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Gabriel E. Gore was appointed by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and sworn in as Circuit Attorney for the City of St. Louis on May 30, 2023. An experienced prosecutor and trial attorney, Gore began his legal career as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. He later served as Assistant Special Counsel in the Office of Special Counsel John C. Danforth, to review the events surrounding the assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Gore was a law clerk to the Honorable John R. Gibson in the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Missouri.

Prior to his appointment as Circuit Attorney, Gore was a partner with the Dowd Bennett law firm, managing complex civil and criminal litigation. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at Bryan Cave LLP and an associate at Williams & Connolly LLP. He is a graduate of Parkway South High School, Missouri State University, and the University of Chicago Law School.

With a passion for public service, Gore served on the Missouri State University Board of Governors and the boards of Forest Park Forever, the St. Louis Public Library, and the St. Louis Community Foundation. He was a gubernatorial appointee to the Ferguson Commission, charged with making recommendations to move the St. Louis community forward following the unrest in Ferguson in 2014. He is a founding member of KIPP St. Louis Public Charter Schools.