Jean H. Toal

Jean H. Toal
Toal in 2014
Chief Justice of South Carolina
In office
March 23, 2000[1] – December 31, 2015
Preceded byErnest A. Finney, Jr.
Succeeded byCosta Pleicones
Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court
In office
March 17, 1988 – March 23, 2000
Preceded byGeorge Gregory, Jr.
Succeeded byJohn Cannon Few
Personal details
Born
Jean Hoefer

(1943-08-11) August 11, 1943 (age 81)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
SpouseWilliam Thomas Toal
Alma materAgnes 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.

  1. ^ "Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal". South Carolina Judicial Department. Retrieved September 9, 2012.