John A. Hutchison (born 1950) is an American lawyer who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from 2018 to 2024.
Hutchison received his Bachelor of Arts in history and political science from Davis & Elkins College in 1972.
[2] Hutchison was appointed to the bench in the Tenth Judicial Circuit (Raleigh County) by then-Governor Gaston Caperton in 1995, and he was elected to that seat in 1996 and re-elected in 2000, 2008 and 2016.
Nevertheless, the Republican Justice called Hutchison "one of the most conservative, respected jurists in the state of West Virginia" upon his appointment.
[8] In June 2020, Hutchison faced his first election to serve the remainder of former Justice Allen Loughry's term.