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The Missouri Bar is giving retiring Jackson County Circuit Judge Michael Manners a judicial excellence award.
Bar President Pat Starke will present the Theodore McMillian Judicial Excellence Award to Manners Sept. 19 at the Judicial Conference Legislative Awards breakfast. The event will be at the Holiday Inn Executive Center in Columbia.
Manners set an example of judicial excellence by presiding over more than 170 jury trials in a fair and impartial manner and sharing his knowledge as a frequent lecturer at educational programs for judges and attorneys, Starke said in a press release.
“This award reflects on his service as a judge, but it is clear he will continue to significantly contribute to Missouri’s legal system and the public as he returns to the arena as a trial attorney,” Starke said in the release.
Manners, 62, who steps down this week after 13 years on the bench, is joining Lexington firm Langdon & Emison. He was a trial attorney for 24 years prior to serving in the court.
