W. Douglas Thomson
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District
Dates of Judicial Service:
Prior Legal Employment:
Education:
Professional Membership and Activities:
Civic and Charitable Activities:
Awards and Honors:
Personal:
- Elected to serve as Nodaway County Associate Circuit Judge, November, 2014
- Re-elected November, 2018 running unopposed
- Appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals March, 2020; assumed office April, 2020.
Prior Legal Employment:
- Private practice
- Liberty, MO, 1989 – 1994
- Maryville, MO 1995 – 2015
Education:
- Bachelor of Science, 1985, Missouri State University, Finance major.
- Juris Doctor, 1989, University of Missouri at Kansas City, School of Law.
Professional Membership and Activities:
- State Judicial Records Committee, 2016 – present
- Judicial Legislative Committee, 2019 - 2020
- Missouri Bar member 1989 – present
- Board of Governors 2011 – 2021
- Finance Committee 2012 – 2021, chair 2013 – 2018
- Fellow of the Missouri Bar 2017 – present
- Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges, 2015-2021
- Board of Directors, 2018 – 2020
- 4th Circuit Bar Association, 1995 – present
- President 2001 – 2003
- Missouri Municipal Attorney’s Association, 2006 – 2014
- Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 1989 – 2012, 2020 – present
- Clay County Bar Association, 1989 - 1994
Civic and Charitable Activities:
- Active local church member, 1989 – present
- Maryville Host Lion’s Club, 1995 – present
- Service to various service and athletic youth groups.
Awards and Honors:
- President’s Award for outstanding service to the legal profession, Missouri Bar, 2018.
- Pro Bono Wall of Fame, Missouri Bar, 2013.
Personal:
- Born in Kansas City, MO, in 1962.
- Resides in Maryville, MO.
- Married with a family of four.