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Joplin lawyer appointed to state appellate court The Joplin GlobeBorn at Herington, Kan., Scott was valedictorian of his class at Trenton High School in 1974.
Scott has been active with Big Brothers and Big Sisters, the Ronald McDonald House, the American Cancer Society and the Joplin Library Board. Judges to the Missouri Court of Appeals are appointed under the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan. Scott said the governor called him on Wednesday to tell him of the appointment, and that it would be announced on Thursday in Joplin. Before meeting him on Thursday, Scott said the governor "would not have known me if I had walked into the room.'' Scott said he intends to start his new job at the end of the month after arrangements have been made for someone else to handle his clients. The judges sit in three-member divisions that rotate on an annual basis. The court handles appeals from the circuit courts. If a party loses at the circuit-court level and believes a mistake was made, the party may file an appeal. Jurisdiction The appeals court handles all appeals from 44 counties across the southern part of the state except for those in the Missouri Supreme Court's exclusive jurisdiction. Historically, less than 10 percent of appeals from the appellate court are transferred to the Missouri Supreme Court. 
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