Rodney Sippel
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2023 - Present
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2023 - Present
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Rodney W. Sippel is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He is also a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. He joined both courts in 1997 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Sippel served as the chief judge of the court from 2016 to 2022.[1] He assumed senior status on January 28, 2023.[1]
Biography
Education
Sippel was born in Jefferson City, Missouri, and graduated from the University of Tulsa with his B.A. in 1978. Sippel earned his J.D. from Washington University School of Law in Missouri in 1981.[1]
Professional career
Sippel worked as a private practice attorney in Missouri from 1982 to 1993, and again from 1995 to 1997. Sippel served as an administrative assistant to former Congressional Democrat Leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri from 1993 to 1995.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Missouri
On the recommendation of U.S. House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri, Sippel was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri by President Bill Clinton on May 15, 1997, to a seat vacated by Stephen Limbaugh. Sippel was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 8, 1997, on a Senate vote, and received commission on November 12, 1997.[2] Sippel served as the chief judge of the court from 2016 to 2022. He assumed senior status on January 28, 2023.[1]
Western District of Missouri
On the recommendation of U.S. House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri, Sippel was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri by President Bill Clinton on May 15, 1997, to a seat vacated by Stephen Limbaugh. Sippel was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 8, 1997, on a Senate vote, and received commission on November 12, 1997.[2] He assumed senior status on January 28, 2023.
Noteworthy cases
NuvaRing settlement (2014)
In February 2014, Judge Sippel approved a $100 million class settlement over the use of NuvaRing, a birth-control device that sometimes led to injurious side effects, including death. Merck, the maker of the device, would have been able to negotiate a new settlement if less than 95 percent of claimants opted in. The 95 percent threshold was reached in June 2014, and the settlement was finalized between the parties.
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See also
External links
- Eastern District of Missouri, "Rodney W. Sippel - United States District Judge"
- Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Rodney W. Sippel"
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri 1997-2023 |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 1997-2023 |
Succeeded by - |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Mary Elizabeth Phillips • David Kays • Brian C. Wimes • M. Douglas Harpool • Stephen R. Bough • Roseann A. Ketchmark | ||
| Senior judges |
Rodney Sippel • Nanette Laughrey • Ortrie Smith • Dean Whipple • Howard Sachs • Fernando Gaitan • Gary Fenner • | ||
| Magistrate judges | James England • David P. Rush • Lajuana Counts • Willie Epps • Brian Gaddy • Jill Morris • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr. • Robert William Wells • John Gibson (Eighth Circuit) • Arnold Krekel • John Finis Philips • Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh • Albert Reeves • Merrill Otis • John Collet • Richard Dorr • William Collinson • Richard Duncan (Missouri) • Joseph Stevens (Missouri) • Harris Wangelin • Brook Bartlett • William Becker • Russell Clark • Floyd Gibson • Albert Ridge • Charles Whittaker • Elmo Hunter • John Oliver (Missouri) • Ross Roberts • Randle Smith • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Dean Whipple • Scott Wright • Howard Sachs • Albert Reeves • Richard Duncan (Missouri) • Joseph Stevens (Missouri) • Brook Bartlett • William Becker • Russell Clark • Floyd Gibson • Albert Ridge • Elmo Hunter • John Oliver (Missouri) • Randle Smith • | ||
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
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