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Through this plan, judges at the circuit courts are selected by a five-person commission of lawyers, lay people appointed by the governor and the Chief Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals ...
Jack Goodman (born September 9, 1973) is currently the Chief Judge of the Missouri Southern Court of Appeals, Southern District. He was appointed to the court by Governor Mike Parson after being nominated by the non-partisan Appellate Judicial Commission. He was most recently retained by Missouri voters by 76.2% in 2022.
Patricia Breckenridge (born October 14, 1953) [1] is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. [2] She was first appointed to the court in 2007 and served as chief justice from July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2017. [2]
The judges rotate the two-year term of Chief Justice among themselves. The Chief Justice is Constitutionally empowered to preside over the court and to be the "chief administrative officer" of the state judicial system. [7] The current Chief Justice is Mary Rhodes Russell, whose term began July 1, 2023 and will serve until June 30, 2025. [8]
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To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.
On December 6, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Judge Limbaugh to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri to fill the seat vacated by Donald J. Stohr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 10, 2008, received his commission on August 1, 2008, and was succeeded on the Missouri Supreme Court by ...
Robin Ransom was born on July 21, 1967, in St. Louis, Missouri. [2] [3] [4] Her father was a firefighter and social worker.[5] [6] She graduated from Rosati-Kain High School and Rutgers University–New Brunswick's Douglass Residential College with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and sociology in 1988, and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1991.