Jean Constance Hamilton
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Jean Constance Hamilton | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2013 | |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | |
| In office 1995–2002 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Louis Filippine |
| Succeeded by | Carol E. Jackson |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri | |
| In office October 1, 1990 – July 1, 2013 | |
| Appointed by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John Francis Nangle |
| Succeeded by | Ronnie L. White |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 12, 1945 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Education | Wellesley College (BA) Washington University in St. Louis (JD) Yale University (LLM) |
Jean Constance Hamilton (born November 12, 1945) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Hamilton was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College in 1968, then a Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law in 1971, and a Master of Laws from Yale Law School in 1982. She was an attorney with the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 1971 to 1973. She was then an assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri from 1973 to 1978. She was corporate counsel to Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in St. Louis from 1978 to 1981.[1]
