United States Magistrate Judge
U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia
Elkins, West Virginia
The Honorable Michael John Aloi serves as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Judge Aloi grew up in the coal-mining town of Farmington, West Virginia. In 1980, he graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan College. In 1983, he graduated from WVU College of Law, the only member of his class to receive both the Order of the Coif and Order of Barristers.
After law school, Judge Aloi worked in private practice for 28 years in Fairmont, West Virginia.
In 1987, he was selected as a mediator for the Pilot Settlement Week Program in the Northern District of West Virginia, and thereafter mediated over 2,500 cases. He is the only lawyer in the state of West Virginia selected to be a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators.
Judge Aloi has served as President of the West Virginia State Bar, and Chairperson of the West Virginia State Bar Commission on Judicial Independence and the West Virginia State Bar Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.
As a Circuit Court judge, Judge Aloi established the first Drug Court in Marion County and he now serves as the Drug Court Judge in Clarksburg. He has also has established a diversion program for veterans in small claims court.
He is currently a board member on the West Virginia Judicial and Lawyer Assistance Program and a Member of the Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being.
Judge Aloi has been an adjunct professor at the WVU College of Law for 15 years.
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM