Verify a West Virginia Attorney license

liveWV State Bar / Supreme Court attorney roll · profession key attorney

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How West Virginia Attorney license verification works

A Attorney in West Virginia is licensed by the WV State Bar / Supreme Court attorney roll. PrimaryCheck looks the license up live at the board's public verification system (board lookup) by license number, or by name when no number is supplied. The record the board publishes is captured as evidence, hashed, and rendered into a proof PDF.

Fields returned for this board: name status admission_date employer address phone fax private_practice insurance_coverage.

Board note: WV-BAR live 2026-11-04: WV State Bar membership portal (Drupal/CiviCRM, plain httpx GET). Views table (first_name/last_name, 25/page, page= 0-based) + /attorney-profile-search?cid=. WV Bar ID and e-mail are login-only, so the bar number is NOT checkable (FieldCheck match=None); verification is name + Membership Status + admission date. The list's Member Type and the profile's Membership Status can disagree (seen Deceased vs Active Attorney) -> never verified, ambiguous_match. Pro hac vice / PLLC rows have an empty profile shell. Member types: Active Attorney, Active Non-Practicing, Inactive Attorney, Inactive 65/Over, Inactive - Suspended, Judicial Member, Deceased, Suspended, Annulled/No Longer Effective, Pro Hac Vice, PLLC Renewal.

What a Attorney license check returns

Field check	Passes when
`license_number`	Equal to the board's number, ignoring prefix and leading zeros
`name`	Last name or declared alias matches; first name exact or nickname
`license_type`	The record is a Attorney license, strictly (no near-miss types)
`status`	The board shows an active status; probation is active with a flag
`expires`	Expiration is on or after today, where the board publishes it
`disciplinary_actions`	Recorded and flagged with any order documents; never silently dropped

Verdicts: verified, discrepancy, not_found, unable_to_verify (with a reason), pending. See how verdicts are decided.

Verify a West Virginia Attorney license by API

POST https://api.primarycheck.com/v1/verifications
{
  "person": { "firstName": "…", "lastName": "…" },
  "claims": [
    { "type": "license", "state": "WV", "profession": "attorney", "number": "…" }
  ],
  "purpose": "employment",
  "consent": { "consentId": "cons_…" }
}

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