Michael "Mickey" McGlothlin is an Appalachian public figure from Southwest Virginia. He began his career in public service when he was elected as Commonwealth's Attorney of

Buchanan County, Virginia Buchanan County () is a United States county in far western Virginia, the only county in the state to border both West Virginia and Kentucky. The county is part of the Southwest Virginia region and lies in the rugged Appalachian Plateau porti ...

in 1979. Not seeking a second term, he co-founded the McGlothlin & Wife Law Firm in his hometown of Grundy. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he participated in numerous political, civic, and educational boards around Southwest Virginia and the state of Virginia. He heavily advocated for the establishment of the

Appalachian School of Law The Appalachian School of Law (ASL) is an ABA-approved private law school on a four building campus in Grundy, Virginia, a small town near the convergence of Virginia, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The school offers a three-year Juris Doctor de ...

and the

Appalachian College of Pharmacy The Appalachian College of Pharmacy (ACP), formerly known as the University of Appalachia, College of Pharmacy, is a private doctoral pharmacy school located in Oakwood, Virginia. The school, established in 2003, is Virginia's only three-year ac ...

. Since its creation, he has served on the Board of Visitors for both schools and also serves as President of the Appalachian College of Pharmacy. McGlothlin served as the lead prosecutor in the 1981-82 trial of

Roger Keith Coleman Roger Keith Coleman (November 1, 1958 – May 20, 1992) was a convicted murderer and rapist from Grundy, Virginia, USA, who was executed for the rape and murder in March 1981 of his sister-in-law, Wanda McCoy. That day, he had been laid off fro ...

, which resulted in the conviction and execution of Coleman for first-degree murder. On June 12, 2007, McGlothlin lost a bid for the

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nomination for the 3rd District seat in the

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.Bowling Survives McGlothlin Challenge

External links

Mickey McGlothlin For Delegate 2007"AP: Consol Water Discharge in the Levisa River"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McGlothlin, Michael 1951 births Living people County and city Commonwealth's Attorneys in Virginia Virginia Democrats People from Grundy, Virginia