Joseph Albright

Joseph P. Albright (November 8, 1938 – March 20, 2009) was an American jurist who first served on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia from 1995 to 1996.

In 1995, a widower, Albright married Nancie Gensert Divvens, becoming stepfather to her three adult children.

[3] Justice Albright earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, cum laude, from the University of Notre Dame and his law degree from the Notre Dame Law School, where he won the Webber Prize for Appellate Advocacy and was a member of the Notre Dame Law Review.

In September 1995, then-Governor Gaston Caperton appointed him to an unexpired term on the Supreme Court of Appeals.

A former assistant prosecuting attorney of Wood County and former city attorney for the City of Parkersburg, Justice Albright was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1970 and to six more terms commencing in 1974.