Background
Chestnut, Kathi Lynne was born on November 7, 1959 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Stanley Carl and Onita Faye (Weir) Chestnut.
Chestnut, Kathi Lynne was born on November 7, 1959 in Springfield, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Stanley Carl and Onita Faye (Weir) Chestnut.
Bachelor in Political Science summa cum laude, William Woods College, 1980. Juris Doctor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1983.
Worked at Kathi L. Chestnut, Professional Corporation Admitted to the bar, 1983, Missouri and United States. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri.
1984, Illinois. 1989, United States. Supreme Court.
1991, United States. District Court, Southern District of Illinois.
United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. Order of The Coif. Programs and Recent Developments Editor, Washington University Law Quarterly, 1982-1983.
Recipient, Judge Amandus Bracken Moot Court Prize.
Author: Author Supplement to Rules 52.01 - 52.09, 1988 and 1990, Missouri Civil Procedure, The Missouri Bar (1989). Author, Missouri Civil Procedure 2d Edition, Rules 51.01-51.04, 1995, published by the Missouri Bar. Author, Chapters on Interpleader and Class Actions, Bench Book for Missouri Trial Judges.
"Supplemental Language Instruction: The Relationship Between the Right and the Remedy," 61 Washington University Law Quarterly 415, 1983.
Member: Bar Association of Metropolitan Saint Louis. The Missouri Bar; Women Lawyer"s Association of Greater Saint Louis.
Defense Research Institute. Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers.
Member Missouri Bar Association (contributing author Missouri Civil Procedure publication 1988, 90, 95, 98), Illinois Bar Association, Metropolitan Bar Association St. Louis, Order of Coif, Alpha Chi Omega (Sigma Sigma Psi chapter secretary 1985-1986).