Judge Virginia W. Lay
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
Dates of Judicial Service:
- Appointed in April 2019 as Associate Circuit Judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit of Missouri, St. Louis County. Retained in 2020.
- Appointed in November 2021 as Circuit Judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit of Missouri, St. Louis County. Retained in 2024.
- Appointed to Missouri Court of Appeals in November 2024
- Juris Doctorate, Washington University School of Law
- B.A., American Studies, Columbia University with honors
- Assistant Circuit Attorney, City of St. Louis
- Assistant Prosecutor, Jackson County
- Assistant Attorney General, State of Missouri
- Private practice: employment and municipal law
- Special Prosecutor, Missouri Division of Employment Security
- Adjunct professor, Washington University School of Law
- The Missouri Bar
- Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Bar Association of St. Louis County
- Executive Board: St. Martha’s