Robert G. Russell - Sedalia, MO

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Missouri School of Law (Columbia), Columbia, Missouri
    J.D.
  • University of Missouri School of Law (Columbia), Columbia, Missouri, 1963
    LL.B.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1960
    B.A.
  • Fresno State University, Fresno, California, U.S.A.

Current Employment Position(s)

• Member

Past Positions

• Hon. Floyd Gibson USDEWMO, Law Clerk, 1963 - 1964
• The Popham Law Firm, Associate, 1964 - 1967
• Dixon & Russell, Partner, 1967 - 1970
• 17th Judicial Circuit, Circuit Judge, 1970 - 1986
• 17th Judicial Circuit of Missouri, Presiding Judge, 1982 - 1986
• Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline, Member, 1982 - 1986

References

• 1st Central Bank, Warrensburg, MO

• 3rd National Bank Sedalia, MO

Representative Cases

• Cooper v. VanDuersen
  • Citation: 964 SW 2d 562
  • Year: 1998
• State v. Duncan
  • Citation: 944 SW 2d 225
  • Year: 1997
• Bank of Holden v. Bank of Warrensburg
  • Citation: 15 SW 3d 758
  • Year: 2000

Ancillary Businesses

• Mediation

Bar Admissions

• Missouri, 1963
• U.S. District Court Western District of Missouri, 1964

Other Affiliations

• The Missouri Bar, 1979 - 1981 (Chairman, Courts and Judiciary Committee)
• Missouri Trial Judges College, 1978 - 1986 (Lecturer)
• The Missouri Bar, 1981 - 1983 (Division of Judicial Administration)
• Missouri Task Force on Evidence, 1981 - 1984 (Member)
• The Missouri Bar, 1998 - 2000 (Professionalism)
• Am. Coll Trial Law, 1997 - Present (Member)
• Int. Soc. of Barristers, 2000 - Present (Member)
• ABOTA, 1997 - Present (Member)
• American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow)
• International Society of Barristers (Fellow)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate)
• Missouri Bar Foundation (Former Trustee)
• University of Missouri School of Law (Inductee, The Law Society)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi
• Sigma Chi