Lewis County Judge Moon Nominated For Missouri Court Of Appeals
Lewis County Associate Circuit Judge Corey R. Moon is among three nominees being considered for a vacancy on the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District.
Official response and confirmed impact
The Missouri Appellate Judicial Commission announced Thursday, Nov. 5, that Moon, along with judges Madeline O. Connolly and Jason K.
Lewis, had been selected as finalists to fill the vacancy created by the Aug. 1 retirement of Judge Philip M. Hess.
A Canton resident, Moon was born in 1989 and earned bachelor’s degrees in justice systems and political science from Truman State University in Kirksville in 2011.
He received his law degree from the University of Missouri- Columbia School of Law in 2014.
Incident background
Moon serves as associate circuit judge in Lewis County, part of Missouri’s 2nd Judicial Circuit, based in Monticello.
He also serves as a captain and judicial advocate with the Missouri Army National Guard in Sedalia.
The commission unanimously supported all three nominees following approximately five hours of public interviews, nearly two hours of deliberations and four rounds of balloting.
