Ann Covington

2019 Living Recipient

Year Inducted: 2019

The 2019 living recipient is retired chief justice of the Missouri Supreme Court, the honorable Ann Covington.  Covington was the first female to serve the Show-Me State in a number of crucial judicial roles. She was selected to serve as a judge on the Missouri Court of Appeals in 1987, named to the Missouri Supreme Court in 1989, and was the first female chief justice in 1993. For all this and more the American Bar Association recognized her as one of the Women Trailblazers in the Law.