Rodney W. Sippel

Rodney W. Sippel
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Incumbent
Assumed office January 4, 2016
Preceded by	Catherine D. Perry
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
Incumbent
Assumed office November 12, 1997
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Incumbent
Assumed office November 12, 1997
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.
Personal details
Born	1956 (age 67–68) Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Tulsa Washington University School of Law

Rodney W. Sippel (born 1956) is the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

Sippel was born in Jefferson City, Missouri. He received a B.S. from University of Tulsa in 1978, and a J.D. from Washington University School of Law in 1981. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri and practiced law there, except for a period when he was an Administrative assistant to U.S. Representative Richard A. Gephardt from 1993 to 1995.

Sippel is a federal judge to the United States District Courts for both the Western and Eastern District of Missouri. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 15, 1997, to a seat on each court vacated by Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 8, 1997, and received his commission on November 12, 1997. He became Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on January 4, 2016.

Sources

• Rodney W. Sippel at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Catherine D. Perry	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 2016–present	Incumbent
Preceded by Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.	Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri 1997–present
Preceded by Stephen N. Limbaugh, Sr.	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri 1997–present