MISSOURI
Missouri Organizer(s):
Mag. Judge Noelle Collins
Noelle_Collins@moed.uscourts.gov
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Diane Dragan
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Women serving on the federal bench in Missouri include:
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Eastern District of Missouri
Magistrate Judge Nannette Baker (ret.)
Magistrate Judge Noelle Collins
Magistrate Judge Abbie Crites-Leoni
Chief Magistrate Judge Shirley Padmore Mensah
Magistrate Judge Patricia L. Cohen
Magistrate Judge Jill A. Morris
Bankruptcy Judge Bonnie L. Clair
Bankruptcy Judge Kathy Surratt-States
Western District of Missouri
Magistrate Judge Lajuana M. Counts
Bankruptcy Judge Cynthia Norton
Magistrate Judge Jill A. Morris
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20% of Missouri’s state court judges are white women compared to 41% of the population and 4% are women of color compared to 10% of the population.
Gavel Gap
Main photo: Eastern District of Missouri District Court Judge Audrey Fleissig (left) presented her former Eastern District of Missouri colleague Senior Judge Jean Hamilton (right) with the 2012 Judge Diana Murphy Legacy Award during the Project’s annual event held in conjunction with the 2012 Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference (Kansas City Missouri).
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Recent News
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Roseann Ketchmark confirmed as new federal judge for western Missouri (2015)
Judicial Diversity in Missouri (2016)
President Obama Nominates Three to Serve on the United States District Courts (2014)
Shirley Padmore-Mensah selected as new magistrate judge (2012)
Judge Jean Hamilton was named “Woman of the Year” (2008)
Worse Diverse (2009)
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Resources
Judicial Vacancies (Missouri Courts)
Ballotpedia: Judicial Selection in Missouri
Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan Judicial Statistics and Commission Information