William Ray Price Jr.

{{Short description|American judge}}

{{Infobox judge

| name = William Ray Price Jr.

| image = Missouri Chief Justice Ray Price (5620282263).jpg

| imagesize =

| caption =

| office = Chairman of the St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners

| termstart = November 4, 2019

| termend = March 3, 2021

| nominator =

| appointer = Sam Page
St. Louis County Council

| predecessor = Roland Corvington

| successor =

| office1 = Chief Justice of Missouri

| termstart1 = July 1, 2009

| termend1 = June 30, 2011

| predecessor1 = Laura Denvir Stith

| successor1 = Richard B. Teitelman

| office2 = Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri

| termstart2 = April 7, 1992

| termend2 = August 1, 2012

| appointer2 = John Ashcroft

| predecessor2 = Charles Blakey Blackmar

| successor2 = Paul C. Wilson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|01|30}}

| birth_place = Fairfield, Iowa

| death_date =

| death_place =

| spouse = Susan Marie Trainor

| alma_mater = University of Iowa
Yale Divinity School
Washington and Lee University

}}

William Ray Price Jr. (born January 30, 1952) is a former judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri and its longest-serving Supreme Court member,[http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_04a929fe-e002-5d90-8f6e-15b5696b4e29.html David A. Lieb, "William Ray Price Jr. warns of political pressure on Mo. courts", stltoday.com, Jul. 1, 2011. ] having served from April 7, 1992, when he was appointed to the Court by then-Governor John Ashcroft,Official Manual - State of Missouri 2003-2004 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 and from July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2011.[http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2009/06/18/news_state/196state11stith.txt Bob Watson, "Stith says last two years 'good'." Jefferson City News Tribune, Jun. 18, 2009.] 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.[http://www.armstrongteasdale.com/ray-price/ William Ray Price, Jr. biography on the Armstrong Teasdale, LLP website]