Jean Hoefer Toal (born August 11, 1943) is an American former judge who was a chief justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Toal has continued to serve in the judiciary as a senior judge since her retirement from the Supreme Court.

[6] Toal was elected chief justice in 2000, and served until December 31, 2015, after reaching the mandatory retirement age for judges in South Carolina.

In 2013, she was the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina not to run unopposed in the election since the 1800s.

[9] In 2000, she chose to use the internet to organize court records instead of mainframe computers, a first in South Carolina.