Hon. Paul Wilson
Supreme Court of Missouri
Judge Paul Wilson is a Jefferson City native who received his bachelor’s degree in 1982 from Drury College and received his law degree cum laude from the University of Missouri – Columbia. He served as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Missouri and at the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit prior to entering private practice in New York City. Judge Wilson left private practice to serve as deputy chief of staff for litigation in the Missouri Attorney General’s office, then in the Office of Administration, prior to being appointed as Circuit Judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit. Judge Wilson returned to private practice with the law firm of Van Matre, Harrison, Hollis, Taylor and Bacon, P.C., until being appointed to the Supreme Court in December 2012. Judge Wilson served as Chief Justice from July 2021 – June 2023.
