Nicole Zellweger
21st Judicial Circuit (St. Louis County)
Nicole S. Zellweger was appointed an Associate Circuit Judge in April 2018, by Governor Eric Greitens. She was elevated to a Circuit Court Judge in January 2023, by Governor Michael Parson.
Before her appointment to the bench, Judge Zellweger was a partner with the law firm of Stinson Leonard Street LLP. Her legal practice focused primarily on business litigation with concentration in the areas of franchise law and trust and estate litigation.
She graduated from the University of Georgia magna cum laude in December 1999 and received a Master of Arts degree from Yale University Divinity School in 2001. Judge Zellweger attended law school at Washington University in St. Louis, graduating Order of the Coif in 2004.
