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Hon. Bruce Hilton

Circuit Judge Div.13 21st Judicial Circuit


Bruce Hilton was appointed circuit judge in June 2017.

Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Hilton was engaged in the private practice of law. He worked for: Leritz, Reinert & Duree PC, from 1984 to 1989; Charles P. Todt & Associates, from 1989 to 1991; Eisen, Gillespie, Brown & Hilton, LLC, from 1991 to 1995; Hilton, Gillespie & Kiesewetter, LLC, from 1995 to 2001; Hilton & Kiesewetter, LLC, from 2001 to 2005; Hilton & Harford, LLC, from 2005 to 2011 and Hilton Family Law Group, LLC, from 2011 to 2017.

Judge Hilton serves on the board of the Meacham Park Neighborhood Improvement Association and the Kirkwood Library. He is a member of The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, St. Louis County Bar Association (past president), The Lawyers Association of St. Louis, and Mound City Bar Association.

Judge HIlton was chair of the 21st Judicial Circuit Judicial Evaluation Committee from 2008 to 2013. In 1992, he received the Good Citizen's Award from the Grand Jurors Association. He also serves as a volunteer judge for the student encouragement program.

Judge Hilton received his B.A. in history from St. Louis University in 1980 and his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law in 1986.