In Madam Chief Justice, editors W. Lewis Burke Jr. and Joan P.
Assey chronicle the remarkable career of Jean Hoefer Toal, South
Carolina's first female Supreme Court Chief Justice. As a lawyer,
legislator, and judge, Toal is one of the most accomplished womenin
South Carolina history. In this volume, contributors, including two
United States Supreme Court Justices, federal and state judges
state leaders, historians, legal scholars, leading attorneys,
family, and friends, provide analysis, perspective, and
biographical information about the life and career of this dynamic
leader and her role in shaping South Carolina. Growing up in
Columbia during the 1950s and 60s, Jean Hoefer was a youthful
witness to the civil rights movement in the state and nation.
Observing the state's premier civil rights lawyer Matthew J. Perry
Jr. in court encouraged her to attend law school, where she met her
husband, Bill Toal. When she was admitted to the South Carolina Bar
in 1968, fewer than one hundred women had been admitted in the
state's history. From then forward she was both a leader and a role
model. As a lawyer she excelled in trial and appellate work and won
major victories on behalf of Native Americans and women. In 1975,
Toal was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and
despite her age and gender quickly became one of the most respected
members of that body. During her fourteen years as a House member,
Toal promoted major legislation on many issuesincluding
constitutional law, criminal law, utilities regulation, local
government, state appropriations, workers compensation, and freedom
of information. In 1988, Toal was sworn in as the first female
justice on the Supreme Court of South Carolina, where she made her
mark through her preparation and insight. She was elected Chief
Justice in 2000, becoming the first woman ever to hold the highest
position in the state's judiciary. As Chief Justice, Toal not only
modernized her court, but also the state's judicial system. As
Toal's two daughters write in their chapter, the traits their
mother brings to her professional life--exuberance, determination,
and loyalty--are the same traits she demonstrates in her personal
and family life. As a child, Toal loved roller skating in the lobby
of the post office,a historic building that now serves as the
Supreme Court of South Carolina. From a child in Columbia to Madam
Chief Justice, her story comes full circle in this compelling
account of her life and influence. Madam Chief Justice features a
foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor, retired associate justice of the
United State Supreme Court, and an introduction by Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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