Hon. Ronnie L. White, retired
Supreme Court of Missouri

Dates of judicial service:

• Served on the Supreme Court from October 1995 through July 2007

• Was appointed October 1995 and retained at the November 1996 general election

• Retired effective July 6, 2007

• Served as chief justice from July 2003 through June 2005

• Previously served as a judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, from May 1994 to October 1995

Education:

• Educated in the St. Louis, Missouri, public schools

• Associate of Arts, St. Louis Community College, 1977

• Bachelor of Arts (major - political science), St. Louis University, 1979

• Juris Doctor, University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School, 1983

Prior employment :

• Adjunct professor, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis (taught trial advocacy)

• City Counselor, City of St. Louis

• Served three terms in the Missouri House of Representatives

• Principal, Cahill, White and Hemphill law firm

• Trial attorney, Public Defender's Office, City of St. Louis

• Trial attorney, Public Defender's Office, St. Louis County

• Legal assistant, Department of Defense Mapping Agency

• Legal intern, Jackson County prosecutor's office

Professional membership and activities:

• Member, The Missouri Bar

• Member, Judicial Conference of Missouri, 1995 to date

    - Presiding Officer, 2003 to 2005

• Chair, Appellate Judicial Commission, 2003 to 2005

• Faculty member, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, St. Louis, 1995

Civic and charitable activities:

• Advisory board member, Jamison Memorial C.M.E. Church Youth Group

• Former board member, St. Louis Housing Authority

• Former board member, Regional Justice Information Services Commission

• Former board member, Maria Droste Residence for Women

Awards and honors:

• Distinguished Lawyer Award, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, May 2003

• Distinguished Non-Alumni Award, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, October 2002

• Outstanding public service award, Harris-Stowe State Community College, St. Louis, January 2001

• Honorary Doctor of Laws, Harris-Stowe State Community College, St. Louis

• Honorary Doctor of Laws, Saint Louis University

Additional information:

• Nominated by President Bill Clinton to be a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in June 1997; confirmation rejected by the United States Senate in a straight party-line vote