Zel Fischer
Supreme Court of Missouri
Dates of judicial service:
Appointed to the Supreme Court in October 2008 and retained at the 2010 general election for a 12-year term expiring December 31, 2022
Elected to Associate Circuit Judge in 4th Judicial Circuit (Atchison County) in November 2006
Education:
Educated in Rock Port, Missouri, public schools
Bachelor of Arts (double majors in Philosophy and Political Science), William Jewell College, 1985
Harry S. Truman Most Outstanding Political Science Major - Class of 1985
Kappa Alpha Order
Juris Doctor, with distinction, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, 1988
Order of the Bench and Robe
Law Review Staff
American Jurisprudence Award
Professional employment prior to judicial service:
Law Clerk for the Honorable Andrew Jackson Higgins, Supreme Court of Missouri, 1988 to 1989
Attorney, Law Offices of James D. Boggs, 1989 to 1992
Attorney, Law Offices of Zel M. Fischer, 1992 to 2006
Offices in Atchison, Nodaway and Holt counties
Professional memberships and activities:
ASTAR Fellow, Advanced education and training to preside over trials involving complex science or technology issues
Participant, Center for Advanced Leadership Skills, West Virginia University
Instructor, Missouri Bar Professional Ethics Seminar
Member, The Missouri Bar, 1988 to present
Past Committee membership:
Civil Practice and Procedure Committee
Appellate Practice Sub-Committee
Young Lawyers Section Council (representing Clay and Platte counties and rural Northwest Missouri)
Former Member:
4th Judicial Circuit Bar Association
Platte County Bar Association
Clay County Bar Association
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys
Community, civic and charitable Activities:
Rock Port Rotary Club
Community Awareness Team
Atchison County DARE
- Judge
- Supreme Court of Missouri
- - Current
- Appointed to the Supreme Court in October 2008 and retained at the 2010 general election for a 12-year term expiring December 31, 2022
- Judge
- Associate Circuit Judge in 4th Judicial Circuit
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- Attorney
- Law Offices of Zel M. Fischer
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- Offices in Atchison, Nodaway and Holt counties
- Attorney
- Law Offices of James D. Boggs
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- Law Clerk
- Honorable Andrew Jackson Higgins, Supreme Court of Missouri
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- University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law
- Honors: Order of the Bench and Robe American Jurisprudence Award
- Activities: Law Review Staff
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- William Jewell College
- B.A. (1985) | Philosophy and Political Science
- Honors: Kappa Alpha Order
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- Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center (ASTAR), Inc.
- Fellow
- Current
- Activities: Advanced education and training to preside over trials involving complex science or technology issues
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- Center for Advanced Leadership Skills, West Virginia University
- Participant
- Current
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- Missouri Bar Professional Ethics Seminar
- Instructor
- Current
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- The Missouri Bar
- Member
- - Current
- Activities: Past Committee membership: Civil Practice and Procedure Committee Appellate Practice Sub-Committee Young Lawyers Section Council (representing Clay and Platte counties and rural Northwest Missouri)
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- Chapter 40, Strict Liability of Product Manufacturers and Sellers - Manufacturing Defect of the Products Liability Handbook
- University of Missouri, Kansas City, Continuing Legal Education
