Jean H. Toal
| Jean Hoefer Toal | |
|---|---|
| Chief Justice of South Carolina | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office March 23, 2000[1] | |
| Preceded by | Ernest A. Finney, Jr. |
| Associate Justice of South Carolina | |
| In office March 17, 1988 – March 23, 2000 | |
| Preceded by | George Gregory, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Costa Pleicones |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 11, 1943 Columbia, South Carolina |
| Alma mater | Agnes Scott College University of South Carolina School of Law |
Jean Hoefer Toal (born August 11, 1943) 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 represented Richland County as a Democrat in the South Carolina House of Representatives for 13 years before being elected to the South Carolina Supreme Court in 1988 and sworn in on March 17, 1988,[2] the first woman elected to this position.[3] She was reelected over Tom Ervin in 1996.[4]
Toal was elected Chief Justice in 2000. She served as the President of the Conference of Chief Justices from July 2007-July 2008.
References
- ↑ "Chief Justice Jean Hoefer Toal". South Carolina Judicial Department. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
- ↑ "First woman justice sworn in". Herald-Journal (Spartanburg, South Carolina). March 18, 1988. pp. B4. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ↑ Toal aims to be state's first female chief justice
- ↑ http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/03/29/4803693/sc-attorney-to-oppose-nikki-haley.html#.Uzq9L6hdVjc