Corey Palumbo

{{Short description|American attorney and politician (born 1972)}}

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| name = Corey Palumbo

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| term_start1 = December 1, 2008

| term_end1 = December 1, 2020

| predecessor1 = Vic Sprouse

| successor1 = Eric Nelson

| state_delegate2 = West Virginia

| district2 = 30th

| term_start2 = December 1, 2002

| term_end2 = December 1, 2008

| predecessor2 = Ray Keener
Rebecca Mathews
Joe Smith

| successor2 = Mark Hunt
Doug Skaff

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| birth_name = Corey Lee Palumbo

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|08|16}}

| birth_place = Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.

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| party = Democratic

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| spouse = Cristin Meredith

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| children = Riley Meredith, Mario James, and Michael Corey

| parents = Mario Palumbo
Louise Corey Palumbo

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| residence = Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.

| education = West Virginia University (BA)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (JD)

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| website = {{official website|coreypalumbowv.com}}

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| constituency1 = 17th district (2012–2020)
8th district (2008–2012)

| office1 = Member of the West Virginia Senate

| office = Minority Whip of the West Virginia Senate

| successor = Mike Woelfel

| termend = December 6, 2020

| termstart = December 15, 2016

| predecessor = John Unger

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Corey Lee Palumbo (born August 16, 1972){{cite web |title=Senator Palumbo |url=https://www.wvlegislature.gov/senate1/biography.cfm?member=Senator%20Palumbo |website=wvlegislature.gov |publisher=West Virginia Legislature |accessdate=July 31, 2020}} is an American attorney and politician who represented the 17th district of the West Virginia Senate from January 14, 2009 until December 1, 2020. He previously served as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 2003 to 2009. Palumbo did not run for reelection in the November 3, 2020 general election and was succeeded by West Virginia State Delegate Eric Nelson. Nelson was officially sworn in on December 1, 2020, before Palumbo's term was due to end.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Corey_Palumbo|title=Corey Palumbo|publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=January 28, 2021}}

He is the son of Mario Palumbo, the 32nd Attorney General of West Virginia as well as a former five-term state senator. Palumbo graduated from West Virginia University in 1994, and graduated from University of North Carolina's law school in 1998.{{cite news |last1=Wallace |first1=Jim |title=Corey Palumbo to run for House |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/331968013 |accessdate=July 31, 2020 |work=Charleston Daily Mail |date=January 23, 2002|id={{ProQuest|331968013}} |url-access=subscription}} He was hired as an attorney for Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff and Love that same year.{{cite news |title=Business Faces |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/331778571 |accessdate=July 31, 2020 |work=Charleston Daily Mail |date=October 5, 1998|id={{ProQuest|331778571}} |url-access=subscription}}