J. Dale Youngs
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J. Dale Youngs
Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court Division 6
Tenure
Present officeholder
Term ends
2028
Elections and appointments
Education
J. Dale Youngs is a judge for Division 6 of the Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.
Youngs ran for re-election for the Division 6 judge of the Missouri 16th Judicial Circuit Court. He won in the retention election on November 8, 2022.
Education
Youngs earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and his J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.[1]
Career
- April 30, 2009 - Present: Judge, 16th Circuit Court, Division 6
- 2002-2009: Attorney, Husch Blackwell LLP
- 1996-2002: Assistant Missouri Attorney general
- Chief, High Technology and Computer Crime Unit
- Chief counsel, Western Region
- 1989-1996: Attorney, Spradley & Riesmeyer[2]
Awards and associations
- Former member, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Board of Directors
- Former president, Missouri Institute for Justice
- Member, Board of Directors of Sherwood Center[1]
Elections
2022
2016
Missouri held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on August 2, 2016. The filing deadline for those wishing to run in the primary was March 29, 2016. Judges running in a retention election on November 8 had to file by August 23.[3] J. Dale Youngs was retained in the Missouri 16th Circuit, Division 6 election with 64.93 percent of the vote. [4]
| Missouri 16th Circuit, Division 6, 2016 | |
|---|---|
| Name | Yes votes |
 J. Dale Youngs | 64.93% |
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 Unofficial General Election Results," accessed November 9, 2016 |
2010
- See also: Missouri judicial elections, 2010
Youngs stood for retention and was retained on November 2, 2010, receiving 64.4 percent of the vote.[5]
Judicial selection method
- See also: Partisan elections
The judges of the Missouri Circuit Courts in Clay, Greene, Jackson, Platte, and St. Louis counties and the city of St. Louis are appointed by the governor with the help of a judicial selection commission.[6]
The chief judge of each court is elected by the circuit and associate judges from among the sitting circuit judges.[7]
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:
- a U.S. citizen for at least 10 years;
- a qualified state voter for at least three years;
- a resident of the circuit for at least one year;
- licensed to practice law in the state; and
- at least 30 years old.[7]
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Emailed candidate list from Missouri Secretary of State's Office on September 20, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2010 General Election results"
- ↑ Your Missouri Judges, "Missouri Judges: The Non-Partisan Court Plan," accessed March 18, 2019
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