Jean Hoefer Toal
| Jean Hoefer Toal | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| South Carolina Supreme Court | |
| Title: | Chief Justice |
| Service: | |
| Active: | 1998 - present |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | August 11, 1943 |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Bachelors: | Agnes Scott College, 1965 |
| Law School: | University of South Carolina Law School, 1968 |
Jean Hoefer Toal is the chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court. She began her service on this court on March 17, 1988. She was re-elected in February of 1996 and was installed as Chief Justice on March 23, 2000 for the balance of the term of her predecessor, which expired June 30, 2004. She was re-elected again in February of 2004 and was installed as Chief Justice on June 9, 2004, for a term ending in 2014. [1]
Toal is the first woman to serve as a Justice or a Chief Justice of this court. She is also the first Roman Catholic to serve on the state's Supreme Court. [1]
Education
Toal received her B.A. in Philosophy from Agnes Scott College in 1965 and her J.D. from the University of South Carolina Law School in 1968.[2]
Career
Prior to serving on the South Carolina Supreme Court, Toal practiced law. In addition, she served in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1975 to 1988. [1]
Awards and Associations
- Recipient of the 2011 Jurist of the Year Award from SEABOTA [3]
- Recipient of the Sandra Day O’Connor Award for the Advancement of Civics Education from the National Center for State Courts [4]
- Pursuit of Justice Award, American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section [5]
- 1995 Outstanding Contribution to Justice Award, South Carolina Trial Lawyers
- Honorary Doctorate, University of South Carolina
- Honorary Doctorate, Francis Marion University
- Honorary Doctorate, The Citadel
- Honorary Doctorate, Columbia College
- Honorary Doctorate, College of Charleston
- Honorary Doctorate, Charleston School of Law
- Honorary Doctorate, Converse College
- Member, John Belton O'Neall Inn of Court
- Board of Trustees, American Inns of Court Foundation
- Past President, Conference of Chief Justices
- Past Chair, Board of Directors of the National Center for State Courts [1]
See also
- News: State of the Judiciary address from Chief Justice Toal, February 17, 2012
- News: Supreme Weekly: Busy week for the courts, June 9, 2011
- News: Chief Justice Toal Delivers SC State of the Judiciary Address, March 4, 2011
External links
- South Carolina Supreme Court, Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal
- Project Vote Smart, Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal (SC)
- All Business, "Chief Justice of Supreme Court of South Carolina Jean Hoefer Toal advocates new approach to judicial department funding", May 31, 2010
- 2011 South Carolina State of the Judiciary Address
- Washington Post "Ruling may slow foreclosures in South Carolina" May 4, 2011
- "The Untouchables: The Impact of South Carolina's New Judicial Selection System on the South Carolina Supreme Court, 1997-2003". Albany Law Review, Kimberly C. Petillo, 2005 Scroll to page 955
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 South Carolina Supreme Court, Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal (SC)
- ↑ South Carolina Judicial Department "Chief Justice Toal receives the 2011 Jurist of the Year Award given by the Southeastern Region of the American Board of Trial Advocates (SEABOTA)", May 2, 2011
- ↑ South Carolina Judicial Department Press Release, "S.C. Chief Justice Selected First Recipient of Sandra Day O’Connor Award for Advancement of Civics Education", February 28, 2011
- ↑ American Bar Association, "South Carolina Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal To Receive Pursuit Of Justice Award", October 2, 2008
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| Current |
Jean Hoefer Toal • Costa Pleicones • Donald Beatty • John Kittredge • Kaye Hearn • | ||
| Former | John Waller • Charles Albert Woods • Ernest A. Finney, Jr. • | ||
