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Patricia Breckenridge's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Office

Supreme Court of Missouri
207 West High Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101

Full Name:

Patricia Breckenridge

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Bryan

Birth Date:

10/14/1953

Birth Place:

Nevada, Missouri

Religion:

Methodist

JD, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1977

BS, Agricultural Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1975

Attended, University of Arkansas, 1972

Candidate, Missouri State Supreme Court, 2020

Member, Child Support Guideline Review Sub-Committee, 1997-1999

Co-Chair, Missouri Gender Fairness Implementation Committee, 1993-1997

Member, Missouri Bar Foresight Committee, 1992-1994

Member, Missouri Task Force on Gender and Justice, 1990-1993

Judge, Missouri State Supreme Court, 2007-2015, 2017-present

Chief Justice, Missouri State Supreme Court, 2015-2017

Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, 1990-2007

Faculty Member, Missouri Judicial College, 1990-1993

Associate Circuit Judge, Vernon County, 28th Judicial Circuit, 1982-1990

Assistant Municipal Judge, City of Nevada, Missouri, 1979-1982

Partner/Associate, Russell, Brown, Bickel and Breckenridge, 1978-1982

Member/ Secretary/ Treasurer, Academy of Missouri Squires, 2016-present

Master, Elwood L. Thomas American Inn of Court, 2012-present

Board Member, Missouri Institute for Justice, 2006-present

Board Member, Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance (LEAP), 2005-present

Board of Directors/ Emeritus, Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance (LEAP), 2005-present

Mentor, Saint Vincent's Operation Breakthrough Day Care Center, Kansas City, 1998-present

Member, American Judicature Society, 1995-present

Faculty Member, Judicial Orientation, 1992-present

Member/Fellow, American Bar Association, 1990-present

Member, Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, 1990-present

Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 1990-present

Member/Former President, Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges, 1983-present

Member/ Fellow, Missouri Bar Association, 1977-present

Member, PEO Sisterhood, DW Chapter, 1972-present

Member, United Methodist Church

Member, Vernon County Bar Association

President/Board Member, Mattie Rhodes Center, 1999-2006

Member, University of Health Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Board of Directors, 1996-1998

Member, Cabot West Side Clinic, Board of Directors, 1991-1997

Member, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry, Strategic Planning Committee, 1995

Member, Rotary International of Nevada, Missouri, 1988-1993

Member, Home Health Advisory Board, Nevada, Missouri, Board of Directors, 1987-1991

President/Member, Soroptimists International of Nevada, Missouri, 1983-1991

President/Member, Business and Professional Women of Nevada, 1978-1990

Co-Founder/Board Member, Council on Families in Crisis, Nevada, Missouri, 1984-1990

Co-Founder/Advisor, Vernon County Community Service Program, 1988-1990

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