Laura Denvir Stith [SEP] position held
Laura Denvir Stith
Laura Denvir Stith (born October 30, 1953) has been a judge on the Supreme Court of Missouri since 2001. She was elected by her fellow Supreme Court justices to serve a two-year term as Chief Justice, from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2009, becoming the second woman to serve as Missouri's highest-ranking jurist.
Stith graduated in 1971 from John Burroughs School, a private school in metro St. Louis, Missouri. Four years later, she graduated "
Appeals for the Second Circuit, and is the sister of Laura Denvir Stith, who serves on the Missouri Supreme Court.
Education.
Stith received a Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1973, a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1977 and a Masters of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government also in 1977. She clerked for Judge Carl McGowan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and for Supreme Court Justice Byron R. White.
Career.
Stith began teaching at Yale Law