A judge’s job is to know the law, faithfully apply the law to the facts, and withstand the temptation to be swayed by popular opinion or mere emotion. On the other hand, I have been THANKED by several people that I have sent to prison because they viewed my action as a wake-up call to turn their life around and become productive citizens. Sometimes, even in a case where I think a party is clearly the winner, I am surprised when I later learn that that “winner” views himself as the “loser”. When you are the Judge, making real decisions, in most cases, there are winners and losers. I put in the work to think through the facts and research the law so that my decisions are the correct, legally proper ones. This demonstrates that I take my job as Judge seriously. MY DECISIONS HAVE NOT BEEN OVERTURNED ONE SINGLE TIME. Thus far, my decisions have been reviewed (on either appeals or writ petitions) in the Missouri Court of Appeals ten times and in the Missouri Supreme Court two times. This is an average of over 2,000 cases per year. I have decided thousands of cases (as of July 13, 2022, I have finished 15,013 cases). I have faithfully and impartially carried out my judicial duties every day of that time. I have been Judge for eight years (longer than the seven years my opponent has even been an attorney). Why are you the best candidate for the position ?īecause I know how to do the job. My family and I faithfully attend Marshfield First Baptist Church. I have attended church most Sundays since 2010, when we learned we were going to have a child my wife and I believe our children need Jesus as their foundation, as He is our foundation. I am a practicing Christian, born-again in 1990. I was elected Webster County Associate Circuit Judge in November 2014, and I have served as Judge since January 2015. There, I worked as a law clerk between semesters of Law School, and later as an attorney for more than 13 years, until Decem(when I had to leave to assume my judicial office). In 1999, Jim Corbett hired me to work for him at Corbett Law Firm in Springfield. Growing up, I spent summers, weekends and evenings helping my dad on his farm doing tasks like putting up hay, driving tractors, splitting wood, and working in his sawmill. I grew up in Rural Marshfield my parents are Tommy (a farmer) and Louella (a nurse) Tunnell. I became a licensed attorney 21 years ago, in 2001. I attained my Bachelor of Arts degree from University of Missouri-Columbia (Mizzou) in 1997 and my Juris Doctor (Law) Degree from Mizzou School of Law in 2001. I graduated from Marshfield High School in 1994. Our children, Luke and Lily, attend Marshfield Schools. We were married in 2006 we built our house in 2007. I live outside Marshfield with my wife Rebecca.
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