Associate Circuit Judge, 6th Judicial Circuit (Platte County), Division 4

Susan M. Casey has been an associate circuit judge in Platte County (6th Judicial Circuit, Division 4) since February 2024; before that she was a senior law clerk to federal and Missouri appellate judges¹. She is on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot for a retention vote (yes or no)³. The Judicial Performance Review committee recommends that she be retained¹.

• Associate Circuit Judge, 6th Judicial Circuit Court (Platte County), Division 4, since February 2024¹
• Before the bench: senior law clerk or staff attorney for a U.S. District Court judge in the Western District of Missouri, for a Missouri Court of Appeals judge and for a Missouri Supreme Court judge; adjunct assistant professor of law at the University of Notre Dame¹
• University: University of Missouri (bachelor's and J.D.); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (master's)¹
• Appointed to the 6th Judicial Circuit Court in February 2024¹. Under Missouri's Non-Partisan Court Plan, judges are nominated by a judicial commission, selected by the governor, and must stand in a retention election after their first 12 months on the bench and at the end of each term². Her name is on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot for a retention vote³.
• Bar poll: The Judicial Performance Review committee recommends that the judge should be retained.