Barbara Ann Crancer (née Hoffa; born April 8, 1938) is an American retired lawyer and judge who was a St. Louis County, Missouri Associate Circuit Court Judge. She is the daughter of former

Teamsters Union The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), also known as the Teamsters Union, is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of The Team Drivers International Union and The Teamsters National Union, the un ...

president Jimmy Hoffa and Josephine (Poszywak) Hoffa.

Early life and education

Crancer was born in

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. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from

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in 1960, and a Juris Doctor degree from the

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Career

Crancer worked as a private practice lawyer in St. Louis through 1989 when she was appointed legal advisor and then administrative law judge for Missouri Division of Workers' Compensation, serving until 1992. In July 1992, Crancer was appointed to associate circuit judge for St. Louis County, Missouri Crancer retired in March 2008, but in March 2009, she agreed to serve as an assistant attorney general for the Division of Civil Disability and Workers Rights. She retired from that post in March 2011.

Personal life

Crancer is married to Robert E. Crancer (born November 17, 1936) since 1961. They have one daughter, Barbara Josephine Crancer (born 1963). Her younger brother is

James P. Hoffa James Phillip Hoffa (born May 19, 1941) is an American labor leader and attorney who was the tenth General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He is the son of Jimmy Hoffa. Hoffa was first elected in 1998, and subsequently r ...

, former president of the

. While the siblings grew up in Detroit, the Hoffa family also spent time at their summer cottage in

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.How one man's bad luck paved way for creation of Cranbrook
The Detroit News, January 14, 2002.

References

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