Mike Callaghan (born March 31, 1963) is a former Assistant

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

Attorney and a politician. In 2006, he was the Democratic nominee for

West Virginia's 2nd congressional district West Virginia's 2nd congressional district consists of the northern half of the state. It contains Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan ...

. He unsuccessfully challenged Republican incumbent

Shelley Moore Capito Shelley Wellons Moore Capito ( ; born November 26, 1953) is an American politician and retired educator serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from West Virginia. A member of the ...

Background

Callaghan grew up in Richwood, a small town in Nicholas County, West Virginia. He attended Richwood High School and the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World H ...

, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering. He then attended the

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Ins ...

College of Law where he served as editor-in-chief of the West Virginia Law Review. He currently practices law at the firm Neely & Callaghan, www.neelycallaghan.com, in Charleston, West Virginia. He also is an owner of Great Expectations Realty www.greatexpectationsrealty.com in Charleston, West Virginia.

Professional career

For nine years, Callaghan was as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of

West Virginia West Virginia is a mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.The United States Census Bureau, Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

, serving from 1997 until 2001 as head of the criminal division. In 2001, Mike was appointed Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection by then

Governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

Bob Wise Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. (born January 6, 1948) is an American politician who served as the 33rd governor of West Virginia from 2001 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, Wise also served in the United States House of Representatives fro ...

Political career

Callaghan has served as Chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party. He was honored at the 2004 Jefferson-Jackson Dinner with the

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...

award, naming him the West Virginia Democrat of the Year.

Family life

Callaghan married Cheri Heflin.''Charleston Daily Mail''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Callaghan, Mike 1963 births 20th-century American lawyers American real estate brokers Living people Politicians from Charleston, West Virginia People from Richwood, West Virginia State political party chairs of West Virginia University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni West Virginia Democrats West Virginia lawyers West Virginia University College of Law alumni Lawyers from Charleston, West Virginia