• B.A., University of California
• J.D., Washington University in St. Louis

• Missouri Bar
• St. Louis County Bar Association
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
• Lawyers' Association of St. Louis
• Women Lawyers Association of Greater St. Louis

Hon. Thea Sherry earned a B.A. from the University of California-Riverside and J.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. She is a member of The Missouri Bar, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, Women Lawyer’s Association of Greater St. Louis, St. Louis County Bar Association, and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.

Judge Sherry has been an adjunct professor at Washington University School of Law for 10 years and currently teaches evidence. Among other accolades, Judge Sherry chairs the Supreme Court of Missouri’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Board.

She has been an executive council member of the St. Louis County Domestic and Family Violence Council since 2000, and currently serves as chair. Judge Sherry is a member of the
Church of St. Michael and St. George in Clayton.

Judge Sherry was the recipient of the Roger P. Krumm Family Law Award from the Missouri Bar in 2019 and the Women's Justice Award for Public Service from Missouri Lawyers Media in
2018. She has been published several times, including: Judicial Bench Book, Adult Abuse and Child Orders of Protection, and The National Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, with D.
Mandelker.