Bryan Round

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Bryan Round

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Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 8
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends

2028

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Appointed

February 18, 2014

Education

Bachelor's

University of Kansas

Law

University of Missouri, Kansas City

Bryan Round is a judge for Division 8 of the Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.

Round ran for re-election for the Division 8 judge of the Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.

Education

Round earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas and his J.D. at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.[1]

Career

Before becoming a judge for the 16th Judicial Circuit Court, Round was a private practice attorney with Mitchell, Kristl & Lieber starting in 2006. Before joining that firm, he had his own practice. Round was also a municipal judge for the city of Peculiar from 2004 until his appointment to the circuit bench. He was the assistant prosecuting attorney for Jackson County from 1988 to 1997. He also worked as an attorney for the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners and as a counsel to the Jackson County Combat Commission.[1]

Awards and associations

  • Organizer and board member, Cass County Youth Court[1]

Elections

2022

See also:  Municipal elections in Jackson County, Missouri (2022)

Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 8

Bryan Round was retained to Division 8 of the Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court on November 8, 2022 with 59.5% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
59.5
 
109,308
No
 
40.5
 
74,285
Total Votes
183,593

2016

See also: Missouri local trial court judicial elections, 2016

Missouri held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on August 2, 2016. The filing deadline for those wishing to run in the primary was March 29, 2016. Judges running in a retention election on November 8 had to file by August 23.[2] Bryan Round was retained in the Missouri 16th Circuit, Division 8 election with 64.94 percent of the vote. [3]

Missouri 16th Circuit, Division 8, 2016
Name Yes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngBryan Round64.94%
Source: Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 9, 2016

Judicial selection method

The judges of the Missouri Circuit Courts in Clay, Greene, Jackson, Platte, and St. Louis counties and the city of St. Louis are appointed by the governor with the help of a judicial selection commission.[4]

The chief judge of each court is elected by the circuit and associate judges from among the sitting circuit judges.[5]

Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:

  • a U.S. citizen for at least 10 years;
  • a qualified state voter for at least three years;
  • a resident of the circuit for at least one year;
  • licensed to practice law in the state; and
  • at least 30 years old.[5]

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named nixon
  2. Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Missouri Election Calendar," accessed December 7, 2015
  3. Emailed candidate list from Missouri Secretary of State's Office on September 20, 2016
  4. Your Missouri Judges, "Missouri Judges: The Non-Partisan Court Plan," accessed March 18, 2019
  5. 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named general