Jerri J Zhang Circuit Judge

Jerri Zhang
Recommendations

Substantially MEETS overall judicial performance standards.

Position: Circuit judge for the 16th Judicial Circuit

Evaluation Year: 2022

Background

Judge Jerri J. Zhang was appointed to the bench in 2021.  Zhang had previously served five years as a Probate Court Commissioner in Division 19.

Prior to her appointment to the bench, Zhang was a lawyer with the Jackson County Counselor’s Office; legal counsel for the Jackson County Public Administrator; and legal counsel for the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission.

Judge Zhang received her Juris Doctor from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law.

Zhang is a member of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Asian American Bar Association of Kansas City, Association of Women Lawyers of Greater Kansas City, and the American Bar Association.

https://www.16thcircuit.org/biography-Judge-Jerri-J-Zhang