207 West High Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Full Name:
Zel M. Fischer
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Julie Ann; 4 Children
Birth Place:
Hamburg, Iowa
Religion:
Baptist
JD, School of Law, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 1988
BA, Philosophy/Political Science, William Jewell College, 1985
No political experience information on file.
No caucus information on file.
Adjunct Professor of American Jurisprudence, William Jewell College, 2012-present
Instructor, Missouri Bar Professional Ethics Seminar
Judge, Missouri State Supreme Court, 2008-2017; 2019-2022
Chief Justice, Missouri State Supreme Court, 2017-2019
Associate Circuit Judge, 4th Judicial Circuit, Atchison County, 2006-2008
Attorney, Law Offices of Zel M. Fischer, 1992-2006
Attorney, Law Offices of James D. Boggs, 1989-1992
Law Clerk, Judge Andrew Jackson Higgins, Supreme Court of Missouri, 1988-1989
Member, The Missouri Bar, 1988-present
Former Member, 4th Circuit Judicial Bar Association
Member, Atchison County DARE
Member, Atchison County Economic Development Corporation
Former Member, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Member, Board of Directors, Tarkio Rodeo
Former Member, Clay County Bar Association
Member, Community Awareness Team
Former Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Member, Leadership Board, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Northwest Missouri
Former Member, Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
Member, National Advisory Board for the University of North Carolina Bryson Center for Judicial Science Education
President, National Courts and Sciences Institute
Former Member, Platte County Bar Association
Member, Rock Port Rotary Club
Former Member, Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association
Member, Tarkio First Baptist Church
Program Member, The Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center (ASTAR), 2008