The Hon. Terry A. Tschannen is a judge for the 9th Judicial Circuit Court of Missouri. He was elected to the bench on November 6, 2012, and re-elected in 2018.
The 9th Judicial Circuit includes Chariton County, Linn County, and Sullivan County.
Tschannen earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1985. He then completed a J.D. at the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1988. He is admitted to practice in Georgia (1988), Missouri (1989), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (1989), and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1989).
After graduating from law school, Tschannen entered into private practice. He worked in that capacity for twenty years, specializing in labor and employment law matters.
His memberships have included the Brookfield Rotary Club, the Brookfield Lions Club, and the 9th Judicial Circuit Bar Association. He also sat on the boards of the Pershing Memorial Hospital, the Linn County Animal Shelter, and the North Central YMCA.
Tschannen was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He and his wife, Barbara, have four children.