Gloria Clark Reno
Gloria Clark Reno is a former circuit court judge for the 21st Circuit Court in Missouri.[1] She served on the court from 2009 to 2020. She was first appointed by Governor Jay Nixon in April 2009 and retired on April 1, 2020.[2][3]
Education
Reno received her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri in St. Louis and her J.D. in 1986 from Saint Louis University School of Law.[2]
Career
- 2009-2020: Judge, Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court
- March 2002-2009: Associate judge, Missouri 21st Judicial Circuit Court
- 1994-March 2002: Municipal judge, Missouri Municipal Courts[4]
Awards and associations
- Member, Missouri Bar
- Member, Mound City Bar Association
- Member, Women's Lawyers Association
- Member, National Association of Women Judges
- Member, Missouri Association of Probate and Associate Circuit Judges[2]
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.[5] Gloria Clark Reno was retained in the Missouri 21st Circuit, Division 19 election with 59.02 percent of the vote. [6]
| Missouri 21st Circuit, Division 19, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Yes votes | |
 Gloria Clark Reno | 59.02% | |
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 9, 2016 | ||
2010
- See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2010
Reno was retained on November 2, 2010, receiving 60.9 percent of the vote.[7]
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.[8]
The chief judge of each court is elected by the circuit and associate judges from among the sitting circuit judges.[9]
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.[9]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Missouri Courts, "St. Louis County," accessed September 22, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Judge Reno's performance evaluation from the 21st Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee
- ↑ Missouri Governor Michael L. Parson, "Governor Parson announces first assistant attorney general Thomas Albus as circuit judge for the 21st judicial circuit," March 6, 2020
- ↑ The St. Louis American, "Gloria Clark Reno pioneers as first black woman circuit court judge in STL County, April 22, 2009
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Missouri Election Calendar," accessed December 7, 2015
- ↑ Emailed candidate list from Missouri Secretary of State's Office on September 20, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2010 General Election results"
- ↑ Your Missouri Judges, "Missouri Judges: The Non-Partisan Court Plan," accessed March 18, 2019
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Cite error: Invalid
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Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Missouri, Western District of Missouri
State courts:
Missouri Supreme Court • Missouri Court of Appeals • Missouri Circuit Courts • Missouri Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Missouri • Missouri judicial elections • Judicial selection in Missouri
