Stephen Limbaugh
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Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. is a former justice of the Missouri Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court in August 1992, and subsequently retained in November 1994 and November 2006 for 12-year terms.
Limbaugh served as Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court from July 2001 through June 2003. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, he served as a circuit judge in the 32nd Judicial Circuit of Missouri from September 1987 to August 1992.[1]
Education
Justice Limbaugh was educated in the Cape Girardeau, Missouri, public schools, and received his Bachelor of Arts (History) from Southern Methodist University, December 1973. He later earned his Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University School of Law in December 1976 and his Master of Laws in Judicial Process in May 1998 from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Legal career
Justice Limbaugh was a partner in law firm of Limbaugh, Limbaugh, Russell & Syler, P.C., Cape Girardeau from January 1983 through August 1987; prior to this he was the Prosecuting Attorney of Cape Girardeau County (January 1979 through December 1982) and an Associate in law firm of Limbaugh, Limbaugh & Russell from May 1977 to November 1978.
Professional memberships and activities
- Member, State Bar of Texas, May 1977 to date
- Member, The Missouri Bar, October 1977 to date
- Criminal Law Committee, 1979 to 1992; council member, 1981 to 1982
- Bar Center Expansion Committee, 1980 to 1983
- Property Law Committee, 1988 to 1992; chair, Private Roads Subcommittee, 1988 to 1991
- Judicial Administration Committee, 1988 to 1992; council member, 1988 to 1992
- Foresight Committee, 1992 to 1994
- Commission on Legal Services, 1996
- Fellow, The Missouri Bar Foundation, 1997 to date; board member, 2001 to 2003
- Member, American Bar Association, 1977 to date
- Litigation Section, 1985 to date
- Judicial Administration Division, 1987 to date
- Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation
- Member, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1986 to date
- Member, The Federalist Society, 1993 to date
- Member, National Conference of Chief Justices, 2001 to 2003
- Member, American Judicature Society, 2001 to date
- Supreme Court Committees:
- Ad hoc committee to draft Supreme Court rule for facsimile transmissions, 1989
- Judicial Records Committee, 1990 to 1992
- Ad hoc committee to draft standards on jury use and management, 1992
- Judicial Education Committee, 1992 to 1999
- Author, Jury Call and Management, 1 BENCH BOOK FOR MO. TRIAL JUDGES 32-1 (1998)
- Family Court Implementation Committee - 1993 to 1995
- Co-Chair, Supreme Court Task Force on Children and Families - 1994 to 1996
- Chair, Commission on Judicial Department Education - 1999 to 2001, 2005 to date
- Court Automation Committee - 2001 to 2003
- Chair, Appellate Judicial Commission for the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan, 2001 to 2003
Civic and charitable activites
- Frequent speaker, presenter and panelist for service clubs, civic groups, bar associations, high schools, colleges, law schools, charities and churches
- Served as officer, trustee, and/or board member for the following organizations:
- State Historical Society of Missouri
- Division of Youth Services State Advisory Board
- Friends of the Missouri State Archives
- Jobs for Missouri's Future Committee, Department of Economic Development
- Area Wide United Way, Cape Girardeau
- Cape Girardeau Civic Center
- Cape Girardeau Jaycees
- Rotary Club of Cape Girardeau
- Community Concert Associations of Cape Girardeau and Jefferson City
- Crime Victims Assisstance for the Elderly, Inc., Cape Girardeau
- Move Cape Forward Committee, Cape Girardeau Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Cape Girardeau Development Corporation
- Boy Scouts of America, Great Rivers and Southeast Missouri Councils
- Southern Methodist University Law Alumni Association
- William Woods University
- Major Gifts Committee, Southeast Missouri State University Foundation
- Southeast Missouri Hospital, Cape Girardeau
- Southeast Missouri Symphony Advisory Board
- Rainbow Network, Springfield, Mo.
- Lifelong member of Centenary United Methodist Church, Cape Girardeau (lay speaker; Sunday School teacher; administrative board member; chair, 1906 - 2006 Centennial Committee)
Awards and honors
- The Lawdragon 500 Leading Judges in America, 2006
- Distinguished Alumni Award for Judicial Service, SMU Dedman School of Law, 2006
- Jurist in Residence, St. Louis University School of Law (with Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.), 2006
- Merit of Recognition Award, American College of Trial Lawyers (Missouri Fellows), 2002
- Political Advocacy and Legislative Achievement Award, Adoption and Foster Care Coalition of Missouri, 2001
- Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, National Eagle Scout Association, 1998
- Life Regent, National Eagle Scout Association, 1998
- Special Service Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Inc., 1997
- Distinguished Non-Alumnus Award, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, 1997
- Honorary degree - Legum Doctorem, William Woods University, 1996
- Class Sponser, "Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. Eagle Scout Class," St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1996
- "Part of the Solution Award," Professional Blackmen's Club of Southeast Missouri, 1991
- Paul Harris Fellow, Rotary International, 1990
- Outstanding Young Missourian Award, Missouri State Jaycees, 1984
- Distinguished Service Award, Cape Girardeau Jaycees, 1984
