Mary Rhodes Russell
Born 7/28/1958
Judicial Career
- judMO9/1/2004 – present
- jud1/1/2003 – 1/1/2003
Biography
American judge (born 1958)
For other people named Mary Russell, see Mary Russell (disambiguation) .
Mary Rhodes Russell (born July 28, 1958) is a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri . She previously served a two-year term as chief justice from July 2013 through June 2015 and again from 2023 to 2025. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2004 by Governor Bob Holden .
In 1980, she graduated summa cum laude from Northeast Missouri State University and received her Juris Doctor degree in 1983 from the University of Missouri . She served as a law clerk for George Gunn at the Supreme Court of Missouri, before entering private practice in Hannibal, Missouri .
She served on the Missouri Court of Appeals , Eastern District, from 1994 to 2004 and served as chief judge from 1999 to 2000.
On September 20, 2004, she was appointed by Governor Bob Holden to serve as a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri .
References
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- ↑ "Official Manual, State of Missouri 2009–2010" (PDF). _Secretary of State of Missouri _. p. 232. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
- ↑ "Chief Justice Mary R. Russell" . www.courts.mo.gov. July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ↑ Pierceall, Ann (September 21, 2004). "Russell reaches highest court in Missouri" . Herald-Whig. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
External links
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- Mary Rhodes Russell on the Missouri Supreme Court website
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