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Don Burrell
Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District
Tenure
2008 - Present
Term ends
2034
Years in position
17
Compensation
Base salary
$191,479
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 8, 2022
Education
Bachelor's
Southwest Missouri State University, 1983
Law
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Contact

Don Burrell is a judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District. He assumed office on January 13, 2008. His current term ends on December 31, 2034.

Burrell ran for re-election for judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Education

Judge Burrell was born on December 4, 1960, in Springfield, Missouri. He received his bachelor's degree from Southwest Missouri State University in 1983 and his J.D. from the University of Missouri at Kansas City School of Law.

Career

After working for approximately four years at a radio station, Judge Burrell began his legal career as an associate at the law firm Morrison & Hecker in 1991. In 1993, he clerked for U.S. District Judge Kathryn Vratil. After this, he ran a solo law practice until November 1998, when he was elected circuit judge of the 31st Judicial Circuit. He held this position until his appointment to the court of appeals in 2007.

Awards and associations

Awards

  • Law Review
  • Order of the Bench and Robe
  • 2006 SMBA President’s Award
  • 2007 SMBA Judicial Excellence Award

Associations

  • Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association (SMBA)
  • The Missouri Bar
  • Judiciary’s Legislative Steering Committee

Elections

2022

See also:  Missouri intermediate appellate court elections, 2022

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District, Don Burrell's seat

Don Burrell was retained to the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District on November 8, 2022 with 75.7% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
75.7
 
314,282
No
 
24.3
 
100,684
Total Votes
414,966

2010

Burrell stood for retention on November 2, 2010 and was retained with 70.9 percent of the vote.[1]

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2010

Performance evaluation

Click here (dead link) to read Judge Burrell's performance evaluation from The Appellate Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Don Burrell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes