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 2006 / Served to 2014

Mark E. Orr

Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals

Mark E. Orr was a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, who joined the court in 2006. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 2006–2014 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2006	Missouri Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

Drury University
University of Missouri-Columbia

Judicial Record

In our data, Orr authored 1 published opinion for the court (2009). Most cited: State v. ISGRIGGS (3 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
2009	State v. ISGRIGGS	300 S.W.3d 553	3

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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 was Mark E. Orr on?: Mark E. Orr was a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals.

Sources

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8 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).