Melissa Standridge

Melissa Taylor Standridge (born July 12, 1962) is a justice of the Kansas Supreme Court. She is a former Judge of the Kansas Court of Appeals. Education Standridge earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Kansas in business administration. In 1993 she earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law. Career Upon graduating from law school, Standridge began a two-year position with the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri working as chambers counsel for Judge Elmo Hunter. In 1995 she joined the firm Shook, Hardy & Bacon. In 1999 she left Shook to work as chambers counsel to Magistrate Judge David Waxse. Kansas Court of Appeals service Standridge was appointed to the Kansas Court of Appeals by Governor Kathleen Sebelius in 2008.