19 April 2016

ST. LOUIS – The Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission (St. Louis County) is accepting applications for a circuit judge vacancy created by the appointment of Judge Colleen Dolan to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District.

The commission encourages qualified individuals to apply for judicial office. Qualifications for circuit judges may be found in article V, section 21 of the Missouri Constitution.

Application forms may be picked up in the clerk’s office at the Missouri Court of Appeals in the Old Post Office, 815 Olive Street, Room 304, St. Louis, Missouri. Applications are also available here:

Application:     in Word    in PDF

Instructions:     in Word    in PDF

Applicants who previously applied for the associate circuit position created by the General Assembly or the circuit judge vacancy created by Judge Thomas Prebil’s retirement may send a letter requesting their previous application and recommendation letters be transferred to the current opening. New applicants who did not apply for the Prebil or General Assembly-created vacancies must send their applications to ALL commissioners.

Applications and/or the letter must be received by each commissioner no later than 5 p.m. May 18, 2016. In accordance with the Rules 10.28 and 10.29, candidate interviews will be conducted publicly.

The commission will meet to interview and select the nominees to be submitted to the governor on June 29, 2016, at a location to be announced.

The members of the Twenty-First Circuit Judicial Commission are: Christy Bertelson, Rev. Anthony Witherspoon, Matthew Rossiter, Jeffrey Sigmund, and Lisa Van Amburg, chief judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District.

Note: Links to application materials typically are disabled after the application deadline passes.

Contact: Laura Roy, clerk

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District

(314) 539-4300