Ann K. Covington | |
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Chief Justice of Missouri | |
In office July 1, 1993 – June 30, 1995 | |
Preceded by | Edward D. Robertson Jr. |
Succeeded by | John C. Holstein |
Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri | |
In office December 27, 1988 – 2001 | |
Appointed by | John Ashcroft |
Preceded by | Robert T. Donnelly |
Succeeded by | Laura Denvir Stith |
Personal details | |
Born | Fairmont, West Virginia[1] | March 5, 1942
Spouse | Charles J. McClain |
Residence | Columbia, Missouri |
Alma mater | Duke University (BA) University of Missouri (JD) |
Ann K. Covington (born March 5, 1942)[2] is a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri. She was the first woman to hold that position. Covington served on the Supreme Court from 1989 to 2001; in 2001 she joined the large St. Louis, Missouri law firm Bryan Cave. Covington is 1963 graduate of Duke University where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri in 1977.[2] She is a native of Fairmont, West Virginia. She lives in Columbia, Missouri.[3]