Hollis Lewis is an attorney, criminal justice professor, crisis intervention advocate and represents District 57 in the West Virginia House of Delegates. He was raised in Charleston’s West Side. He played football and earned a B.S. in Criminal Justice from West Virginia State University before receiving his Juris Doctor from the Southern University Law Center. He was a federal law clerk, Kanawha County Magistrate, member of the West Virginia Parole Board and quarterback coach at both the high school and collegiate levels. He serves as the Crisis Intervention Teams Project Director for First Choice Services. There, he is managing critical support programs, including the 988 crisis hotline and teaches criminal justice as an adjunct professor at West Virginia State University. Appointed to the House of Delegates by Governor Jim Justice in late 2023 to fill a vacancy, Lewis serves as Minority Vice Chair of the House Government Organization Committee and actively sponsors legislation regarding behavioral health, labor and justice reform.