JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Mike Parson has appointed the first Black woman
to serve as a Missouri Supreme Court judge. The Republican governor on Monday
named Missouri Eastern District Appeals Court Judge Robin Ransom to the high
court. She’s replacing Judge Laura Denvir Stith, who retired in March. Ransom
will join Chief Justice George Draper as the second Black judge currently
serving on the Supreme Court. She doesn’t need Senate confirmation. Former
Republican Gov. Matt Blunt first appointed Ransom to serve as a St. Louis County
circuit judge in 2008. Parson appointed her in 2019 to serve as an appeals court
judge.
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