Ann K. Covington

Background

Covington, Ann K. was born on March 5, 1942 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of James R. and Elizabeth Ann Kettering.

Education

Bachelor, Duke U., 1963;

Juris Doctor, U. Missouri, 1977.

Career

Assistant attorney general, State of Missouri, Jefferson City, 1977-1979;

partner, Covington & Maier, Columbia, Missouri, 1979-1981;

partner, Butcher, Cline, Mallory & Covington, Columbia, Missouri, 1981-1987;

justice, Missouri Court Appeals (western district), Kansas City, 1987-1989;

justice, Missouri Supreme Court, 1989-1993;

chief justice, Missouri Supreme Court, 1993-1995;

now judge, since 1995. Board directors Mid Missouri Legal Services Corporation, Columbia, 1983-1987. Chairman Juvenile Justice Advisory Board, Columbia, 1984-1987.

Achievements

• Ann K. Covington has been listed as a noteworthy State supreme court justice by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Ellis Fischel State Cancer Hospital, Columbia, 1982-1983, National Center for State Court Justices, since 1998. Chairman Columbia Industrial Revenue Bond Authority, 1984-1987. Trustee United Methodist Church, Columbia, 1983-1986.

Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (judicial administrative division, member of advisory commission on Evidence Rules, United States Court Justices), Missouri Bar Association, Boone County Bar Association (secretary 1981-1982), American Law Institute, Academy Missouri Squires, Order of Coif (honorary), Mortar Board (honorary), Phi Alpha Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Connections

Married James E. Waddell, August 17, 1963 (divorced August 1976). Children: Mary Elizabeth Waddell, Paul Kettering Waddell. Married Joe E. Covington, May 14, 1977.

Father:

James R. Kettering

Mother:

Elizabeth Ann Kettering

Spouse:

Joe E. Covington

Spouse:

James E. Waddell

child:

Paul Kettering Waddell Covington

child:

Mary Elizabeth Waddell Covington