Shayne M. Welling

السيرة الرسمية

Shayne M. Welling was appointed as a temporary immigration judge to begin hearing cases in April 2026. Judge Welling earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from West Liberty University and a Juris Doctor in 2002 from West Virginia University College of Law. From July 2003 to March 2026, he served as a judge advocate with the West Virginia Army National Guard in the following locations: Baghdad, Iraq; Camp Dawson, West Virginia; Stuttgart, Germany; Poznan, Poland; Pirbright, England; Price Barracks, Belize; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Tikrit, Iraq; and Eleanor and Charleston, West Virginia. From June 2004 to May 2025, he was at the First Judicial Circuit Public Defender Corporation in Wheeling, West Virginia, serving in the following roles: chief public defender (November 2009- May 2025); and assistant public defender (June 2004- November 2009). From August 2002 to June 2004, he served as a judicial clerk at the Ohio County Circuit Court in Wheeling, West Virginia. He holds the rank of colonel. Judge Welling is a member of the West Virginia State Bar.

Education: Judge Welling earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1999 from West Liberty University and a Juris Doctor in 2002 from West Virginia University College of Law.

Bar admission: Judge Welling is a member of the West Virginia State Bar.

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