How do judges of the Missouri Court of Appeals reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.

Missouri Court of Appeals / Joined 2011 / Active

George W. Draper III

Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals

George W. Draper III is a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, serving since 2011. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2011 · 14 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2011	Missouri Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Morehouse College

Judicial Record

In our data, Draper authored 205 published opinions for the court (2000–2011). Most cited: Martinez v. Lea-Ed, Inc. (33 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2005	Martinez v. Lea-Ed, Inc.	155 S.W.3d 809	33
2010	Bolt v. Giordano	310 S.W.3d 237	31
2009	Johnson v. Allstate Indemnity Co.	278 S.W.3d 228	27
2007	Lee v. Investors Title Co.	241 S.W.3d 366	25
2007	Kuenz v. Walker	244 S.W.3d 191	25
2009	State v. Peeples	288 S.W.3d 767	24
2002	Lee v. Pulitzer Publishing Co.	81 S.W.3d 625	22
2009	State v. Power	281 S.W.3d 843	21
2011	Bryant v. Bryant	351 S.W.3d 681	20
2007	County Asphalt Paving, Co. v. Mosley Construction, Inc.	239 S.W.3d 704	18
2005	State v. Jordan	181 S.W.3d 588	18
2000	State v. Dillon	41 S.W.3d 479	18
2007	Algonquin Golf Club v. State Tax Commission	220 S.W.3d 415	17
2004	Crack Team USA, Inc. v. American Arbitration Ass'n	128 S.W.3d 580	17
2001	Sheehan v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.	44 S.W.3d 389	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 205 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Missouri Court of Appeals reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court is George W. Draper III on?: George W. Draper III is a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals.

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14 years on the Missouri Court of Appeals. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).