Paul C. Wilson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Dates of judicial service:
Appointed to the Supreme Court in December 2012
Retained by voters at the November 2014 general election for a 12-year term ending December 31, 2026
Previously served as a circuit judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit (Cole County)
Education:
Bachelor of Arts, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri, 1982
Juris Doctor, cum laude, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, 1992
Prior employment:
Member, Van Matre, Harrison, Hollis, Taylor and Bacon PC law firm, Columbia, Mo., 2011 to 2012
Director of Transform Missouri Project, 2009 to 2010
Senior Counsel for Budget and Finance, 2009
Deputy Chief of Staff for Litigation, Missouri Attorney General’s Office, 1996 to 2008
Associate, Sullivan & Cromwell law firm, New York, 1994 to 1996
Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard F. Suhrheinrich, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1993 to 1994
Law Clerk to the Honorable Edward D. Robertson Jr., Supreme Court of Missouri, 1992 to 1993
Professional memberships and activities:
Member:
Missouri Bar, 1992 to present
Cole County Bar Association
Boone County Bar Association
Also admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States
Civic and charitable activities:
Elder, First Presbyterian Church, Jefferson City
Awards and honors:
Eagle Scout
Ray Marvin Award, Executive Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General, 2002
Additional information:
Born in Jefferson City, Mo.
Married to Laura O’Kelley Wilson and father of Meredith and Alice Wilson
Judge Wilson’s father, McCormick Wilson, served as a Cole County Associate Circuit Judge for many years and his mother, Lorna Wilson, served as Director of the Cole County Health Department and the State Division of Maternal, Family and Child Health.
- Judge
- Supreme Court of Missouri
- - Current
- Appointed to the Supreme Court in December 2012 Retained by voters at the November 2014 general election for a 12-year term ending December 31, 2026
- Circuit Court Judge
- 19th Judicial Circuit
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- Attorney
- Van Matre, Harrison, Hollis, Taylor and Bacon PC law firm
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- Director of Legal Affairs and Corporation Counsel
- Transform Missouri Project
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- Senior Counsel
- Budget and Finance
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- Deputy Chief of Staff for Litigation
- Missouri Attorney General’s Office
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- Attorney
- Sullivan & Cromwell law firm
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- Law Clerk
- Honorable Richard F. Suhrheinrich, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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- Law Clerk
- Honorable Edward D. Robertson Jr., Supreme Court of Missouri
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- University of Missouri - Columbia
- J.D. (1992) | Law
- Honors: cum laude
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- Drury University
- B.A. (1982)
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- Ray Marvin Award
- Executive Committee of the National Association of Attorneys General
- Cole County Bar Association, Boone County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Missouri Bar
- Member
- - Current
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