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September 24, 2014
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Judge Benton to Speak at SMBA Lunch
October 15, 2014, 11:45 am, Tower Club (Registration/Information)

The Honorable Duane Benton will be our speaker for our October SMBA lunch meeting. Judge Benton has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit since 2004 and resides in Kansas City, however he was born in Springfield and is an enthusiastic member of the SMBA. Judge Benton has had a distinguished career, serving on the Missouri Supreme Court and as director of the Missouri Department of Revenue prior to joining the federal bench.

Following the Lunch there will be a dessert reception honoring Judge Mark Fitzsimmons on the occasion of his retirement at the end of October.


Judicial Evaluation Results Released Today

Judges who serve under the Missouri's Non-Partisan Court Plan run in retention elections at the end of their term. They are evaluated by one of seven different committees, either an Appellate Judicial Evaluation Committee or a Circuit Judicial Evaluation Committee. Learn about the evaluation process, criteria of the judicial performance evaluations and members of the evaluation committees.


Judges Evaluated for the November 2, 2014 election, on the Greene County ballot

C. Dudley Martin would like to notify the bar that he has a number of books that he would like to sell or donate to interested parties. More Information
Office Space For Lease

New In House Job Postings

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