Gary Lynch

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Gary W. Lynch
Prior offices:
Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District
Years in office: 2006 - 2022
Successor: Becky West (Nonpartisan)
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 3, 2020
Education
Bachelor's
Southwest Baptist University
Law
University of Missouri School of Law

Gary W. Lynch was a judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District. He assumed office on February 1, 2006. He left office on June 18, 2022.

Lynch ran for re-election for judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District. He won in the retention election on November 3, 2020.

Lynch was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals on January 6, 2006, by Governor Matt Blunt (R). He was retained in 2008.[1] Lynch retired from the court on June 18, 2022.[2]

Elections

2020

Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District

Gary W. Lynch was retained to the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District on November 3, 2020 with 79.4% of the vote.

Retention
 Vote
%
Votes
Yes
 
79.4
 
481,731
No
 
20.6
 
124,993
Total Votes
606,724

2008

Gary Lynch was retained for the Missouri Court of Appeals Southern District on November 4, 2008, with 75.5% of the vote.[3]

Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Education

Judge Lynch was born on June 19, 1952 in St. Petersburg, Florida. He earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics and elementary education from Southwest Baptist University in 1974 and his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law in 1976.[1]

Career

Judge Lynch began his legal career in 1977 and worked as an attorney in private practice in Bolivar through 2002. From 2003 to 2006, he was an associate circuit judge for Polk County in the 30th Judicial Circuit.[1]

Awards and associations

Awards

  • National Volunteer Initiative Award from the Community Concert Association
  • Edwin J. Lightfoot Outstanding Alumni Award from Southwest Baptist University

Associations

  • The Missouri Bar
  • 30th Judicial Circuit Bar Association
  • Polk County Bar Association
  • Springfield Metropolitan Bar Association[1]

See also

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Footnotes