About Zina Pickens Cruse
Born 1963. Zina Pickens Cruse is a judge.
Zina Pickens Cruse (born May 2, 1963) is an American jurist serving as the 20th Judicial Circuit judge in St. Clair County, Illinois, the first African-American woman to serve in the circuit.
Education and career Cruse graduated from Northeast Missouri State in 1985 with her Bachelors of Science in Business Administration. She then attended law school at Florida State University College of Law and graduated with her Juris Doctor in 1993. Cruse was appointed as an Associate Judge to the 20th Judicial Circuit in 2009 and was elected as a Circuit Judge in 2012.
Family Cruse has a daughter with Mark Cruse, Marissa Cruse. The family resides in Belleville, Illinois.
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