Janette K. Rodecap 16th Judicial Circuit (Jackson County)
Review
100% of the Committee voted Judge Rodecap substantially MEETS overall judicial performance standards.
21 Committee members voted “MEETS”
0 Committee members voted “DOES NOT MEET”
Position
Associate Circuit Judge
Evaluation Year
2016
Background
Associate Circuit Judge Janette K. Rodecap was appointed to Division 29 May 28, 2014. At the time of her appointment, she was serving as a trial team leader in the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office.
Judge Rodecap joined the Prosecutor’s Office in 2006 as an assistant prosecuting attorney. She worked in the Street Crimes Unit for the majority of her tenure, as well as the Special Victim’s Unit. Her background also includes working as an assistant state attorney for the State Attorney’s Office in Florida, and as court counsel for the Supreme Court of Palau, an island country in the Pacific Ocean. In addition, she served as a judicial clerk to U.S. District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey of the Western District of Missouri after graduating from law school.
Judge Rodecap graduated with distinction from the University of Iowa College of Law in 2001. She graduated from Northwestern University summa cum laude in 1997 with a B.A. degree in European history.
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