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"CHARLESTON &ndash; Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin appointed Robert &ldquo;Rocky&rdquo; J. Fitzsimmons to fulfill the vacancy in the First District of the West Virginia Senate for the remainder of former Sen. Orphy Klempa&rsquo;s term.<br /><br />Klempa resigned earlier in December to serve on the Ohio County Commission. Fitzsimmons&rsquo; appointment is effective immediately.<br /><br />Fitzsimmons will represent the First Senatorial District, which is comprised of Brook, Hancock and Ohio Counties, as well as part of Marshall County.<br /><br />Fitzsimmons received a Bachelor of Science degree from Washington University and a Juris Doctorate from Wake Forest University.<br /><br />He currently practices law with Fitzsimmons Law Firm, a personal injury firm&nbsp;in Wheeling, and is admitted to practice before all courts in West Virginia, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the Ohio Supreme Court of Appeals."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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