St Louis County Court — Local services in Clayton

St. Louis County Court is a place where I spend a lot of time. While it is easy for me to navigate as a lawyer, it can be confusing for some of my clients. Here's why: Below you will see a picture of the St. Louis County Court. This is where they have most cases including criminal cases after "arraignment." Across the street you will find the Buzz Westfall Justice Center (aka County Jail) This is also where you can find the Prosecuting Attorney's Office and a the associate circuit courtrooms for criminal cases.

This means that if you or a loved one just got charged with a crime, you are most likely to have your first hearing in a courtroom in the Justice Center.

Pro Tip: Below you will see a bridge between the St. Louis County Court and Justice Center. This is called the "sky bridge" and you can use it by going to the 2nd floor of the justice Center and following the sign across to the Courthouse and vice...

Don't waste your time as a male trying to obtain an order of protection from their office as a male..... staff and judge are extremely sexist and predisposed to automatically assume any male is the aggressor assume any male is the aggressor.... they were extremely rude to me gave me false information and would conveniently forgetting about my name on the check-in list also make me sit and wait, for something as simple as asking a question but what practically fill other people's paperwork out for them and get very hostile with me when I had something as simple as a question, the judge is clearly biased as she issued an emergency order to the female involved in my situation over her lies within hours and I had proof of her being a physical threat to me with a long history of injuries and assault and the judge turned a blind eye very sad that our courts are...

Circuit clerk Joan Gilmer is guilty of a lack of due diligence, lack of due care and responsible for lack of institutional control on behave of the missouri department of child support. I have documentation with her stamp on it that proves that she does not review any documents that comes across her desk and does not do her job. I will be filing a complaint with the attorney general office to have her investigated for political lack of due diligence and misuse of use government funds as she is being compensated while not conducting her sworn duty as a public servant. She will be held accountable and for her actions in a court of law and justice...