Monrovia — Top sources at the Liberian Senate have told FrontPageAfrica that President George Weah favorable pick for chief Justice is Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh. Justice Yuoh will succeed Chief Justice Francis Korpor who is expected to retire in September. Justice Youh is the wife of Bomi County Senator Edwin Snowe.
Few of the senators who confided in FrontPageAfrica believe that the President's pick is not the in line of succession. Some believe Justice Jamesetta Howard Wolokolie will be a better pick while other senators believe she's not best because she's "compromised" and warned that she is not the best pick because of doubt over her independence.
One senator said to FPA: "She will not be independent as Chief Justice; she will only listen to Snowe." The decision to confirm or deny Justice Yuoh lies in the hands of the senate.
Who is Yuoh?
Yuoh was born in Montserrado County, Republic of Liberia. She obtained her high school education and diploma from the St. Teresa's Convent, a Catholic High School in Monrovia in 1974 and enrolled at the Cuttington University College (CUC), now Cuttington University (CU), in Suakoko, Bong County, in pursuit of her tertiary education where she graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Political Science.
In 1979, Justice Yuoh enrolled at the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, University of Liberia, where she was trained as a lawyer. In 1981, she successfully completed her law studies at this institution and obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree and was subsequently admitted into the Liberia National Bar Association as an Attorney-At-Law. Her Honor was also admitted as Counsellor-At-Law of the Supreme Court Bar in 1988.
Associate Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Yuoh began her public and professional service within the Executive Branch, Republic of Liberia, first at the Ministry of Justice as an Assistant Minister for Legal Affairs from 1983 - 1985, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as the Coordinator, African Affairs, 1988 - 1990, the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) as Corporate Secretary/Assistant Legal Counsel/Secretary, Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) from 2000 - 2003 and lastly at the Law Reform Commission, where she served as Acting Executive Director and Commissioner respectively from July 2011 - April 2013.
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Justice Yuoh also extended her professional legal services within the private sector where she served as Associate and Legal Counsel at the David A.B. Jallah Law Firm, on Johnson Street, Monrovia Liberia, from 1994 - 2000.
In 2013, Madam Justice Yuoh, was nominated, appointed and subsequently commissioned as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Liberia.
PROFESSIONAL & SOCIAL AFFILIATION
Madam Justice Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh has proudly served as Vice President of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) from 1994 - 1998; was a founding member of the Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) and served as its 1st Vice President from 1997 - 1998; Chairperson of the Judiciary Committee of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA) from 2012 - 2013 and also served as President of the Maryland County Local Bar Association in 2013.
Her Honor, Justice Yuoh is married, and she and her husband, are blessed with ten (10) children and two (2) grandchildren.
