A new judge is being sworn into office today. Maryclaire Akers will be sworn in as a circuit judge in Kanawha County today at 3 p.m. and the state Supreme Court said in a news release that the oath of office will be livestreamed on the Kanawha County Commission Facebook page. Gov. Jim Justice appointed Akers to the seat vacated by the December death of Judge Charles King. She has been chief of staff and a senior assistant prosecutor in the Kanawha County Prosecutor’s Office. She has also been a special assistant U.S. attorney, general counsel for the West Virginia Ethics Commission and an assistant attorney general.v