Tim Armstead

Tim Armstead
Armstead in 2012
Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2024
Preceded by	Beth Walker
In office January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020
Preceded by	Beth Walker
Succeeded by	Evan Jenkins
Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Incumbent
Assumed office September 25, 2018
Appointed by	Jim Justice
Preceded by	Menis Ketchum
Speaker of the West Virginia House of Delegates
In office January 14, 2015 – August 21, 2018
Preceded by	Tim Miley
Succeeded by	Roger Hanshaw
Minority Leader of the West Virginia House of Delegates
In office January 10, 2007 – January 7, 2015
Preceded by	Charles S. Trump
Succeeded by	Tim Miley
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from the 40th district
In office September 1998 – August 21, 2018
Succeeded by	Dean Jeffries
Personal details
Born	(1965-02-26) February 26, 1965 (age 59) Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	University of Charleston (BA) West Virginia University (JD)

Timothy Paul Armstead (born February 26, 1965) is an American politician who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia since 2018. In 2024, he began his second term as the chief justice. He formerly represented 40th District (Kanawha County) in the West Virginia House of Delegates.^[1] In 2015, Armstead became the first Republican Speaker of the House of Delegates in 84 years, serving in the position until 2018. Armstead is originally from Clendenin, West Virginia.^[1]