207 West High Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Full Name:
W. Brent Powell
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Beth
Birth Place:
Springfield, Missouri
Home City:
Kansas City, MO
JD, Columbia School of Law, University of Missouri, 1996
BA, Political Science, William Jewell College, 1992
No political experience information on file.
Former Member, Missouri Coordinating Commission on Judicial Education
Member, Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission
Former Member, Supreme Court of Missouri Committee on Access to Family Courts
Former Member, Supreme Court of Missouri Committee on Procedure in Criminal Cases
Former Member, Trial Judge Education Committee/ Judicial College Faculty/ New Judge Orientation Faculty, 2011; 2015-2017
Judge, Missouri State Supreme Court, 2017-present
Circuit Judge, Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit, 2008-2017
Appointed by Eric Greitens, Judge, Missouri Supreme Court, 2017
Executive Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorneys Office, Western District of Missouri, 2007-2008
Chief of General Crimes Unit, United States Attorneys Office, Western District of Missouri, 2006-2007
Deputy Chief of General Crimes Unit, United States Attorneys Office, Western District of Missouri, 2005-2006
Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorneys Office, Western District of Missouri, 2001-2005
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Platte County Prosecutors Office, 1997-2001
Associate, Lathrop & Gage LC, 1996-1997
Student Law Clerk, Honorable Elwood Thomas, Supreme Court of Missouri, 1995-1996
Summer Associate, Lathrop & Gage LC, 1995
Constituent Services Representative, Office of United States Senator Christopher 'Kit' Bond, 1992-1993
Juvenile Detention Officer, Clay County Juvenile Detention Facility, 1992
Board Member, Catholic Lawyers Guild of Kansas City, 2008-present
Member, Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, 2007-present
Member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2007-present
Member, Missouri Bar Association, 1996-present
Lieutenant Governor, American Bar Association at University of Missouri - Columbia School of Law
Member, Lawyers Encouraging Academic Performance (LEAP), Kansas City
Former Member and Case Note Editor, Missouri Law Review
First Year Representative/ Treasurer/ President, Student Bar Association University of Missouri - Columbia School of Law
Eucharistic minister, Visitation Catholic Church, Kansas City, Missouri
Former Lead Master, Ross T. Roberts Trial Academy, 2009-2017
New Judge Orientation Faculty, Trial Judge Education Committee, 2017
Judicial College Faculty, Trial Judge Education Committee, 2011, 2015-2017
Awards:
President's Award (Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, 2014)
Judge of the Year (Association for Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, 2009)
Award for Valor (Certificate of Commendation, KMBC-TV and the Metropolitan Chiefs and Sheriffs Association, 2007)
Lon O. Hocker Award for trial advocacy (Missouri Bar Foundation, 2006)
Certificate of appreciation (Kansas City, Missouri, Police Department, 2005)
Certificate of appreciation (United States Drug Enforcement Administration, 2004)