W. Brent Powell (born July 21, 1970) is a judge of the
Supreme Court of Missouri.
Biography
Powell received his
Bachelor of Arts from
William Jewell College and his
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from the
University of Missouri School of Law in 1996.
After graduation from law school he joined the law firm of Lathrop & Gage from 1996 to 1997.
Prior to his judicial service, Powell served as a federal prosecutor for the
United States Attorney's Office in the Western District of Missouri for seven years. Powell also served as an assistant prosecuting attorney for the
Platte County Prosecutor
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the Civil law (legal system), civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the ...
's Office.
Judicial career
State court
He was a state trial judge for Division 11 of the
Jackson County Circuit Court in Missouri. Powell was appointed by
Missouri Governor Matt Blunt on February 15, 2008, and was retained in 2010 and 2016 until his appointment to the Supreme Court.
Missouri Supreme Court
On March 1, 2017 Powell was named as one of three potential applicants to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat, the other two applicants being Judge Lisa White Hardwick and attorney Benjamin A. Lipman.
On April 25, 2017 Governor
Eric Greitens appointed Powell to the Supreme Court to fill the seat left by the death of
Richard B. Teitelman
Richard B. Teitelman (September 25, 1947 – November 29, 2016) was a judge and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri.
Teitelman was born in Philadelphia in 1947, and was the youngest of three children. At age 13, he was diagnosed as be ...
.
He was officially sworn in and seated on the court on May 2, 2017.
References
External links
Official Biography on the Missouri Supreme Court website*
1970 births
Living people
21st-century American judges
Assistant United States Attorneys
Missouri lawyers
Missouri state court judges
Judges of the Supreme Court of Missouri
People from Springfield, Missouri
University of Missouri School of Law alumni
William Jewell College alumni
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