Barbara Ann Crancer

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Barbara Ann (Hoffa) Crancer (born 1938), St. Louis County (Missouri) Associate Circuit Court Judge and daughter of former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa.

Crancer was born in Detroit, Michigan to James Riddle Hoffa and Josephine (Poszywak) Hoffa. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Albion College (Michigan) in 1960, and a Juris Doctor Degree from Washington University School of Law (Missouri). The Honorable Judge Crancer served as a private practice lawyer in St. Louis through 1989 when she was appointed Legal Advisor and then Administrative Law Judge for Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, serving until 1992. In July of 1992, Crancer was appointed to her current position as Associate Circuit Judge.

Her younger brother is James P. Hoffa, current president of the Teamsters Union.