May/June 2006 issue
New Judge for E.D. Missouri: Charles (Sketch) Rendlen III
U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Eighth Circuit chose Charles
(Sketch) Rendlen III to
become a U.S. Bankruptcy
Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri. He
was sworn in on May 23, and his investiture
ceremony will take place on July 28. He fills the
vacancy left by Judge James Barta who retired
on January 31, 2006.
Charles E. Rendlen was born in 1950. He
graduated with honors with a Bachelor of
Science degree from William Jewell College in
1972. He received his law degree in 1976 from
the University of Missouri - Columbia, where he
also did graduate work in Economics and
Accounting.
After graduating from law school, he joined the
Rendlen Law Firm in Hannibal, Missouri, a
practice his family founded in 1901. There he
focused on bankruptcy, real estate, alternative
dispute resolution, health law, and workers’
compensation.
In June of 2003, he was appointed U.S. Trustee
for Missouri, where he has served until this
appointment to the federal bench. At the time of
his appointment he and his wife, Susie, were
living in Columbia, Missouri. They recently
relocated to St. Louis.
Welcome, Judge Rendlen!