Marla Luckert

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Marla Jo Luckert[1] (born July 20, 1955) is the chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. She was appointed by Governor Bill Graves on November 20, 2002, and sworn into office on January 13, 2003.[2]

Personal life

Marla J. Luckert was born in Goodland, Kansas. At Washburn University she earned a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1977 and a Juris Doctor from Washburn University School of Law in 1980.[3]

Professional life

After law school, Luckert joined the law firm of Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds and Palmer in Topeka, Kansas. She also served as an adjunct professor of law at Washburn. Luckert was appointed by Governor Joan Finney to the Third Judicial District Court in 1992. In 2000, she became chief judge of the Third Judicial Court. In 2003 she was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court by Governor Bill Graves.[4]

Luckert has served as president of the Kansas Bar Association, the Kansas District Judges Association, the Kansas Women Attorneys Association, the Topeka Bar Association, the Sam A. Crow Inn of Court, and the Women Attorneys Association of Topeka.[5] Luckert is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Kansas Bar Foundation.[6]

On December 17, 2019, Luckert became chief justice of the Kansas Supreme Court after the retirement of then-Chief Justice Lawton Nuss.[7]

Awards

  • YWCA Woman of Excellence Award (1996)
  • Kansas Bar Association Outstanding Service Award (1990)
  • Kansas Association of Defense Counsel's Distinguished Service Award (1990)

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