Judges on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, are appointed under the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan. The judges sit in three-member divisions that rotate on an annual basis. Judges must be at least 30 years old, residents of their district, United States citizens for at least 15 years and Missouri voters for nine years before their selection. All Court of Appeals judges serve 12-year terms. A chief judge is elected by the judges in the district and serves for one year.

The judges on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, are:

• Chief Judge Thomas C. Clark II
• Judge Gary M. Gaertner, Jr.
• Judge Robert M. Clayton III
• Judge Angela Turner Quigless
• Judge Philip M. Hess
• Judge James M. Dowd
• Judge Lisa Page
• Judge Michael E. Gardner
• Judge John P. Torbitzky
• Judge Cristian M. Stevens
• Judge Renée Hardin-Tammons
• Judge Michael S. Wright
• Judge Rebeca Navarro-McKelvey
• Judge Virginia W. Lay