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Dennis M. Schaumann

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Dennis M. Schaumann

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Prior offices
Missouri 22nd Judicial Circuit Court

Education

Bachelor's

Southeast Missouri State University, 1970

Law

Saint Louis University School of Law, 1973

Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic


Dennis M. Schaumann is a circuit court judge for the 22nd Circuit Court in Missouri.[1] He was appointed an associate circuit judge for the 22nd Judicial Circuit in 1994 and retained by the voters in 1996. He was appointed circuit judge in October 1997 and retained by the voters in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.[2] Schaumann retired from the court in January 2018. [3]

Education

Schaumann received a bachelor's degree in political science and history from Southeast Missouri State University in 1970. He earned his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1973.[2]

Career

  • 1997-2018: Judge, 22nd Circuit Court
  • 1994-1997: Associate judge, 22nd Circuit Court
  • 1981-1994: Municipal judge, City of St. Louis
  • 1973-1975: Legal officer, Juvenile court of the City of St. Louis[2]

Memberships and associations

  • The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • The Missouri Bar
  • The Lawyers’ Association of St. Louis
  • An active member of St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church[2]

Elections

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.[4] Dennis M. Schaumann was retained in the Missouri 22nd Circuit, Division 12 election with 63.14 percent of the vote. [5]

Missouri 22nd Circuit, Division 12, 2016
Name Yes votes
Green check mark transparent.pngDennis M. Schaumann63.14%
Source: Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 9, 2016

2010

See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2010

Schaumann was retained on November 2, 2010, receiving 71.5 percent of the vote.[6]

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.[7]

The chief judge of each court is elected by the circuit and associate judges from among the sitting circuit judges.[8]

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.[8]

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