Gary D. Witt

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District

• Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District; February 2010 - Present
• Associate Circuit Judge; Division V; Sixth Judicial Circuit

• William Jewell College; B.A. 1987
• University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law; J.D. 1990
• Order of the Barrister
• Board of Advocates
• National Moot Court Team
• Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity

• Witt, Hicklin & Witt, P.C.; 1990 - 1998
• Assistant City Attorney and Prosecutor; City of Platte City 1996-1998
• Assistant City Attorney and Prosecutor; City of Weatherby Lake 1996-1998
• Assistant City Attorney and Prosecutor; City of Houston Lake 1996-1998
• Assistant City Attorney and Prosecutor; City of Crystal Lakes 1997-1998
• State Representative 29th District, 1991 - 1996
• Chair, Judiciary and Ethics Committee
• Chair, Special Committee on Impeachment
• Joint Committee on Court Automation
• Missouri Boundary Commission
• Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
• Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee
• Governor's Task Force on Urban Violence, 1993
• Governor's Commission on Driving While Intoxicated and Impaired Driving, 1991

• Commission on Civil Justice Reform; Co-Chair 2018 - Present
• The National Courts and Sciences Institute; Fellow 2015 - Present
• Missouri Institute for Justice
• Board of Directors 2011 - Present

• Missouri Association of Treatment Court Professionals
• Board of Directors 2016 - 2019

• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• Judicial Liaison to the Board 2014 - 2016
• Sustaining Member

• Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges
• President 2003-2004
• Vice President 2002-2003
• Board of Directors 1999 - 2002
• Legislative Committee Chair 2000 - 2001

• Missouri Judicial Conference
• Executive Council 2005 - 2010
• Legislative Committee 2001- Present; Chair 2001 - 2005 & 2009 - Present
• Circuit and Associate Circuit Judge Liaison Committee 2002 - 2010

• Missouri Supreme Court
• Chief Justice Advisory Council 2005 - 2010
• Ad Hoc Committee To Study Court Costs 2013
• Court Automation Committee 2001- 2005

• Interim Legislative Committee On Judicial Resources 2003
• Missouri Bar Association
• Platte County Bar Association
• President 2002-2003
• Vice President 2001-2002
• Treasurer 1999-2000

• First Baptist Church of Weston
• Platte County Mechanical and Agricultural Society (County Fair)
• Stockholder
• Board of Directors 1994
• Volunteer legal counsel; 1990 - 1998

• Platte County Historical Society; Life Member
• Board of Directors 2003 - 2004
• Treasurer; 1998 - 2002
• Volunteer legal counsel; 1990 -1998

• MU Alumni Association; Life Member

• Appellate Judicial Excellence Award, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri - 2020
• Dr. Terry Martinez Science and the Law Award; MACDL (2015)
• Best Associate Circuit Judge; Missouri Lawyer's Weekly reader's poll (2009)
• President's Award; Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges Assn. (2009)
• Walter Pope Binns Public Service Fellow; William Jewell College 1993
• Ten Outstanding Young Missourian; Missouri Jaycees 1993
• Recognized for Significant Contributions to the Administration of Justice; Missouri Judicial Conference 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996
• Award for Outstanding Service to the State; Missouri Bar Association 1993 and 1994

• Born February 2, 1965
• Married Angela LaRose Witt 1994 - Present