Jean H. Toal | |
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.jpg) Toal in 2014 | |
| Chief Justice of South Carolina | |
| In office March 23, 2000[1] – December 31, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest A. Finney, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Costa Pleicones |
| Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court | |
| In office March 17, 1988 – March 23, 2000 | |
| Preceded by | George Gregory, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John Cannon Few |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jean Hoefer August 11, 1943 Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Spouse | William Thomas Toal |
| Alma mater | Agnes Scott College University of South Carolina School of Law |
Jean Hoefer Toal (born August 11, 1943) is an American former judge who was a chief justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina. She was the first woman and the first Roman Catholic to serve as chief justice. In 2013, she became the first chief justice on the Supreme Court of South Carolina since the 1800s to have an opponent run against her. Toal has continued to serve in the judiciary as a senior judge since her retirement from the Supreme Court.
- ^ "Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal". South Carolina Judicial Department. Retrieved September 9, 2012.