Anthony Rex Gabbert

Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District

Dates of Service:

• Municipal Judge, City of North Kansas City, Missouri 1993-1994
• Associate Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of Clay County, Missouri 1994-2004
• Circuit Judge, Circuit Court of Clay County, Missouri 2004-2013
• (served as Presiding Judge 2008-2010)
• Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, assumed office April 15, 2013; retained at the November 2014 general election for a 12-year term ending December 31, 2026
• Chief Judge 2024-present

Education:

• B.A. University of Missouri-Kansas City 1980
• J.D. Mississippi College School of Law 1985
• LL.M. Candidate 2025-2026, Duke University School of Law

Prior Employment:

• Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Clay County, Missouri 1987-1991
• Prosecuting Attorney, City of Gladstone, Missouri 1991-1993
• Private Practice 1986, 1991-1994

Professional Memberships and Activities:

• Missouri Bar
• Clay County Bar Association (Past Secretary-Treasurer)
• Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
• American Judges Association

Recipient of The Missouri Bar Theodore McMillian Award of Judicial Excellence, 2023

Recipient of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association’s The Honorable Joseph E. Stevens, Jr. Aspire to Excellence Award, 2024


Past Membership:

Circuit Judge Member, Executive Council of the Missouri Judiciary; Board Member of the Missouri Judicial Legislative Steering Committee; Board Member of the Missouri Municipal and Associate Circuit Judges' Association; 6th Congressional District Member of the 1993 United States Attorney and United States Marshall Nomination Selection Committee; Member of the Board of Trustees of the Clay-Platte-Ray Mental Health Tax Levy Commission; Member of the Board of Trustees of North Kansas City Hospital (Past Secretary)

Additional Information:

• Born in Kansas City, Missouri
• Two Daughters