Background
Russell, Mary Rhodes was born on July 28, 1958 in Hannibal, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Cleveland Jerome and Mary Elisabeth (Stewart) Rhodes.
lawyer Supreme Court of Missouri
Russell, Mary Rhodes was born on July 28, 1958 in Hannibal, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Cleveland Jerome and Mary Elisabeth (Stewart) Rhodes.
Bachelor in Massachusetts Communications, Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, Truman State University, 1980; Juris Doctor, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1983.
She assumed the position on July 1, 2013, upon the conclusion of the two year term of her predecessor, Richard B. Teitelman. She was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2004 by Governor Bob Holden, a Democrat. In 1980 she graduated summa cum laude from Northeast Missouri State University and received her law degree in 1983 from the University of Missouri.
She served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Missouri before entering private practice in Hannibal. She served on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, from 1994 to 2004 and was its chief judge from 1999 to 2000.
Board of directors Comm. on Retired, Removal and Discipline of Judges, St. Louis,1994-1995. Member urban campout project Girl Scouts United States of America, St. Louis, 1996. Member, past president Philanthropic and Educational Organization, Hannibal, 1993-1995.
Member Bar Association St. Louis (chair bench/bar relations 1996-1997), Woman Lawyers Association St. Louis, National Association Women Judges, Missouri Lawyer Trust AccountFound. (vice chairman, board directors 1990-1995), Rotary (program chairman 1996-1997).
Married James Lowell Russell, November 25, 1995.