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APPLICATION OF _ROBIN RANSOM____________________________ (name) TO THE APPELLATE JUDICIAL COMMISSION FOR THE JUDGE STITH VACANCY SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI RESPONSES TO THESE QUESTIONS, INCLUDING ANY ATTACHMENTS THERETO, WILL BE MADE PUBLIC IF THE APPLICANT IS NOMINATED FOR THIS VACANCY 1. State your principal occupation, place of work, and job title: Judge, Missouri Court of Appeals – Eastern District, Appellate Judge 2. Provide the following information concerning your eligibility for this position: (a) Have you been a citizen of the United States for at least 15 years? Yes (b) Have you been a qualified voter of Missouri for at least nine consecutive years immediately preceding your application? Yes (c) Are you at least 30 years of age? Yes 3. List each state, court, or agency in which you are licensed as an attorney, and, for each, the date you were admitted, your bar number, and whether your license is in good standing. If any license is not in good standing, explain. State of Missouri April 17, 1992 Bar No. 38911 My license is in good standing. 4. (a) State the name and address of all colleges and universities attended, other than law school, together with the dates and degrees received. St. Louis Community College – Forest Park Campus • 5600 Oakland Avenue • St. Louis, MO 63110 • Spring Semester, 1984; Summer Semester, 1985 • Attended evenings during junior year of high school and the summer after high school graduation 2 • Received 13 credit hours; no degree received Saint Louis University • 1 North Grand Boulevard • St. Louis, MO 63103 • Fall Semester, 1984 • Advanced Placement/Honors History during my junior year of high school • Received 6 credit hours; no degree received University of Missouri – St. Louis • 1 University Boulevard • St. Louis, MO 63121 • Summer Semester, 1986 • Attended during the summer after freshman year in college • Received 3 credit hours; no degree received Douglass Residential College Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey • 100 George Street • New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1414 • August 1985 – May 1988 • Bachelor of Arts – Double Major (Political Science, Sociolgy) (b) List/describe any college or university activities, scholastic achievements, and other awards or honors you think are relevant to the commission’s decision. None (c) If, as a student, you were suspended, placed on probation, or expelled by school authorities for any reason, describe the circumstances. I was never suspended, placed on probation or expelled. 5. (a) State the name and address of all law schools attended, together with the dates and degrees received. University of Missouri –Columbia School of Law • 820 Conley Avenue • Columbia, MO 65211 • August 1988 – May 1991 • Juris Doctor (b) List/describe any law school activities, scholastic achievements, and other awards or honors you think are relevant to the commission’s decision. 3 None (c) If, as a student, you were suspended, placed on probation, or expelled by school authorities for any reason, describe the circumstances. I was never suspended, placed on probation or expelled. 6. State, in chronological order (starting with the earliest employment), your significant non-law-related employment. To the extent reasonably available to you, include the name and address of each employer along with the dates of employment; the position held; whether the employment was full-time, part-time, or seasonal; and the reason the employment ceased. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department • 1915 Olive Street • St. Louis, MO 63103 • June – August 1986 • Data Processor • Summer/Part-time employment • Returned to college for sophomore year St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department • 1915 Olive Street • St. Louis, MO 63103 • June – August 1988 • Intern, editing job descriptions in work manuals • Summer/Part-time employment • Left to attend law school Board of Education – City of St. Louis • 811 North 11th Street • St. Louis, MO 63101 • September – December 1991 • Substitute Teacher • Part-time/as needed • Semester ended 7. State, in chronological order (starting with the earliest employment), all law-related employment. To the extent reasonably available to you, include the name and address of each employer along with the dates of employment; the position held (e.g., associate, partner, law clerk, general counsel); and the reason the employment ceased. Evans & Dixon LLC • 211 North Broadway, Ste. #2500 4 • St. Louis, MO 63102 • May – August 1989 • Summer Law Clerk • Summer/Part-time employment • Returned to 2nd year of law school St. Louis County Public Defender’s Office – District 21 • 100 South Central Avenue, 2nd Floor • Clayton, MO 63105 • August 1992 – August 1995 • Assistant Public Defender • Left due to accepting position in the St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney’s Office University of Missouri – St. Louis • 1 University Boulevard • St. Louis, MO 63121 • January – May 1993 • Adjunct Professor • Position was a one semester assignment • Semester ended St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office • 100 South Central Avenue, 2nd Floor • Clayton, MO 63105 • September 1995 – September 1996 • Assistant Prosecuting Attorney • Left due to accepting position in the Family Court – Juvenile Division, 21st Circuit St. Louis County Family Court – Juvenile Division • 105 South Central (Courts Building) • Clayton, MO 63105 • October 1996 – December 2002 • Staff Attorney - Legal Department • Left due to appointment as Family Court Commissioner – 22nd Judicial Circuit Circuit Court – 22nd Judicial Circuit Family Court – Juvenile Division • 920 N. Vandeventer Boulevard • St. Louis, MO 63108 • December 27, 2002 – September 11, 2008 • Family Court Commissioner • Left due to appointment to the position of Circuit Judge for the 22nd Judicial Circuit Circuit Court - 22nd Judicial Circuit • Civil Courts Building • 10 N. Tucker Boulevard 5 • St. Louis, MO 63101 • Circuit Judge • Appointed by Governor Matt Blunt • September 11, 2008 to January 9, 2019 • Served as Assistant Presiding Judge, Administrative Judge of the Family Court and Juvenile Court Judge • Unanimously elected by peers at September 24, 2018 Court En banc meeting to serve as Presiding Judge, effective January 1, 2019 Left due to appointment to the position of Appellate Judge for the Missouri Court Appeals – Eastern District Missouri Court of Appeals – Eastern District • One Post Office Square • 815 Olive Street • St. Louis, MO 63101 • Appellate Judge • Appointed by Governor Michael Parson • January 9, 2019 to present • Currently serving as Assistant Chief Judge; also serving on the Executive, Budget and Public Information Committees of the Court 8. Describe the nature of your experience in trial and appellate courts and explain how such experience demonstrates the quality of your legal work. (You may take as much space as you need here. It is your responsibility to redact any confidential information.) Include in your response: a) Appellate Experience: Include a representative list of cases you have briefed and/or argued (if you are a judge, include representative cases from your practice prior to your judicial appointment) including, to the extent reasonably available to you, the style, date, and court and, if published, the citation; identify the client(s) you represented and opposing counsel; and give a one-paragraph description of the case and your role. Special Judge Assignment to Missouri Supreme Court: On September 9, 2019, I was appointed to serve as a special judge on the Supreme Court case of Gary Gentry v. Orkin LLC and Danny Biron, SC97696. I reviewed the briefs, depositions, trial transcripts, trial court judgments and other accompanying documents in preparation for the oral arguments. On October 23, 2019, I sat with the Court En Banc for the argument and had the opportunity to ask questions of the litigants. Special Judge Assignment to the Court of Appeals – Eastern District: On September 21, 2017, in the Eastern District Court of Appeals, I was appointed to serve as special judge on an appellate panel on two cases before the Court: State of Missouri v. 6 Carlos Kimbrough, 529 S.W.3d 930 (Mo.App. E.D. 2017), and Robin Barnes v. Treasurer of Missouri as Custodian of Second Injury Fund and Park Express, LLC Respondent, 532 S.W.3d 751 (Mo.App. E.D. 2017). I reviewed the briefs, depositions and accompanying documents in preparation for the arguments which were held at the St. Louis University High School. I served alongside Chief Judge James M. Dowd and Judge Lawrence Mooney. I participated in oral arguments and had the opportunity to question counsel and to confer with the other two judicial members of the panel before decisions were rendered. BRIEFS: 1. State of Missouri v. Oscar L. Young, 869 S.W.2d (Mo.App. E.D. 1993) • Attorney for Appellant • Opposing Counsel – Asst. Attorney General Jennifer A. Glancy I represented Appellant Oscar Young in his appeal after he was convicted by a jury of the Class C Felony of Assault 2nd Degree and the unclassified felony of Armed Criminal Action. The Court ruled on the basis of the record and briefs submitted. 2. Long v. Seely, 975 S.W.2d 208 (Mo.App. E.D. 1998) • Attorney for Respondent • Wrote Arguments V & VI of Respondent’s Brief • Opposing Counsel – Sarah Pleban Carol Long, grandparent to two juveniles in foster care and under the Court’s jurisdiction, sought to intervene in the care and protection case. Her motion was denied and she appealed. I wrote two arguments of the brief. I also had the opportunity to argue the case in Division III of the Missouri Court of Appeals – Eastern District, on June 10, 1998. The Court held that grandmother had standing to appeal and that no evidence was presented to rebut the presumption that grandmother had the right to intervene. The case was reversed and remanded. 3. In the Interest of M.M.H., 16 S.W.3d 721 (Mo.App. E.D. 2000) • Attorney for Respondent • Opposing Counsel – John Bird • Guardian ad Litem – Rene Lusser I represented the Respondent/Juvenile Officer of the St. Louis County Family Court in an appeal of natural mother.

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