The 22nd Judicial Circuit Court of the State of Missouri, which proudly serves the City of St. Louis, is today pleased to share that Governor Mike Parson has announced the appointment of the Hon. Rochelle Woodiest as its newest Associate Circuit Judge.

The appointment fills the vacancy created by the recent appointment of the Hon. Thomas A. McCarthy to Circuit Judge.

Commissioner Woodiest currently serves as one of two commissioners who oversee the 22nd Judicial Circuit’s award-winning Treatment Court program, having been appointed in 2013 and recommissioned in 2017 and 2021. In this role, she presides in both the adult drug court and family and juvenile courts.

Commissioner Woodiest earned a B.A. from Iowa State University and a J.D. from St. Louis University.

A passionate and devoted public servant, Woodiest also previously spent more than 10 years as a trial attorney for the City of St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, including more than four years as the Director of Drug Court Prosecution in the adult drug court program.