Judge Cristian M. Stevens
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
Dates of Judicial Service:
- Appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals in October 2021
Education:
- J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, cum laude, 1998
- Editor-in-Chief, Missouri Law Review
- Order of the Coif
- B.A., Political Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, magna cum laude,1995
- Spanish Minor
- Honors College
- Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
- Educated in St. Charles County, Missouri, Public Schools
Prior Employment:
- First Assistant Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Missouri Attorney General's Office, 2019-2021
- Private Practice, 2017-2019, 1999-2002
- Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri, 2002-2017
- Law Clerk, Hon. Pasco M. Bowman II, Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1998-1999
Professional Memberships:
- The Missouri Bar
- The Illinois Bar, 1999-2022
- St. Louis County Bar Association
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- Federal Bar Association
- The Federalist Society St. Louis Chapter
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- Parishioner, Catholic Church
- Member, The Backstoppers, Inc.
- Member, Missouri Athletic Club
- Member, Whitehouse Retreat, St. Louis Jesuit House of Retreats
- Member, University of Missouri Alumni Association
- Past Licensed Foster Parents, Missouri Children's Division
Awards and Honors:
- W. Oliver Rasch Award for Outstanding Substantive Article, Missouri Bar Foundation, 2019
- United States Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Service, 2015
- United States Attorney's Award for Most Outstanding Trial of the Year, 2014
Additional Information:
- Born in St. Louis, Missouri; raised in St. Charles, Missouri; sixth-generation Missourian
- Married to Leigh Svetanics Stevens (J.D. St. Louis University School of Law, 1998), with three children