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Carol Beier
Carol A. Beier is a former justice on the Kansas Supreme Court. She served on the court from 2003 to 2020.
She was appointed by Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius in July 2003 and joined the court on September 5, 2003. She replaced retiring Justice Bob Abbott.[1][2][3]
Justice Beier was retained by voters on November 8, 2016, and retired on September 18, 2020.[4] Click here for more information about Beier's retirement and the process for selecting her replacement.
Prior to serving on the state supreme court, Beier served as a judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals from 2000 to 2003.[5]
Education
Beier attended Benedictine College and received her B.S. in journalism from the University of Kansas, Lawrence. She earned her J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1985 and her LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2004.[1][6]
Career
Beier served as a law clerk to James Logan. After this, she received a Revson fellowship to the Georgetown Law Center Women's Rights and Public Policy Program. From there, she went on to practice law for different firms, until her appointment to the Kansas Court of Appeals in 2000. Beier served in this capacity until she was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court.[1][6]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2006: Top 500 judges in the United States, Lawdragon magazine[1]
Associations
- Member, American Judicature Society
- Member and former District 10 Director, National Association of Women Judges
- Member, Kansas Bar Association
- Member, Board of Editors, Kansas Bar Association Annual Survey of the Law
- Founding member and first secretary, Kansas Women Attorneys Association
- Former president, KU Law Alumni[1]
Elections
2016
Justice Beier filed to stand for retention by voters in 2016.[7]
Election results
November 8 general election
Carol Beier was retained in the Kansas Supreme Court, Beier's Seat election with 56.24% of the vote.
| Kansas Supreme Court, Beier's Seat, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes votes | |
 Carol Beier | 56.24% | |
| Source: Kansas Secretary of State Official Results | ||
2010
- See also: Kansas judicial elections, 2010
Beier was retained to the Kansas Supreme Court in 2010. She received 63 percent of the vote.[8]
Political outlook
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Beier received a campaign finance score of -0.81, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was more liberal than the average score of 0.12 that justices received in Kansas.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[9]
Recent news
The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Kansas Justice Carol Beier. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.
See also
External links
- Kansas Judicial Branch, "Supreme Court"
- Kansas Watchdog, "Kansas Supreme Court Justice asks Ethics Commission for opinion," February 18, 2010
- The Pitch, "Best of Award: Best Mean Judge - 2009
- Virginia Law, "Summer School Revitalizes Judges' Passion for Law," July 29, 2003
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kansas Judicial Branch, "Honorable Carol A. Beier Justice," accessed August 5, 2016
- ↑ The Topeka Capital-Journal, "Sebelius names new Supreme Court justice," July 29, 2003
- ↑ Lawrence Journal-World, "Governor appoints judge to high court," July 30, 2003
- ↑ Wyandotte Daily, "Justice Beier to retire in September," June 15, 2020
- ↑ Kansas Judicial Branch, "Honorable Carol A. Beier," accessed February 6, 2019
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Project Vote Smart, "Justice Carol S. Beier (KS)"
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Candidate Lists," accessed August 5, 2016
- ↑ Kansas Secretary of State, "Unofficial 2010 General Results"
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
Federal courts:
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Kansas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Kansas
State courts:
Kansas Supreme Court • Kansas Court of Appeals • Kansas District Courts • Kansas Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Kansas • Kansas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Kansas
