Professional Experience:
Ellen Roper is a graduate of Brandeis University, University of Missouri, Hastings College, National Judicial College and the Missouri Trial Judges College. Ellen is a member of the Association of Missouri Mediators. Roper has been a circuit judge for 28 years and a probate judge for 3 years. She has also served as a special Judge on Missouri Supreme Court & Missouri Court of Appeals Western District, on the Faculty of the National Judicial College, a Missouri Assistant Attorney General and Executive Director and Counsel of the Missouri Commission on Human Rights. She is involved in her community as a member of Columbia South Rotary having served as President and Board member. She was a past board member of the Assistance League of Mid-Missouri, a past president and board member of the Missouri Symphony Society, and she currently serves as a board member of the Columbia Police Foundation.
Professional Affiliations:
- Circuit Judge
- Probate Judge
- Special Judge – Missouri Supreme Court & Missouri Court of Appeals Western District
- Faculty National Judicial College
- Missouri Assistant Attorney General
- Executive Director and Counsel
Education:
- A.B., Brandeis University
- J.D., University of Missouri
- Trial Advocacy Program, Hastings College
- National Judicial College
- Missouri Trial Judges College
Admissions:
- Missouri Bar Association
- Boone County Bar Association
- Association of Missouri Mediators
Honors:
- Law Review
- Missouri Bar Association – Judicial Excellence Award (2006)
- University of Missouri Law School – Citation of Merit (2007)
- Missouri Commission on Human Rights – Lifetime Award
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