The Honorable Kristine Kerr
Family Court Commissioner
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Commissioner Kerr was appointed Family Court Commissioner in September, 2004.

She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Brown University and received her Juris Doctorate from Boston University.

Commissioner Kerr clerked for the Honorable Kent Karohl, Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, from 1986 to 1987. She engaged in private practice from 1987 through 1988 and joined the Missouri State Public Defender System in 1988. She worked as an Assistant Public Defender in St. Louis City and defended death penalty cases with the Capital Litigation Division. She became First Assistant Public Defender in St. Louis City in 1993 and Assistant Public Defender in St. Louis County in 2003. From this position, she was appointed Family Court Commissioner.

Commissioner Kerr is a member of the St. Louis County Bar Association, the Women Lawyer's Association, the Lawyer's Association, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and the St. Louis Knitter's Guild.

She and her husband live in St. Louis County with their two children.