Lisa White Hardwick

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District

• Appointed in January 2000 as a circuit judge in Jackson County (16th Judicial Circuit)
• Appointed in May 2001 to the Court of Appeals; retained in office at the November 2002 general election and again at the November 2014 general election for a 12-year term expiring December 31, 2026
• Served as chief judge 2010-2012

• Bachelor of Journalism, 1982, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Juris Doctorate, 1985, Harvard Law School

• Joined the law firm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon in private law practice in 1985; was a firm partner from 1992 to 1999
• Elected to the Jackson County Legislature, served from 1993-2000

• The Missouri Bar
• Jackson County Bar Association
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• Association of Women Lawyers
• Chairperson, Missouri Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness (2015-present)
• Chairperson, Missouri Appellate Practice Commission (2003-2013)
• Chairperson, Missouri Appellate Apportionment Commission (2011-2012)
• Chairperson, Judicial Appointment Commissions for Sixth, Seventh and Sixteenth Circuits (2010-2012)

• Member, St. James United Methodist Church
• Board of Directors, Truman Library Institute
• Board of Directors, Swope Community Enterprises
• Board of Directors, Kansas City Girl’s Preparatory Academy
• Board of Directors, Kansas City Crime Commission

• Hon. Joseph Stevens, Jr. Aspire to Excellence Award, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association – 2017
• Judge of the Year, Association of Women Lawyers – 2016
• Appellate Judicial Excellence Award, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri – 2016
• Judge Lewis Clymer Award for Outstanding Service to the Legal Profession, Jackson County Bar Association – 2016

• Born October 5, 1960 in Kansas City, Missouri
• Married with two sons