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Lisa White Hardwick
2001 - Present
2026
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Lisa White Hardwick is a judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District. She was appointed to this court on May 2, 2001, by Democratic Governor Bob Holden and was retained in 2002. She was retained again in 2014 for a term that expires on December 31, 2026.[1]
Education
Hardwick earned her bachelor's degree from University of Missouri in 1982 and her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1985.[1]
Career
Hardwick joined the firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon in 1985 and was a partner from 1992 to 2000. She was subsequently elected to the Jackson County Legislature, serving from 1993 to 2000. She was appointed to the 16th Judicial Circuit in January 2000.[1]
Awards and associations
- St. James United Methodist Church
- Jackson County Bar Association
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
- Association of Women Lawyers
- Board of Directors, Community Blood Bank
- KCUR Radio Community Advisory Board
- Board of Directors, Swope Community Enterprises
- Board of Directors, Swope Health Services[1]
Elections
2014
Hardwick was retained to the Court of Appeals with 66.8 percent of the vote on November 4, 2014. [2]
Supreme Court nomination
Missouri's Appellate Judicial Commission submitted the names of judges Ron Holliger, Lisa White Hardwick and Zel Fischer to Gov. Matt Blunt as nominees to the state’s high court in 2008. Hollinger and Hardwick were judges of the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District; Fischer was an associate circuit judge in Atchison County. The nominee would succeed Stephen Limbaugh Jr., who was selected to become a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for Eastern Missouri. Hardwick was not selected.[3]
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See also
External links
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri
State courts:
Missouri Supreme Court • Missouri Court of Appeals • Missouri Circuit Courts • Missouri Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Missouri • Missouri judicial elections • Judicial selection in Missouri
