Jean H. Toal

Jean H. Toal

Jean Hoefer Toal is the first woman and the first Roman Catholic to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Toal graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1965 and the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1968, where she was Managing Editor of the South Carolina Law Review. As a lawyer, she argued before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the Catawba Nation. She served 13 years in the South Carolina House of Representatives before being elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1988. She was elected Chief Justice in 2000. She currently (July 2007-July 2008) serves as the President of the Conference of Chief Justices.

References

* [http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/supreme/displayJustice.cfm?judgeID=1118 South Carolina Judicial Department Biography]
* [http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=57734]
* [http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=48264]


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