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Zel Fischer's Biography

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Contact Information

Office

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.

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

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