W. Brent Powell is from Springfield, Missouri, and completed his undergraduate degree at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. He received his J.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1996. During his legal education, he was an editor for the Missouri Law Review, and authored “Submitting Theories of Respondeat Superior and Negligent Entrustment/Hiring,” 61 Missouri Law Review 155 (1996). Additionally, he served as President of the Student Bar Association and was a student law clerk for Missouri Supreme Court Judge Elwood Thomas.
Following law school, Brent Powell began his legal career at Lathrop & Gage in Kansas City, Missouri. In the fall of 1997, he took a position as an Assistant Prosecutor in the Platte County Prosecutor’s Office in Platte City, Missouri. In 2001, he began working as an Assistant United States Attorney for the United States Attorney’s Office located in Kansas City, Missouri. During his tenure at United States Attorney’s Office, he served as the Chief of the General Crimes Unit and Executive Assistant United States Attorney. Brent Powell was appointed to the office of Circuit Court Judge by Governor Matt Blunt. He took the oath of office on February 15, 2008, and serves as a Circuit Court Judge in Division 11 of the 16th Judicial Circuit in Jackson County, Missouri.
He and his wife Beth live in Kansas City, Missouri, and are both active in the Visitation Catholic Church parish community. Brent Powell is also an avid Mizzou Football fan. |
