Brent D. Benjamin (born July 3, 1957)[1] is an American attorney who previously served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
In 2016, Benjamin placed fourth of four serious candidates in the non-partisan election, with 12% of the vote, and left the court in January 2017, to return to private practice.
[4] During the 2004 judicial campaign, Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship spent $3 million through a legally-crafted independent expenditure committee to defeat sitting West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw, whom Benjamin was challenging.
In April 2008, Benjamin became involved when the case relating to Blankenship's company (Caperton v. A.T. Massey Coal Co.) came before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
Chief Justice John Roberts's dissent warned that the majority's decision would have dire consequences for "public confidence in judicial impartiality.