Judge, Missouri State Supreme Court, 2004-2013; 2015-2023; 2025-present

Chief Justice, Missouri State Supreme Court, 2013-2015; 2023-2025

General Election, Missouri State Supreme Court, 2006; 2018

Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, 1995-2004

Chief Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, 1999-2000

No caucus information on file.

Partner, Clayton & Rhodes Law Office, 1984-1995

Law Clerk, Honorable George Gunn, Supreme Court of Missouri, 1983-1984

Member, Missouri Women's Forum, 2007-present

Master, Elwood L. Thomas Inn of Court, 2006-present

Board of Directors, Missouri CASA, 2006-present

Appointed Special Advocates, Board Member, Missouri Court Appointed Special Advocates, 2006-present

Member, Zonta, Jefferson City, 2006-present

Member, Blue Springs Lions Club, 2005-present

Speaker, Constitution Day, Jefferson City, 2005-present

Judge, We the People State Finals, Jefferson City, 2005-present

Member, Cole County Bar Association, 2004-present

Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2004-present

Volunteer Judge, Lewis & Clark Middle School "Truancy Court", 2004-present

Member, Mid-Missouri Women Lawyers' Association, 2004-present

Member, Rotary Club of Jefferson City, 2004-present

Volunteer, Samaritan Center, 2004-present

Memerb, Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association, 2004-present

Keynote Speaker, Missouri Girls' State, 2002-present

Speaker, YMCA Youth in Government State Leadership Program, 2001-present

Speaker, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) Youth in Government State Leadership Program, 2001-present

Reader, Read Across America, 2000-present

Member, St. Louis Forum, 1999-present

Member, Philanthropic Education Organization, 1996-present

Member, Rotary Club of Kirkwood, 1996-present

Member, Grace Episcopal Church, Jefferson City, 1995-present

Member, Lawyers' Association of St. Louis, 1995-present

Member, National Association of Women Judges, 1995-present

Member, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, 1993-present

Member, Women Lawyers Association of St. Louis, 1992-present

Member, 10th Circuit Bar Association, 1983-present

Member, American Bar Association, 1983-present

Member, The Missouri Bar, 1983-present

Member, University of Missouri Alumni Association, 1983-present

Speaker, American Legion Youth in Government

Member, Board of Directors, Matthews-Dickey Boys' and Girls' Club, Saint Louis, 2004-2007

Member, Illinois Bar Association, 1984-1995

Awards:

Truman State University Outstanding Alumni Award, 2003

Citizen of the Year, Kirkwood, Missouri, 2002

Equal Justice Award, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, 1994 (for extraordinary efforts to provide pro bono legal services to victims of the 1993 flood)

Faculty/Alumni Award, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002

Citation of Merit Alumni Award, University of Missouri, 1997

Henry Toll Fellow, 1997

Woman of the Year, Women Lawyers Association of St. Louis, 2003

Zonta "Woman of Achievement," Jefferson City, 2007

Rotarian of the Year, 2007

Women's Justice Award, The Daily Record, 2008

Woman of the Year, Missouri Lawyer's Media, 2014

Ingram's "50 Missourians You Should Know," 2015

Honorable Theodore McMillian Judicial Excellence Award, The Missouri Bar, 2016