| Honorific Prefix: | The Honorable |
| H. L. Kirkpatrick, III | |
| Office: | Chief Judge of the 10th Circuit Court of West Virginia |
| Term Start: | 2016 |
| Birth Name: | Harry Louis Kirkpatrick III |
| Birth Place: | Beckley, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Education: | Woodrow Wilson High School, University of Kentucky, West Virginia University College of Law (JD) |
| Spouse: | Rebecca Nicewonder |
| Children: | 2 |
| Office1: | Judge of the 10th Circuit Court of West Virginia |
| Appointer1: | Gaston Caperton |
| Termstart1: | January 1, 1996 |
Harry Louis Kirkpatrick III (born 1951), abbreviated H. L. or H.L., is the chief judge of the 10th Circuit Court of West Virginia.[1] [2] Kirkpatrick was appointed by then-West Virginia Governor Gaston Caperton in 1995 to serve as a circuit judge on the Tenth Judicial District in Raleigh County.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Harry Louis Kirkpatrick III was born in Beckley, West Virginia and grew up in Fayette and Raleigh Counties. He is a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School (Beckley, West Virginia), University of Kentucky, and the West Virginia University College of Law.
Kirkpatrick served as a lawyer for more than twenty years until he was appointed to serve as a circuit judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit in 1995 by then-West Virginia Governor Gaston Caperton. Kirkpatrick assumed office in 1996 and was re-elected in 2000, 2008, and 2016.