Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court

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Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court

The 21st Circuit Court is a circuit court in Missouri. It serves St. Louis County.[1]

Judges

Associate judges

  • Ellen Dunne
  • Mondi Ghasedi
  • Joseph Green

Former judges

See also

External links


Missouri courts

Federal courts:

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri

State courts:

Missouri Supreme Court • Missouri Court of Appeals • Missouri Circuit Courts • Missouri Municipal Courts

State resources:

Courts in Missouri • Missouri judicial elections • Judicial selection in Missouri

Elections

See also: Missouri judicial elections

Missouri is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in Missouri, click here.

Selection method

See also: Partisan elections

The 141 judges of the Missouri Circuit Courts are elected to six-year terms in partisan elections, except in the cities of Springfield, St. Louis, and Kansas City. At the end of their terms, judges must face re-election.[3]

The chief judge of each court is elected by the circuit and associate judges from among the sitting circuit judges.[3]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:

  • a U.S. citizen for at least 10 years;
  • a qualified state voter for at least three years;
  • a resident of the circuit for at least one year;
  • licensed to practice law in the state; and
  • at least 30 years old.[3]

Election rules

Partisan election

Trial judges who were elected in partisan elections may seek re-election at the end of their terms. They must run as a Republican, Democrat, or an independent. Partisan elections decide the majority of Missouri's judges. Judges first run in a party primary in August, with the winner of each primary moving on to the general election.[4][5][6]

Candidates who run unopposed are not printed on the official ballot.[7]

Retention election

Judges on the supreme court and appellate courts are subject to the nonpartisan court plan and run for retention. Trial judges in five counties also run for retention in accordance with this plan. Those counties are St. Louis, Jackson, Clay, Platte and Greene.[4]


Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Your Missouri Courts, "21st Judicial Circuit," accessed March 25, 2015
  2. ↑ Your Missouri Courts, "St. Louis, Judicial Circuit 21," accessed March 25, 2015
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 American Judicature Society, "Methods of Judicial Selection: Missouri," archived October 2, 2014
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Your Missouri Courts, "Meet your Missouri judges," accessed April 26, 2014
  5. ↑ Missouri General Assembly, "Section 115.121," August 28, 2013
  6. ↑ Show-Me Courts, "Types of elections in Missouri," accessed April 26, 2014
  7. ↑ Greene County, "County clerk: Candidates & ballot issues," accessed May 15, 2014
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