Rodney W. Sippel

Rodney W. Sippel

Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Incumbent
Assumed office January 4, 2016
Preceded by	Catherine D. Perry
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Incumbent
Assumed office November 12, 1997
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Incumbent
Assumed office November 12, 1997
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.
Personal details
Born	1956 (age 59–60) Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Tulsa Washington University School of Law

Rodney W. Sippel (born 1956) is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Sippel was born in Jefferson City, Missouri. He received a B.S. from University of Tulsa in 1978, and a J.D. from Washington University School of Law in 1981. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri and practiced law there, except for a period when he was an Administrative assistant to U.S. Representative Richard A. Gephardt from 1993 to 1995.

Sippel is a federal judge to the United States District Courts for both the Western and Eastern District of Missouri. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 15, 1997, to a seat on each court vacated by Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 8, 1997, and received his commission on November 12, 1997. He became Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on January 4, 2016.^[1]

References

↑ "RETIRING JUDGE, NEW JUDGE, NEW CHIEF JUDGES AND NEW RULES: 2016 BRINGS SEVERAL CHANGES TO US DISTRICT COURT IN EASTERN MISSOURI", United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri January 4, 2016

Sources

Rodney W. Sippel at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Catherine D. Perry	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 2016–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.	Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri 1997–present

Preceded by Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 1997–present

Current active district judges of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

E. Arkansas	Miller Holmes Marshall Baker Moody

W. Arkansas	Holmes Hickey Brooks

N. Iowa	Reade Strand

S. Iowa	Jarvey Rose Ebinger

Minnesota	Tunheim Montgomery Frank Ericksen Schiltz Nelson Wright

E. Missouri	Sippel Jackson Perry Autrey Limbaugh Fleissig Ross Wimes White

W. Missouri	Kays Sippel Phillips Wimes Harpool Bough Ketchmark

Nebraska	Camp Gerrard 1 seat vacant

North Dakota	Erickson Hovland

South Dakota	Viken Schreier Lange

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 106838081

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