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Carol E. Jackson

Carol E. Jackson

Missouri Eastern District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Born 1952 in St. Louis, MO

FJC ID: 1155

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year

Missouri Eastern District Court · 1992–2017199220002010201830
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 7/year

Missouri Eastern District Court · 1992–2017199220002010201870
citing decisions

Missouri Eastern District Court · 1992–2017

Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.

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Carol Elaine Jackson (born August 9, 1952) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. She was nominated by President George H. W. Bush and served from 1992 to her retirement in 2017.

In addition to years in private practice, Jackson served as a federal magistrate judge before being confirmed as a US district judge. She also served as Chief Judge for several years; in each of those positions, she was the first African-American woman to serve in the position in the Eastern District of Missouri.

Born and raised in Saint Louis, Missouri, she earned a BA degree from Wellesley College and a Juris Doctor degree from University of Michigan.

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Gender
Female
Race
African American

Prior employment

  1. Washington University School of Law
    Adjunct professor · 1989–1992
  2. Mallinckrodt, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri
    Senior attorney · 1983–1985
  3. Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri
    1976–1983

Appointments

  1. Missouri Eastern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of MissouriChief Judge
    1992–2017 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
    Term ended: Retirement

Education

  1. University of Michigan Law School
    University of Michigan Law School
    J.D. · 1976
  2. Wellesley College
    B.A. · 1973