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Sandra C. Midkiff

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Sandra C. Midkiff

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Prior offices
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 1

Education

Bachelor's

Knox College, 1972

Law

University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 1975


Sandra C. Midkiff was a circuit court judge for Division 1 of the 16th Circuit Court in Missouri.[1] She served from 2002 to 2020. Midkiff was appointed to this position by Governor Bob Holden in March 2002.[2][3] Midkiff faced a retention election on November 8, 2016.[4] Midkiff retired on August 10, 2020, when she reached the state's mandatory retirement age of 70.[5]

Education

Midkiff received her undergraduate degree from Knox College in 1972 and her J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law in 1975.[6][2]

Career

Awards and associations

Awards

  • 2008: Recipient, Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Benjamin Cardozo Award for Judicial Courage and Excellence

Associations

  • Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
  • Former member, Legal Aid of Western Missouri Board
  • Former member, Rose Brooks Center Board
  • Founding member, Association of Women Lawyers
  • Member, Jackson County Law Library Board
  • Member, Jackson County Circuit Court Rules Committee
  • Member, Missouri Institute for Justice
  • Member, National Association of Women Judges
  • Member, Greater Kansas City Association for Women Lawyers[2][6]

Elections

2016

See also: Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2016

Missouri held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on August 2, 2016. The filing deadline for those wishing to run in the primary was March 29, 2016. Judges running in a retention election on November 8 had to file by August 23.[7] Sandra C. Midkiff was retained in the Missouri 16th Circuit, Division 1 election with 67.09 percent of the vote. [4]

Missouri 16th Circuit, Division 1, 2016
Name Yes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSandra C. Midkiff67.09%
Source: Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 9, 2016

2010

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2010

Midkiff stood for retention and was retained on November 2, 2010, receiving 65.6 percent of the vote.[8]

Performance evaluation

Judge Midkiff was recommended for retention by the Appellate Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee.

Judicial selection method

The judges of the Missouri Circuit Courts in Clay, Greene, Jackson, Platte, and St. Louis counties and the city of St. Louis are appointed by the governor with the help of a judicial selection commission.[9]

The chief judge of each court is elected by the circuit and associate judges from among the sitting circuit judges.[10]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:

  • a U.S. citizen for at least 10 years;
  • a qualified state voter for at least three years;
  • a resident of the circuit for at least one year;
  • licensed to practice law in the state; and
  • at least 30 years old.[10]

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See also

External links

Footnotes