Died 2006 in Pittsburgh, PA
FJC ID: 267
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 8/year
West Virginia Northern District Court · 1996–2006
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
Judge · 1983–1996- Private practice, Wheeling, West Virginia1977–1983
- Ohio County, West VirginiaSpecial prosecutor · 1982–1983
U.S. Army lieutenant1972–1982- West Virginia Worker's Compensation FundHearing examiner · 1978–1981
Appointments
- 1996–2006 · Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- West Virginia University College of LawJ.D. · 1977
- West Virginia UniversityB.A. · 1972