Nicole S. Zellweger

Professional career

• Before joining the bench, Zellweger was a partner at Stinson Leonard Street LLP since 2007
• Selected as an Associate Circuit Judge in April 2018 by Governor Eric Greitens and elevated to Circuit Judge in January 2023 by Governor Michael Parson
• Circuit Judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri, appointed in 2018 as an Associate Circuit Judge and elevated to full Circuit Judge in 2023, with a background in business litigation, franchise law, and trust/estate matters
• Began her legal career in 2003 as a summer associate at Blumenfeld, Kaplan & Sandweiss
• Judge Zellweger serves in Division 5 of the 21st Judicial Circuit, which covers St. Louis County
• She has stated that her role as a judge carries significant responsibility and that she strives to make decisions that respect the law while supporting individuals in their circumstances

Education

Additional information

• focusing on business litigation, particularly franchise law and trust and estate litigation.
• Practicing Catholic whose faith informs her approach to justice, emphasizing dignity, empathy, and resolution in family and other cases.
• Judge Zellweger has served on the Board of Directors of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the Mound City Bar Foundation, and is a member of the Supreme Court Civil Rules Committee and the Missouri Bar Judicial Internship Program.