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David Gregory Kays
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- November 15, 2007
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 3, 2008
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 24, 2008
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- June 10, 2008
- Commissioned
- June 19, 2008
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1962, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Private practice, Missouri, 1988-1989
- Assistant public defender, Springfield, Missouri, 1989
- Assistant prosecutor, Laclede County, Missouri, 1988-1991; chief assistant prosecutor, 1989-1991
- Prosecutor, Laclede County, Missouri, 1991-1995
- Adjunct faculty, Drury University, 1991-2004
- Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Twenty-Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1995-2008; assocate circuit judge, 1995-2004; presiding judge, 2005-2008
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