William Ray Price Jr.
Chairman of the St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners
In office
November 4, 2019 – March 3, 2021
Appointed bySam Page
St. Louis County Council
Preceded byRoland Corvington
Chief Justice of Missouri
In office
July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2011
Preceded byLaura Denvir Stith
Succeeded byRichard B. Teitelman
Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri
In office
April 7, 1992 – August 1, 2012
Appointed byJohn Ashcroft
Preceded byCharles Blakey Blackmar
Succeeded byPaul C. Wilson
Personal details
Born (1952-01-30) January 30, 1952
Fairfield, Iowa
SpouseSusan Marie Trainor
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
Yale Divinity School
Washington and Lee University

William Ray Price (born January 30, 1952) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri and its longest-serving Supreme Court member,[1] having served from April 7, 1992, when he was appointed to the Court by then-Governor John Ashcroft,[2] until August 1, 2012, when he retired from the bench. He was retained by a vote of the people of Missouri for twelve-year terms in 1994 and again in 2006. He served two 2-year terms as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri from July 1, 1999, to June 30, 2001[2] and from July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2011.[3] He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Sigma from the University of Iowa, attended Yale Divinity School and received his law degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law in 1978. He was in private practice in Kansas City from 1978 to 1992, where he served as a director of Truman Medical Center and president of the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners. Since retiring from the bench, he has joined the law firm of Armstrong Teasdale LLP in its St. Louis office.[4]

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