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 2012 / Active

Mary W. Sheffield

Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals

Mary W. Sheffield is a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, serving since 2012. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2012 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2012	Missouri Court of Appeals	–	–

Education

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Judicial Record

In our data, Sheffield authored 249 published opinions for the court (2013–2025), plus 2 concurrences. Most cited: DAVE R. WILLIAMS and CANDICE J. WILLIAMS v. HSBC BANK USA, N.A., Defendant-Respondent. (18 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. 94 of these were attributed to Sheffield by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2015	DAVE R. WILLIAMS and CANDICE J. WILLIAMS v. HSBC BANK USA, N.A., Defendant-Respondent.	467 S.W.3d 836	18
2017	City of Joplin v. Wallace Bajjali Development Partners, L.P.†	522 S.W.3d 327	17
2015	JOHN SCOTT LAWYER, Petitioner-Respondent v. KIMBERLY DIANE FINO	459 S.W.3d 528	14
2019	Robinson v. Loxcreen Co.†	571 S.W.3d 247	13
2018	Butler Cnty. Juvenile Office v. T.S.H. (In re Interest of I.K.H.)†	566 S.W.3d 629	13
2013	State v. Jacobs†	421 S.W.3d 507	12
2014	LINDA DORRIS, Employee-Respondent v. STODDARD COUNTY, Employer-Appellant.	436 S.W.3d 586	11
2013	State v. Bradshaw†	411 S.W.3d 399	11
2013	In the Interest of Sutton v. McCollum†	421 S.W.3d 477	11
2013	Jones v. Buck†	400 S.W.3d 911	11
2013	Gemini Capital Group, LLC v. Tripp†	445 S.W.3d 583	10
2013	McDaniel v. McDaniel†	419 S.W.3d 828	10
2013	Grauberger v. Atlas Van Lines, Inc.†	419 S.W.3d 795	10
2016	STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. FELIX MCGRUNDY SEALS	487 S.W.3d 18	9
2013	State v. Rose†	421 S.W.3d 522	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 251 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 Mary W. Sheffield on?: Mary W. Sheffield is a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals.

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13 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).