Judge Robert M. Clayton III

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District

Dates of Judicial Service:

• Appointed in July 2011 to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District; Retained November 2012. Term expires December 31, 2024.

Education:

• Juris Doctor, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1994
• Bachelor of Arts (History), Southern Methodist University, 1991

Prior Employment:

• Missouri Public Service Commission, 2003-2011; served as Chair 2009-2011
• Missouri House of Representatives, 1994-2002
• Private practice of law at Hannibal, 1994-2003

Professional Memberships:

• The Missouri Bar
• 10th Judicial Circuit Bar
• The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Lawyers Association of St. Louis
• Mound City Bar Association
• American Bar Association 
• St. Louis County Bar Association
• Women's Lawyers Association

Civic and Charitable Activities:

Trustee, The State Historical Society of Missouri

• President of Board, Affordable Community Education
• First Vice President, State Historical Society of Missouri

Awards and honors:

• Appointed as Special Judge for Missouri Supreme Court, September 27, 2011
• UMKC Law Foundation Decade Award
• President’s Award – Missouri Bar Association 2001 and 2005
• President’s Award – YLS, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association

Additional information:

• Born in Hannibal, MO, sixth generation Missourian