Hon. Michael M. Pritchett

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</p><p><b>Michael Pritchett</b> is the <a href="/Presiding_judge" class="mw-redirect" title="Presiding judge">presiding judge</a> for the <a href="/Missouri_36th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 36th Judicial Circuit Court">36th Circuit Court</a> of <a href="/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>. He was elected to this position on <a href="/C2010#November" class="mw-redirect" title="C2010">November 2, 2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-elect_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elect-2">[2]</a></sup>
</p><p>He was re-elected to the <a href="/Missouri_36th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 36th Judicial Circuit Court">36th Judicial Circuit Court</a> in 2014 for a term that expires on December 31, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-2014election_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014election-3">[3]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Elections">Elections</span></h2>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2014">2014</span></h3>
<p><span class="see-also"><i>See also: <a href="/Missouri_judicial_elections,_2014" title="Missouri judicial elections, 2014">Missouri judicial elections, 2014</a></i></span><br>
Pritchett ran for re-election to the <a href="/Missouri_36th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 36th Judicial Circuit Court">36th Judicial Circuit Court</a>.<br><b>Primary:</b> He ran unopposed in the <a href="/Republican" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican">Republican</a>&nbsp;primary on August 5, 2014.<br><b>General</b>: He was unopposed in the general election on November 4, 2014.
<sup id="cite_ref-2014election_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014election-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup>&nbsp;
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2010">2010</span></h3>
<p>Pritchett received 52.1% of the vote in the Republican primary and defeated incumbent <a href="/Robert_L._Smith" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert L. Smith">Robert L. Smith</a> with 63.7% of the vote in the general election. He was elected to the <a href="/Missouri_36th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 36th Judicial Circuit Court">36th Circuit Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elect_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elect-2">[2]</a></sup>
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<dl><dd><i>Main article: <a href="/Missouri_judicial_elections,_2010" title="Missouri judicial elections, 2010">Missouri judicial elections, 2010</a></i></dd></dl>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Education">Education</span></h2>
<p>Pritchett received his undergraduate degree from Drury University in 1976 and his <a href="/J.D." class="mw-redirect" title="J.D.">J.D.</a> from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span></h2>
<p>Before his judgeship, Pritchett had been in private practice since graduating from law school. He also served as a city attorney in Poplar Bluff and as an assistant prosecuting attorney for <a href="/Butler_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Butler County, Missouri (Judicial)">Butler County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-about_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-about-6">[6]</a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="/Missouri_Circuit_Courts" title="Missouri Circuit Courts">Missouri Circuit Courts</a></li>
<li><a href="/Missouri_36th_Judicial_Circuit_Court" title="Missouri 36th Judicial Circuit Court">Missouri 36th Judicial Circuit Court</a></li>
<li><a href="/Judicial_selection_in_Missouri" title="Judicial selection in Missouri">Judicial selection in Missouri</a></li>
<li><a href="/Butler_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Butler County, Missouri (Judicial)">Butler County, Missouri</a></li>
<li><a href="/Ripley_County,_Missouri_(Judicial)" title="Ripley County, Missouri (Judicial)">Ripley County, Missouri</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.sos.mo.gov/candidatesonweb/"><i>Missouri Secretary of State</i>, "Unofficial Candidate Filing List: Primary"</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=1933"><i>Your Missouri Courts</i>, "36th Circuit"</a></li></ul>
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