Sandra Farragut-Hemphill
Sandra Farragut-Hemphill was a circuit court judge for the 21st Circuit Court in Missouri.[1][2] She was appointed to be a circuit judge by Governor Jay Nixon (D) on November 19, 2014.[3] Farragut-Hemphill won a retention election on November 8, 2016.[4] She retired from the court in 2021.
Education
Farragut-Hemphill earned her B.A. from Spelman College and her J.D. from the University of Florida.[5]
Career
- 2014-2021: Judge, Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court
- 1991-2014: Associate judge, Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court
Prior to joining the court, Farragut-Hemphill was an attorney in private practice.[3]
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.[6] Sandra Farragut-Hemphill was retained in the Missouri 21st Circuit, Division 3 election with 60.31 percent of the vote. [4]
| Missouri 21st Circuit, Division 3, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes votes | |
 Sandra Farragut-Hemphill | 60.31% | |
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 9, 2016 | ||
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.[7]
The chief judge of each court is elected by the circuit and associate judges from among the sitting circuit judges.[8]
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.[8]
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See also
- Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court
- Courts in Missouri
- St. Louis County, Missouri
- Judicial selection in Missouri
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Your Missouri Courts, "21st Judicial Circuit," accessed November 19, 2014
- ↑ Saint Louis County, "Division 3," accessed June 5, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Nixon appoints new circuit judge for St. Louis County," November 19, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Emailed candidate list from Missouri Secretary of State's Office on September 20, 2016
- ↑ Martindale, "Judge Profile: Sandra Farragut-Hemphill," accessed November 20, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Missouri Election Calendar," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Your Missouri Judges, "Missouri Judges: The Non-Partisan Court Plan," accessed March 18, 2019
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Cite error: Invalid
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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
