Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1957 to 1962. After working in private practice in Kansas City,Missouri,he was nominated for the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. In 1956,President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Whittaker to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In 1957,he won confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States,thus becoming the first individual to serve as a judge on a federal district court,a federal court of appeals,and the United States Supreme Court. During his brief tenure on the Warren Court,Whittaker emerged as a swing vote. In 1962,he suffered a nervous breakdown and resigned from the Court. After leaving the Supreme Court,he served as chief counsel to General Motors and frequently criticized the Civil Rights Movement and the Warren Court.
John Burroughs School (JBS) is a private,non-sectarian college-preparatory school with 631 students in grades 7–12. Its 49-acre (200,000 m2) campus is located in Ladue,Missouri (US),a suburb of St. Louis. Founded in 1923,it is named for U.S. naturalist and philosopher John Burroughs.
JoséAlberto Cabranes is an American lawyer who serves as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a former presiding judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review ("FISCR"). Formerly a practicing lawyer,government official,and law teacher,he was the first Puerto Rican appointed to a federal judgeship in the continental United States (1979).
William Ray Price is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri and its longest-serving Supreme Court member,having served from April 7,1992,when he was appointed to the Court by then-Governor John Ashcroft,until August 1,2012,when he retired from the bench. He was retained by a vote of the people of Missouri for twelve-year terms in 1994 and again in 2006. He served two 2-year terms as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from July 1,1999 to June 30,2001 and from July 1,2009 to June 30,2011. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Sigma from the University of Iowa,attended Yale Divinity School and received his law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1978. He was in private practice in Kansas City from 1978 to 1992,where he served as a director of Truman Medical Center and president of the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners. Since retiring from the bench,he has joined the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale LLP in its St. Louis office.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri is the federal judicial district encompassing 66 counties in the western half of the State of Missouri. The Court is based in the Charles Evans Whittaker Courthouse in Kansas City.
The Kansas Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority in the state of Kansas. Composed of seven justices,led by Chief Justice Marla Luckert,the court supervises the legal profession,administers the judicial branch,and serves as the state court of last resort in the appeals process.
Carol A. Beier is a former Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court appointed by Governor Kathleen Sebelius. She took office September 5,2003 to replace retiring Justice Bob Abbott. She retired from the court on September 18,2020.
Carmen Consuelo Cerezo is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Cerezo is the first Latina to serve on a federal bench,and the first female federal judge in Puerto Rico. At the time of her retirement in 2021,Cerezo was the last federal judge in active service to have been appointed to her position by President Jimmy Carter.
Kate Stith,also known as Kate Stith-Cabranes,is the Lafayette S. Foster Professor of Law and the former acting dean of Yale Law School. Her appointment was announced on March 23,2009,by Yale University President Richard Levin,when former dean Harold Koh was nominated to serve as Legal Adviser of the Department of State. Stith is a former Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Nancy Louise Moritz is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and former Associate Justice on the Kansas Supreme Court.
Charles Blakey "Charlie" Blackmar was a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri from 1982 to 1992,and chief justice of the court from 1989 to 1991. Blackmar was appointed to the court by Governor Kit Bond.
Melissa Taylor Standridge is an associate justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. She is a former Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals.
Jane Louise Kelly is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Paul C. Wilson is the chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court. He was appointed in 2012,and was formerly a circuit judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit.
Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood is an American attorney and jurist serving as the Chief United States district judge of the federal District Court of Guam.
William Joseph Nardini is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Sarah Emily Warner is a judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals.
Robin Ransom is an American lawyer who serves as a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri. She was appointed to the court in 2021 by Governor Mike Parson,and is the first African-American woman to hold the position. Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court,Ransom served on the Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District from 2019 to 2021 and served on the St. Louis Circuit Court from 2008 to 2019.
