Mary Kathryn Hoff

Mary Kathryn Hoff was a judge on the Eastern District of the Missouri Court of Appeals. She served from 1995 to 2021.

Hoff was appointed to the court in December 1995 by Democratic Governor Mel Carnahan and retained in 1998. She was retained again in 2010. Hoff's peers elected her chief judge in 2020, effective January 1, 2021.^[1] She retired on August 2, 2021.^[2][3]

Education

Hoff was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She earned a B.S. in education from the University of Missouri at Columbia and a J.D. from St. Louis University School of Law.^[2]

Career

Hoff began her legal career in 1978 as an assistant public defender in St. Louis. She practiced law from 1982 until May 1989, when she was appointed as a circuit judge. She held this position until her appointment to the court of appeals in 1995.^[2]

Awards and associations

• Metropolitan St. Louis Bar Association
• Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis
• National Association of Women Judges^[2]

Elections

2010

Hoff stood for retention on November 2, 2010, and was retained with 64.7% of the vote.^[4]

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2010

Performance evaluation

Click here to read Judge Hoff's performance evaluation from The Appellate Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee.

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