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Rodney W. Sippel

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Rodney W. Sippel
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Assumed office
January 28, 2023
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
In office
January 4, 2016 – December 16, 2022
Preceded byCatherine D. Perry
Succeeded byStephen R. Clark
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
In office
November 12, 1997 – January 28, 2023
Appointed byBill Clinton
Preceded byStephen N. Limbaugh Sr.
Succeeded byvacant
Personal details
Born (1956-07-26) July 26, 1956 (age 68)
Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Tulsa (BS)
Washington University in St. Louis (JD)

Rodney William Sippel[1] (born July 26, 1956) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Education and career

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Sippel was born in Jefferson City, Missouri. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from University of Tulsa in 1978, and a Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law in 1981. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri and practiced law there, except for a period when he was an administrative assistant to Representative Richard A. Gephardt from 1993 to 1995.

Federal judicial service

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On May 15, 1997, Sippel was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Courts for both the Western and Eastern District of Missouri, to a seat vacated by Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Sr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 8, 1997, and received his commission on November 12, 1997. He assumed senior status on January 28, 2023.[2] He served as chief judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri from January 4, 2016,[3] to December 16, 2022.[4] In spite of his joint appointment, Sippel maintains chambers and hears cases only in the Eastern District of Missouri.

References

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  1. ^ 1996 Alumni Directory. Washington University School of Law. 1996. p. 190.
  2. ^ Rodney W. Sippel at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. ^ ""RETIRING JUDGE, NEW JUDGE, NEW CHIEF JUDGES AND NEW RULES: 2016 BRINGS SEVERAL CHANGES TO US DISTRICT COURT IN EASTERN MISSOURI", United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri January 4, 2016" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Hon. Stephen R. Clark Begins Term As Chief Judge For Eastern District Of Missouri, Succeeding Hon. Rodney W. Sippel" (Press release). United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. December 19, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2022.

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

1997–2023
Vacant
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
2016–2022
Succeeded by