MO Lawyers Blog

Western District has first all-female panel of judges 

Today’s arguments at the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District weren’t much different from any others – except that all three judges were, for the first time, women. Judges Lisa White Hardwick, Karen King Mitchell and Cynthia L. Martin comprised the panel, which heard six cases this morning in Kansas City. Although the 11-member Western District has [...]

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Barragán-Scott named permanent revenue director 

A woman who spent 15 years in the state attorney general’s office has been named permanent head of the Department of Revenue. Alana Barragán-Scott has been acting director of the agency since Gov. Jay Nixon made the previous director, Karen King Mitchell, an appellate judge in July. Mitchell also had worked for Nixon in the attorney [...]

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Western District welcomes newest judge 

Karen King Mitchell, the most recent appointment to the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, was sworn in today at an informal ceremony in Kansas City. Accompanying Mitchell was her husband, Greg Mitchell, an attorney with Brydon, Swearengen & England in Jefferson City, and their son, Sam, as well as several members of her family. Chief Judge [...]

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Karen King Mitchell named to court of appeals 

Karen King Mitchell has been selected for a judgeship on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Mitchell was appointed earlier this year as Nixon’s director of the Missouri Department of Revenue. She had worked for years with Nixon when he was the state’s attorney general. Mitchell fills the second of three vacancies on the court this [...]

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Second panel named for Western District vacancy 

The Appellate Judicial Commission has nominated Judge Jacqueline A. Cook, state official Karen King Mitchell and Judge Gary D. Witt for a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District. Gov. Jay Nixon will have 60 days to select one of the three for the vacancy, created by the retirement in January of Judge Paul [...]

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