Francis Korkpor

Francis Korkpor

Francis S. Korkpor (born September 5, 1952) is a Liberian jurist and lawyer. He served as Chief Justice of Liberia from 2013 to 2022.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Korkpor was born in the town of Zao, Lao Clan, Nimba County, Liberia on September 5, 1952. Korkpor's career in public service and the law spans over three decades, and includes service as a private lawyer, prosecutor, and Supreme Court Justice.[4]

He earned his bachelor of arts at the University of Liberia in 1976 before going on to earn his criminal justice degree from the North Carolina Justice Academy in the United States of America from 1977–1978. He returned to Liberia after completing his criminal justice program and enrolled at the UL Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law where he graduated in 1982 with a bachelor of laws degree.[5]

Career

Korkpor entered government as a prosecuting attorney in 1982, the same year he graduated from the Law School. While serving at the Ministry of Justice, he aggressively prosecuted repeated offenders, violent criminals, and public officials who committed ethical defilements or indecencies. His untiring work as a prosecutor in the Department of Litigation earned him promotion to the posts of Assistant Minister for Economic Affairs in 1985, and Assistant Minister for Legal Affairs in 1988. He served in the latter position until the beginning of the civil war, which forced him to travel to the United States, where he pursued advanced legal education.

Having gained experience in practice as a Counsellor during the early 1980s, Korkpor resigned from government and established the Tiala Law Firm in Monrovia. As a busy private lawyer, Korkpor was a testament to his ability to provide sound legal services to the people of Liberia; especially human rights organizations and journalists who were targets of the erstwhile government of Charles Taylor. He also represented the legal interests of several other organizations like the Catholic Church of Liberia. During the period of private practice, Korkpor established himself as one of Liberia’s foremost legal minds and built partnerships and maintains collegiality within the Liberian National Bar Association (LNBA).

Korkpor has pursued a reform agenda for strengthening the third branch of the Liberian government in a number of key areas:

  • Office of the Court Administrator
  • Creation of the Office of Court Inspectors
  • The Judiciary Inquiry Commission & the Grievance and Ethics Committee
  • Record keeping and Information Technology
  • Regional Justice and Security Hubs
  • Infrastructure
  • Judicial Training Institute

In September 2022, Korkpor planned to retire as chief justice in due to his turning 70 years old, the maximum age for a Liberian supreme court justice as specified in the constitution.[6][4] On September 27, Korkpor announced his retirement.[3]

References

  1. ^ Butty, James (September 14, 2012). "Appointment of Liberia's Acting Chief Justice Questioned". Voice of America. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "Chief Justice Korkpor's mother laid to rest". Insight Newspaper. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Wea, R. Joyclyn (September 27, 2022). "Chief Justice Korkpor Retires Today". New Republic Liberia. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Sieh, Rodney (March 14, 2022). "Liberia: Chief Justice Post Soon to be Vacant as Justice Korkpor Reaches Retirement Age in September". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  5. ^ "Associate Justice Francis Korkpor Tipped as Chief Justice Ad Interim of Liberia". FrontPage Africa. September 12, 2012. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  6. ^ Karmo, Henry (August 19, 2022). "Liberia: Associate Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh Tipped for Chief Justice Post". FrontPage Africa. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
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2013–2022 		Succeeded by

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