| Zel Fischer | |
| Office: | Chief Justice of the Missouri Supreme Court |
| Term Start: | July 1, 2017 |
| Term End: | June 30, 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Patricia Breckenridge |
| Successor: | George W. Draper III |
| Office1: | Judge of the Missouri Supreme Court |
| Term Start1: | October 15, 2008 |
| Predecessor1: | Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 28 April 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Hamburg, Iowa, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Education: | William Jewell College (BA) University of Missouri, Kansas City (JD) |
Zel M. Fischer (born April 28, 1963)[1] is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri since 2008. Fischer served a two-year term as chief justice from 2017 to 2019. A native of Watson, he received his undergraduate degree from William Jewell College and his law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. While at William Jewell College he was a member of the Alpha Delta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Order. He was elected as a Republican to serve as Atchison County judge in 2006 after private practice in Atchison, Nodaway and Holt counties for nearly 15 years.
Following the Missouri Plan for the appointment of appellate judges in Missouri, Fischer was one of three candidates proposed to Governor Matt Blunt by the state's Appellate Judicial Committee to replace Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. Blunt announced his appointment of Fischer on October 15, 2008, on the grounds of the Atchison County, Missouri Courthouse in Rock Port, Missouri. He cited Fischer's judicial philosophy of strict interpretation of the state's constitution and laws as the reason for his selection. He was sworn in as a Supreme Court judge on October 23, 2008.
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