Justice Matters | Reflections of Missouri Chief Justice Mary R. Russell
As we prepare for the New Year, we reflect back on the year ending and make hopeful plans for the one just beginning. Perhaps you are like me and make resolutions I may (or may not) manage to keep in 2024. I also find myself reflecting on ways the courts, too, are finishing one chapter and preparing to begin a new one. I see this most vividly in the number of judges we have lost in the past few years, mostly to retirement and, sadly, a few to death. While some of the retiring judges are able to stay until the end of a calendar year, many more leave at varying times throughout the year, causing...