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 1986 / Active

Robert Dierker Jr.

Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals

Robert Dierker Jr. is a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, serving since 1986. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 1986 · 40 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1986	Missouri Court of Appeals	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Dierker authored 2 published opinions for the court (1987–1988). Most cited: Rosenblum v. Jacks or Better of America West Inc. (28 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. 1 of these was attributed to Dierker 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
1988	Rosenblum v. Jacks or Better of America West Inc.	745 S.W.2d 754	28
1987	Harmony Unlimited, Inc. v. Chivetta†	743 S.W.2d 884	5

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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 is Robert Dierker Jr. on?: Robert Dierker Jr. is a Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals.

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40 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).