| Edward D. "Chip" Robertson Jr. | |
| Office: | Chief Justice of Missouri |
| Termstart: | July 1, 1991 |
| Termend: | June 30, 1993 |
| Predecessor: | Charles Blakey Blackmar |
| Successor: | Ann K. Covington |
| Office2: | Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri |
| Termstart2: | June 28, 1985 |
| Termend2: | July 15, 1998 |
| Appointer2: | John Ashcroft |
| Predecessor2: | George F. Gunn Jr. |
| Successor2: | Michael A. Wolff |
| Birth Date: | 1 May 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Durham, North Carolina |
| Spouse: | Renee Ann Beal |
| Alma Mater: | Westminster College Southern Methodist University University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law John F. Kennedy School of Government University of Virginia School of Law |
Edward D. "Chip" Robertson Jr. (born May 1, 1952) is a former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri. Robertson was 33 years old when then-Governor John Ashcroft appointed him to serve on the court, and he served from 1985 to 1998.[1] His appointment - Ashcroft's first to the high court - led to claims that the non-partisan Missouri Plan for appointing judges was actually a highly partisan process;[2] twenty years later, Robertson would join opposition to Republican efforts to dismantle the system. In 1998 he left the Supreme Court to join a Kansas City firm which led Missouri's lawsuit against tobacco companies.[3]
As early as 2005, Robertson was rumored to be mulling a challenge to then-Governor Matt Blunt in the 2008 Republican primary, but ultimately declined.[4] [5]
In 2021, Robertson's assistance was enlisted to help seek the exoneration of Kevin Strickland, who had spent 43 years in prison despite substantial indications of complete innocence of murders committed in a Kansas City home invasion.[6]