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John Andrew Ross

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Senior status since June 9, 2023.

Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
Appointed by
Barack Obama
Nominated
January 5, 2011
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
May 4, 2011
Committee action
Reported (favorably), May 26, 2011
Senate vote
Voice vote, no count printed
Confirmed
September 20, 2011
Commissioned
October 11, 2011
Senior status
Since June 9, 2023
American Bar Association rating
Well Qualified

Born 1954, 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

  • Assistant prosecutor, St. Louis County, Missouri, 1979-1991; assistant chief trial attorney, 1986-1988; chief trial attorney, 1988-1991
  • Special assistant attorney general, State of Missouri, 1984
  • Special assistant prosecutor, St. Charles County, Missouri, 1989
  • County counselor, St. Louis County, Missouri, 1991-2000
  • Judge, Circuit Court of Missouri, Twenty-First Judicial Circuit, 2000-2011; assistant presiding judge, 2005-2009; presiding judge, 2009-2011

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