The Hon. Teresa L. Bingham is an associate judge for the 43rd Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri. She was elected to the bench on November 4, 2014, and re-elected in 2018.
The 43rd Judicial Circuit includes Livingston County, Daviess County, Caldwell County, Clinton County, and DeKalb County.
Bingham earned a bachelor’s degree from Washburn University. She then completed a J.D. at the University of Kansas School of Law.
After graduating from law school, Bingham began her legal career as an associate at Morrison, Frost & Olsen in Manhattan, Kansas. Shortly after, she returned to Kansas City, practicing law with the Public Administrator of Jackson County. She served in that capacity for twelve years, supplementing her service with estate planning and probate work for the UAW Legal Services Plan.
Bingham was born in St. Louis, Missouri. She and her husband, Zephyr, have two adult children and attend the United Methodist Church.